Yesteryear in Yoakum: July 27, 1907

Note: The following passages are printed exactly as they were published in the respective historical local paper.   The Yoakum Weekly Times, July 27, 1907   Opera House Burned No Other Building Hurt – Prompt Work by Firemen At 3 o’clock Sunday the fire alarm was sounded, the location being the opera house. While considerable time elapsed before the fire horse could be secured and…