I was thrilled when I finally made the connection between the young man I interviewed many times more than 30 years ago at the Sam Bell Maxey House and the Texas State Parks director who sat across the table from me last week at Love Civic Center.
Along with an assistant, Texas State Parks Director Rodney Franklin came to Paris with good news for supporters of the Northeast Texas Trail. After more than a decade spent converting an abandoned railroad bed into a 130-mile long recreational trail from Farmersville to New Boston, supporters learned that Texas Parks and Wildlife Department plans to study the possibility of turning the trail into a state park, a goal of supporters from the start.