Campfire Tales

By |2021-10-19T19:17:00+00:00October 19th, 2021|brothel, cemeteries, Civil War, cyclones, Deaths, garland, historic food, influenza, knights of pythias, Murders, Oddfellows|

Campfire Tales Where: On the Garland Square When: 6 pm More When: Saturday, October 23, 2021 What: Tales of historic Halloween [...]

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Early Dallas ‘Photographer’

By |2021-05-12T22:50:53+00:00May 12th, 2021|architecture, art, Dallas Architecture, dallas county courthouse, Dallas History, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas People|

Francois Ignace (Adolphe) Gouhenant (1804-1871) had one of the earliest businesses on the Dallas courthouse square.  He opened the Art Saloon where he [...]

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Adolphus Hotel Ghosts, Take V

By |2021-04-08T18:12:23+00:00April 8th, 2021|adolphus, architecture, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths|

We ain't done with elevator tragedies. Dallas Morning News, October 22, 1924 Man Crushed by Hotel Elevator .... Batasar Calvilio, 30 years old, [...]

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Adolphus Hotel Ghosts, Take IV

By |2021-04-02T22:23:04+00:00April 2nd, 2021|adolphus, architecture, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, train history, trains|

For our fourth installment of Adolphus hotel elevator ghosts, we take a look at one of our most tragic haunt-inducing deaths. The day [...]

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Adolphus Hotel Ghosts, Take III

By |2021-04-01T21:03:19+00:00April 1st, 2021|adolphus, architecture, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths|

The Adolphus hotel elevator shafts saw two back-to-back deaths in 1911 and 1912.  Things seem to be quiet for the Dallas hotel until [...]

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Adolphus Hotel Ghosts, Take II

By |2021-03-31T16:54:35+00:00March 31st, 2021|adolphus, architecture, Black History, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths|

Haunted elevator shafts - my bet is that the Adolphus hotel in Dallas has 'em. The Adolphus was open a mere 2 weeks [...]

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