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Fire department reflects on history, service
By: John Fooks - Bowie County Life

Staff photo by John Fooks
New Boston, Texas, Battalion Chief and City Fire Marshal Ron Clark, left, and Assistant Fire Chief Jackie Laney are two of the longest-serving volunteer firefighters at Fire Station 1—25 years and 43 years, respectively.
NEW BOSTON, Texas—Fire Station 1 has a colorful history, not the least of which being that it grew out of a “bucket brigade” first established in New Boston in 1870.
Back then, as now, it was comprised of volunteer firefighters.
Not that it is uni... Published: 02/20/2013
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