Mary Maverick’s journals came to Life with the interpretations of MaryNell Bryant of Sulphur Springs at the quarterly meeting of the Franklin County Historical Association’s membership Monday evening, April 3.

The days of the Republic of Texas, early statehood, and the Civil War were explicit in Mary Maverick’s writings. Her recalling of the young Mary Ann Adams meeting the older Samuel Augustus Maverick to the trials and tribulations of six months travel with an infant to Texas from their home in Alabama. She told of the beauty of the river at San Antonio as they first arrived to the sickness that caused many deaths resulting in moving away from the river. There were frightening times, including Samuel’s capture along with 50 other men by Mexican troops, and escaping a raid of Cherokee Indians demanding ransom for captured Anglos women and children.

FCHA President B.F. Hicks pledged to have Mrs. Bryant return to portray another of the characters from Texas history. A meal of assorted sandwiches, cookies, and lemonade were offered to the 40 or so attendees.

In addition to the program, Randal Ritter ran the FCHA’s model train exhibit. It provided an entertaining time for model train enthusiasts and many who had not seen the exhibit. The room has a model train set in a diorama of the town of Mount Vernon with replicas of buildings as well as countryside with assorted farms, ranches, and a traveling circus.