One of Granbury’s favorite legends is alive and well and is the subject of a Ripley’s Believe it or Not Road Show — and just as he has in the past, Jesse James is still eluding capture.

Granbury resident and World War II veteran Harry Whisler recently celebrated his 99th birthday with 63 family members — with some traveling from eight different states — for the momentous occasion, while reflecting on his time in war.

“Granbury Follies,” a one-act play telling the story of how the Granbury Opera House was saved and restored in 1974, will be premiering at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 26, at the Granbury Opera House.

Former military veteran Gerald Trottier was honored in grandson Nicolas Fleming's college essay in 2009. Granbury, Texas resident Jean Trottier shared his essay with the Hood County News recently as a tribute to her husband for Memorial Day. 

Granbury, Texas resident Ronnie Miller was only 3 years old when his father, Sgt. John Edward Miller, was killed in action while serving in Vietnam on June 11, 1966, making him Hood County’s first Vietnam War casualty.

For the first time since 1997, the Great Race will be passing through Granbury, Texas, on Father’s Day weekend, June 18-20.

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Later this year in November, the town will celebrate Granbury’s sesquicentennial, honoring the founding of the town of Granbury and its 150th anniversary and commemorating the citizens, traditions and culture of 1871.