Upcoming public talks
October 7 – Sachse Cemetery Celebration of Souls Topic: Cemetery Tour and discussion of founding folks (Last year these tours were at 6, [...]
Upcoming Campfire Tales!
Campfire Tales are entirely researched and written by me - they take place in Garland at the Landmark Museum, outside, [...]
Sachse Cemetery Tour Success
The Sachse Celebration of Souls event which included a hayride through the cemetery was a huge success! Thanks for inviting me! Keep your [...]
Sachse Cemetery Tours!
Me in a cemetery, tonight! Hayride tours of the Sachse Cemetery, next door to the Sachse Historical Socity tonight at 6, 6:30 and [...]
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 [...]
Bonechilling
This week in 1930 (January 18, 1930) the temperature plummeted to a bonechilling -1F (-18C). I am happy to report that the high [...]
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, [...]