HOW INTERESTING was that! This child did her homework. I'm not from Paris, but my great-grandparents were from Morris and Bowie counties, and some of their children moved into Paris and must have been there when the fire took place. Thanks for a well-documented and narrated presentation. A+
I was born in Paris and lived there off and on up until I was 24. It is by far the worst place I have ever been. It's trashy, poor, ugly, segregated, out dated, isolated, boring and much worse.
This town if full of meth addicts, half the town is on drugs no joke. I have lived here for 10 years and this place is worst than some parts of dallas. Lots of thugs roam the streets the crime rate is very high and this town is honestly dangerous unless you live in morning side, the oaks, beavers creak or any of the rich neighborhoods. I REPEAT DO NOT GO TO THE WEST SIDE OF THIS TOWN! Its run down and drugs (meth) is everywhere. The police force here is useless they wont bust any of the well known crack house's they just pull people over and thats it. They are scared to do anything to solve or make this town safe. STAY AWAY FROM PARIS TEXAS!
Great video. My dads family goes back to the beginnings of Paris and I lived the first few years of my life there. Summers I would stay with my grandparents in Cooper so I got to visit at times. I remember seeing “Dick Tracy” (the one with Madonna and Warren Beatty) at the Plaza theater as a kid.
This is a wonderful tribute to your home town, well done! It's kinda wonderful that Paris, France has cast this strange oblong shadow in the state of Texas, in which it completely disappears and is replaced by a place that is wholly American. Still, I do hope you spend some time in the French version of Paris. It is...incomparable.
Typical response from the brain-dead, inbred doofuses in Paris... like a 5th grader who just discovered those cool dirty words. You're not smart enough to see you proved my point.
I escaped also. That town is horrible in every way. It's like the twilight zone mixed with the movie Deliverance. I have lived in Dallas and now Colorado ever since I left there for good 12 years ago and will never step foot in that slum again.
Stopped off for lunch at The Hole in the Wall, and to see the tower, while passing through. Great job on the history here! Would like to spend more time here now.
Thank you. I was born and raised in Paris. I've lived in Arlington, TX; Austin, TX; and New York City. I always try to explain the appeal of Paris, Texas but you have done it. Again, thank you.
Great video. We lived in Paris, TX 1969-1977. I loved the old buildings and photographed them for a project in an architecture class at ETSU. I am presently writing a history of our little town of Elba, AL where I grew up, and now live. maybe somebody will take this info and put together a short film such as yours. I'll pass this site on to the local history teachers. Congratulations!
I loved this video, i lived their almost all my life and i still to this day love the slow life of Paris. I now live in Germany attending University, but miss it. Well i miss the quiet nights, not the crime it has now.
Glad to see that you noted the brief shot of the old newspaper clipping about Paris having been formerly named Pinhook and that you offered the correction. That belief appears to have been a popular misconception because I heard it from several folks when I was growing up in Paris in the 1940s/50s/60s. In one of his books, perhaps "Look to the River," William A. Owens describes his boyhood in Pinhook, which was very obviously NOT Paris. I highly recommend all of Owens' books, by the way.
The Wrights did live mostly on the north side of the Red River, and the Clear Creek Settlement was the county seat of Miller County, Territory of Arkansas. Of course, that land was given to the Choctaw, and the white settlers thus moved south. The video does not mention the great Lamar County Museum, nor the great history of Camp Maxey and our industry. But, its a good core to improve on...better than most we've seen. Who did it?
I [George Wright's gr gr grandson] have no evidence why Paris was named...it was not by Poteet. He arrived after we first see the name Paris on a document. More than likely the settlers had Greek myths read to them by their mothers...and the character Paris in Helen of Troy was used to name George Wright's store. Otherwise, she got the history right. See my books on Amazon.
Thanks for making this video :-) I loved it. I grew up here & lived there until 3 years ago when I moved away to the OK panhandle...I miss my home town.
This is fantastic! Ran across it as I (from Australia) was researching my family's history in Paris. Really informative and entertaining as well. Well done!
So much of what she shows of downtown is now empty...but some are being restored and in five years maybe we'll be back to the condition shown here.
HOW INTERESTING was that! This child did her homework. I'm not from Paris, but my great-grandparents were from Morris and Bowie counties, and some of their children moved into Paris and must have been there when the fire took place. Thanks for a well-documented and narrated presentation. A+
My grandmother - born in 1913and great grandparents were from Paris Texas. They were the Houston and Johnson families.
Paris Texas is a good place to stop and take a shit
Irving Texas says hello to Hooterville
Great video and story!
there's an asmr quality to this video
I was born in Paris and lived there off and on up until I was 24. It is by far the worst place I have ever been. It's trashy, poor, ugly, segregated, out dated, isolated, boring and much worse.
Awesome. Love living here. Originally from sulphur, Louisiana. Absolutely love North Texas.
Texas kuls vrajt👑👠👙🐣🐰
This town if full of meth addicts, half the town is on drugs no joke. I have lived here for 10 years and this place is worst than some parts of dallas. Lots of thugs roam the streets the crime rate is very high and this town is honestly dangerous unless you live in morning side, the oaks, beavers creak or any of the rich neighborhoods. I REPEAT DO NOT GO TO THE WEST SIDE OF THIS TOWN! Its run down and drugs (meth) is everywhere. The police force here is useless they wont bust any of the well known crack house's they just pull people over and thats it. They are scared to do anything to solve or make this town safe. STAY AWAY FROM PARIS TEXAS!
