Sachse Celebration of Souls – Saturday, October 7

By |2023-10-05T15:18:49+00:00October 5th, 2023|cemeteries, children's clothing, East Texas, graves, influenza|

Kick your halloweekends off properly by joining me, costumed actors and the Sachse cemetery for a tour.  

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Parking madness – the shopping edition

By |2018-12-20T19:22:38+00:00December 20th, 2018|architecture, children's clothing, Children's Toys, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, department stores, Design, Dry goods store, East Texas, Fires, knights of pythias, Men, Style, Texans, Thanksgiving, Uncategorized, Women|

Christmas shopping circa 1906? Nope. This is a photo of trade days in 1906 on Garland's square. Trade days normally occurred on a [...]

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Gift Certificates!

By |2018-12-17T19:32:12+00:00December 17th, 2018|Accessories, architecture, art, Black History, cemeteries, Chicago world's fair, Children's Toys, Civil War, Columbian Exposition, cyclones, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, department stores, Design, Dogs, Dry goods store, East Texas, Fires, Freemasons, graves, Great Depression, historic food, Immigrants, innovations, knights of pythias, La Reunion, lynching, Magnolia Building, Men, Mollie A Bailey Circus, Murders, Oddfellows, Old Red Museum, Omni Hotel, Pegasus, Pioneer Park Cemetery, Politics, rail lines, Restoration, Reunion Tower, Slavery, South Dallas, Style, Texans, Texas State Fair, Thanksgiving, train history, trains, West End, White Rock Lake, Women|

GIFT CERTIFICATE AVAILABILITY Are you stuck on what to buy for your in-laws? Saddled with a co-worker you don't know in the Secret [...]

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New Tours

By |2018-12-03T18:40:55+00:00December 3rd, 2018|architecture, art, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, Design, Dogs, East Texas, Fires, Immigrants, knights of pythias, Men, Mollie A Bailey Circus, rail lines, Slavery, Texans, Texas State Fair, train history, trains, Women|

We have new tours that we are offering.  The tours are one hour around the square in Garland.  Garland has quite a number [...]

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Raising money like an OG

By |2018-11-12T01:07:14+00:00November 12th, 2018|Carnival, Children's Toys, Dallas History, Dallas People, East Texas, Great Depression, Men, Promotions, South Dallas, Texans, Uncategorized, Women|

Raising money, old school style. Right about now, you are probably getting hit up to buy wrapping paper, frozen cookie dough, wreaths, caramel [...]

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New Topic for Tours!

By |2018-11-05T17:21:35+00:00November 5th, 2018|architecture, art, Black History, Civil War, cyclones, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, department stores, Design, drug use, Dry goods store, East Texas, Fires, Freemasons, graves, Great Depression, knights of pythias, Men, Mollie A Bailey Circus, Murders, night clubs, Oddfellows, Politics, rail lines, Style, Texans, Texas State Fair, Thanksgiving, train history, trains, White Rock Lake, Women|

I had SO much fun on the tours Saturday.  A great big thank you to everyone who showed up and listened to the [...]

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Lyric Electric Theatre

By |2018-11-01T17:28:17+00:00November 1st, 2018|architecture, cemeteries, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, department stores, Design, East Texas, Men, Style, Texans, Women|

This is now an empty, glass-fronted furniture (?) store on the north side of Garland's square.  However, it used to be one of [...]

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Garland Hotel History

By |2022-07-17T21:24:52+00:00October 31st, 2018|architecture, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Design, East Texas, Fires, Great Depression, Texans, train history, trains|

Feast your eyes upon the Garland Hotel which stood at the north east corner of the square (a few doors to the right [...]

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Katy Line Train Wreck

By |2018-10-29T17:53:01+00:00October 29th, 2018|Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, East Texas, graves, Men, rail lines, Texans, Texas State Fair, train history, trains|

Sunday, October 27, 1907 Train Wreck Katy freight and passenger trains collide between Dallas and Garland, killing 1, injuring 50. The passenger train [...]

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