To help celebrate Sam Houston Electric Cooperative’s 75th anniversary, Larry Simmons, of Onalaska, stopped by the Cooperative’s Livingston office with his 100-year-old GE National Mazda light bulb. The antique bulb, which was given to him by a family friend when he was a teenager in Cedar Falls, Iowa, still burns brightly after all these years.
Simmons and other Sam Houston EC members are sharing their memories and helping the Cooperative document their rich history and heritage of bringing power to the people, when most of rural East Texas was still in the dark. On May 16, 2014, Sam Houston EC will celebrate 75 years of service. Since 1939, the Cooperative has grown from just a small handful of members to one of the largest electric cooperatives in Texas, with nearly 70,000 electric services and 52,000 members.
