Goldthwaite Eagle

In 1885 William H. Thompson (1842-1896) started a weekly newspaper, "The Mountaineer", which closed but was reestablished in 1894. He sold it in 1896 to R. M. Thompson, his nephew, who renamed it "The Goldthwaite Eagle". At that time eagles still lived in the hills of Mills County. The paper was bought in 1920 by Dr. E. M. Wilson. It changed hands between the Wilson and Thompson Families until 1950, when Charlie T. Wilson sold it to H. R. Ekins. A merger with "The Mullin Enterprise" made it the county's only newspaper. In 1971 Frank Bridges purchased "The Eagle" from Victor E. Koleber.

Goldthwaite Eagle is a historical marker in Goldthwaite, Mills County, dedicated in 1977. It is one of 26 historical markers documented in Mills County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 38 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 31.4497, -98.5688 near Goldthwaite. The nearest cataloged historic site is Mills County Jailhouse (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Mills County Courthouse, Mills County Courthouse, and Confederate Veterans Memorial of Mills County.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5333002199. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.