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Longview: Dorothy J. Speer Chapel
Longview: Dorothy J. Speer Chapel Dorothy J. Speer Chapel on the campus of LeTourneau University, Longview, Texas.

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Longview, city, seat (1871) of Gregg county and partly in Harrison county, eastern Texas, U.S. It is situated near the Sabine River, 65 miles (105 km) west of Shreveport, Louisiana, and is the centre of a metropolitan and industrial area that includes Marshall and Kilgore. The area was settled in the early 19th century and was developed after 1850 by planters. The town site was named in 1870 by surveyors for the Texas and Pacific...

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