Nobody alive today saw the last total eclipse in Farmersville. And nobody who sees this year’s April 8 eclipse will live to see the next in this location.
The most recent total eclipse for the area occurred July 29, 1878, the week Texas Rangers killed outlaw Sam Bass during a gunfight in Round Rock.
By Bob Wieland
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