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5 unusual facts about Corsicana


Aaron Glenn

Glenn first attended Navarro College in Corsicana, Texas, where as a sophomore, he won all-conference and junior college All-America honors, after posting two interceptions, 60 tackles, and 15 pass deflections.

Hot Lips Page

In his early years, Page, who moved to Corsicana, Texas in his early teens, traveled across the Southwestern United States and toured as far east as Atlanta and as far north as New York City.

K25FW

K25FW is a Home Shopping Network affiliate for the Dallas / Fort Worth Metroplex, licensed in Corsicana, Texas, owned and operated by Ventana Television, the holding company for HSN's low-power television stations.

W. Scott Wilkinson

On April 9, 1919, he married the former Margaret West (1898–1995), then of Corsicana, the seat of Navarro County south of Dallas, Texas.

Wolf Brand Chili

In 1895, a Mexican range cook working for Lyman T. Davis of Corsicana, Texas developed the original recipe for Wolf Brand Chili.


Interstate 45

By 1961, the freeway was complete between Hutchins and the State Highway 14 split at Richland, except for the bypass around Corsicana, which was built ca.

James L. Collins

In the early 1920s, at the time of the discovery of Powell oil field in eastern Navarro County, Texas, and the nearby Mexia field in Limestone County, he formed a rewarding partnership with R.L. Wheelock in Corsicana, Texas.

KAND

The original station owner was J.C. West, who also owned the Wolf Brand (canned) Chili plant in Corsicana.

Richland, Texas

Richland, at the junction of Interstate 45 and State Highway 14, on Pisgah Ridge twelve miles south of Corsicana in south central Navarro County, was first settled in the late 1840s.

Tradewest

Midway's head office in Chicago shut down the Corsicana location and terminated its staff in late 2002.


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