Culled from the archives of the Ennis Daily News and from the online database Newspapers.com, here’s a smattering of items covering a variety of people and events that figured in the history of the Bluebonnet City.
Fire and water
In 1950 fire damaged the Ennis Municipal Hospital, a three-story brick building on Lampases St., designed by Hix McCanless, Ennis’ foremost architect and at one point city …
