OCTOBER 31 - Trick or Treating will occur in Groesbeck with the suggested time being from 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. Halloween, specifically Trick or Treating, has not been “canceled” by the City of Groesbeck. The universal sign for those residences not participating in trick or treating is the porch light being off so if you encounter a residence with lights out, please pass it up.
Legends and lore abound at this time of year. The days are shorter, the weather colder, and Halloween is a week away. In our time, Halloween is a fun time of year where the normal becomes paranormal, ghosts lurk around every corner, and children get to dress up and go house to house hoping for a sack full of sticky treats at the end of the night. Abandoned and run-down houses become “haunted”. Urban legends like “The Hook” and “The White Lady” begin to make the rounds again.
Calling all ages young and old, we will have several age categories. Bring your carved pumpkin to the city office anytime between 8-4 on Friday the 30 or on Saturday Morning from 9 to 11 am. to the downtown area, we will use the pumpkins Saturday night for decoration, and places will be awarded to the winners.
This week in Kosse history is a milestone that would forever change the face and fortune of this sleepy little town in Central Texas. The town; named for the chief engineer of the Houston and Texas Central Railroad, Theodore Kosse; was about to become the terminus for the railroad.
A post oak tree in Limestone County was determined in September to be the 13th largest post oak in Texas last month, but has already been displaced to 14th-largest when another tree was determined to be slightly larger.