At a celebration of the Festival of St. John the Baptist in 1844 at Portland, Maine, R:.W:. Brother Teulon, a member of the Grand Lodge of Texas, in reply to a toast complimentary to the Masons of that Republic, observed "Texas is emphatically a Masonic country: all of our presidents and vice-presidents, and four-fifths of our state officers, were or are Masons; our national emblem, the 'Lone Star,' was chosen from among the emblems selected by Freemasonry, to illustrate the moral virtues -- it is a five-pointed star, and alludes to the five points of fellowship." Source.
The city of Sulphur Springs, Texas, was first named "Bright Star," in the same tradition that found Texas being called the "Lone Star State."
Has the Mason Road come into play again?
On Saturday, November 23rd, around 3:30 a.m., on Interstate 30 near Sulphur Springs, 75 miles northeast of Dallas, singer Willie Nelson's band bus was in an accident.
Singer Willie Nelson has announced he has suspended performances until December after three of his band members were hurt when their bus plowed into a bridge pillar in East Texas during rainy conditions.
Nelson spokeswoman Elaine Schock says Paul English broke his ankle, his brother Billy English suffered a bruised hip and Tom Harkin has a cracked or bruised rib.
It appears Nelson's schedule also certainly flirted with the Fayette Factor: The four remaining November tour dates for Nelson are Robinsonville and Jackson, Mississippi; Fayetteville, Arkansas; and Lafayette, Louisiana.
Sulphur Springs, Texas, Masonic Lodge 22
The village that is now Sulphur Springs became a city in 1854 when the first post office was established. The city's name was originally Bright Star. Mail to and from the city was delivered by the Pony Express. On May 18, 1871, the county seat of Hopkins county was moved from Tarrant to Sulphur Springs, and the name "Bright Star" was removed from the postal directory.
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