There's cemetery in Marvin older than evergreen.
She didn't mention the Parsons family. They have owned land in chicota since the Spanish land grant.
Same families have been running the country for over a hundred years. Things never change.
That was great. My dad grew up around there in the 20s. Seeing the excellent history presentation was great.
My mother, Mary Lou Milligan-Smith was born and raised in Direct, Texas. I've been to Paris many time. Holds many memories from my childhood.
I am a poteet descendant he was my great great uncle ..love your video
I have a question did he own land on cd 14750
I do not know where exactly where he lived I know they were all from the Bardstown area
I really enjoyed the video. My Grandparents were from Paris. Thanks
mine too.
Great video. My dads family goes back to the beginnings of Paris and I lived the first few years of my life there. Summers I would stay with my grandparents in Cooper so I got to visit at times. I remember seeing “Dick Tracy” (the one with Madonna and Warren Beatty) at the Plaza theater as a kid.
i live in paris tx to
This is a wonderful tribute to your home town, well done! It's kinda wonderful that Paris, France has cast this strange oblong shadow in the state of Texas, in which it completely disappears and is replaced by a place that is wholly American. Still, I do hope you spend some time in the French version of Paris. It is...incomparable.
Glad I left that shithole, never seen such horrible harassing cops in my life
Great job :) Greetings from Sunny England
Oh what a crappy little town with more than their fair share of ignorant people. So glad I escaped!
Typical response from the brain-dead, inbred doofuses in Paris... like a 5th grader who just discovered those cool dirty words. You're not smart enough to see you proved my point.
My whole life's generation.... wow, were you drunk when you wrote that? ... dumb ass!
I guess you haven't fully escaped. The bitterness remains.
I escaped also. That town is horrible in every way. It's like the twilight zone mixed with the movie Deliverance. I have lived in Dallas and now Colorado ever since I left there for good 12 years ago and will never step foot in that slum again.
@@leeebbs722 You watch that mouth BOY! This here is a real Texican talking at you...
needs more monsters imho
Nicely done. Hope to visit some time.
Great job, I love in Paris too :)
Stopped off for lunch at The Hole in the Wall, and to see the tower, while passing through. Great job on the history here! Would like to spend more time here now.
I think you did a great job .
Myparistexas I live in Paris tx too
Paris, Texas just south of the Red River
I'm going to Paris, France this coming Wednesday. Maybe one day I'll visit Paris, Texas, as I've heard it's such a nice place.
puppy dog tales and little flowers, sugar and spice and everything isn't so nice as it appears here !
Thank you. I was born and raised in Paris. I've lived in Arlington, TX; Austin, TX; and New York City. I always try to explain the appeal of Paris, Texas but you have done it. Again, thank you.
Xello ju du
Great video!
Great video, thanks for sharing.
I plan to move to Paris from Dallas to study at the junior college, thanks for the insight!
Great video. We lived in Paris, TX 1969-1977. I loved the old buildings and photographed them for a project in an architecture class at ETSU. I am presently writing a history of our little town of Elba, AL where I grew up, and now live. maybe somebody will take this info and put together a short film such as yours. I'll pass this site on to the local history teachers. Congratulations!
I loved this video, i lived their almost all my life and i still to this day love the slow life of Paris. I now live in Germany attending University, but miss it. Well i miss the quiet nights, not the crime it has now.
This is a great video and makes me proud to call Paris my home town. Good job!
Glad to see that you noted the brief shot of the old newspaper clipping about Paris having been formerly named Pinhook and that you offered the correction. That belief appears to have been a popular misconception because I heard it from several folks when I was growing up in Paris in the 1940s/50s/60s. In one of his books, perhaps "Look to the River," William A. Owens describes his boyhood in Pinhook, which was very obviously NOT Paris. I highly recommend all of Owens' books, by the way.
The Wrights did live mostly on the north side of the Red River, and the Clear Creek Settlement was the county seat of Miller County, Territory of Arkansas. Of course, that land was given to the Choctaw, and the white settlers thus moved south. The video does not mention the great Lamar County Museum, nor the great history of Camp Maxey and our industry. But, its a good core to improve on...better than most we've seen. Who did it?
Paris was never Pinhook. Pinhook was the Chisum ranch west of the 1000 Wright acres. Good video.
I [George Wright's gr gr grandson] have no evidence why Paris was named...it was not by Poteet. He arrived after we first see the name Paris on a document. More than likely the settlers had Greek myths read to them by their mothers...and the character Paris in Helen of Troy was used to name George Wright's store. Otherwise, she got the history right. See my books on Amazon.
Thanks for making this video :-) I loved it. I grew up here & lived there until 3 years ago when I moved away to the OK panhandle...I miss my home town.
Did you know that Paris burned down 2 times before 1916?
This is fantastic! Ran across it as I (from Australia) was researching my family's history in Paris. Really informative and entertaining as well. Well done!