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Published: June 8, 2008
Town shrugs off curse; History draws visitors
By Linda Miller
JEFFERSON, Texas — Proud Southern homes built during the mid-1800s stand tall, showing off welcoming porches, mammoth columns and freshly painted exteriors.

Blades of grass reach for the sun as they grow between the original bricks lining the downtown streets.

Townspeople turn out by the hundreds for a Norman Rockwell -style Fourth of July celebration, complete with a homemade cake and pie auction, bike and t...

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