In the first week of March of 1912, there was a panic at Tarleton as “A case of meningitis caused a general stampede of the students and school was dismissed. The stampede was senseless and uncalled for but as confidence has been restored and the students are returning, the injury was only temporary.”

Stephenville Tribune

On March 2, 1898, a vigorous fist fight broke out in front of Latta’s Saloon between Tom Morrison and Bud McWhirter over a horse race. During the fight, Ed Yarbro’s team took fright and ran away, striking a buggy from which a Mrs. Compton was thrown to the ground. Stephenville Empire

In February of 1883, The Stephenville Empire reported that “quite a number of immigrant trains passed through town this week.”