High-end shopping in DFW talk
4 pm, tomorrow, Saturday, November 19. Landmark Museum. Free for Members, $10 for the rest of y'all. Fancy pants shopping and holiday history [...]
I’m a bettin’
I am not a bettin' woman, but if I had to take odds, I would say this man never had to pay a [...]
Long walks
Please meet the new company mascot - Charlotte, the 10 year old boxer pit. She came from the wonderful people at the Mesquite [...]
Brrrrr…DFW style
As the temperatures drop in DFW, maybe you are in the market for a new coat. Walton's Dry Goods was opening in 1917 [...]
Early Dallas ‘Photographer’
Francois Ignace (Adolphe) Gouhenant (1804-1871) had one of the earliest businesses on the Dallas courthouse square. He opened the Art Saloon where he [...]
Adolphus Hotel Ghosts, Take V
We ain't done with elevator tragedies. Dallas Morning News, October 22, 1924 Man Crushed by Hotel Elevator .... Batasar Calvilio, 30 years old, [...]
Adolphus Hotel Ghosts, Take IV
For our fourth installment of Adolphus hotel elevator ghosts, we take a look at one of our most tragic haunt-inducing deaths. The day [...]
Adolphus Hotel Ghosts, Take III
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 [...]
Adolphus Hotel Ghosts, Take II
Haunted elevator shafts - my bet is that the Adolphus hotel in Dallas has 'em. The Adolphus was open a mere 2 weeks [...]
Adolphus Hotel Ghosts
A young, female ghost is said to haunt the 19th floor of the Adolphus hotel in Dallas. The story oft told is that [...]