Famous Jail Cell, Part III
Our famous jail cell at 106 S. Harwood Street in Dallas is now part of the UNT-Dallas Law School. This cell became famous [...]
Famous Jail Cell
Trivia! This Dallas jail cell is quite famous. Who did it hold? Find out in our next post who was held in the [...]
Real Beer, Honorary Dallasite, Part IV
In our story of Adolphus Busch, honorary Dallasite, we are up to the outbreak of the Civil War. Eberhard Anheuser and his new-ish [...]
John Neely Bryan – Wrapping it up
John Neely Bryan, as you remember from our last installment, took off after shooting a man. The man survived, but Bryan Stayed gone [...]
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I had SO much fun on the tours Saturday. A great big thank you to everyone who showed up and listened to the [...]
All the Roberts, Part III
Our story of Shack Roberts, freed slave/politician/minister/blacksmith/founder of Wiley College continues. Running as a Republican (which was the liberal party at the time), [...]
All the Roberts, Part II
My last post included Roberts, TX, a small town 17 miles from Greenville and a mysterious death that involved a man 'falling from [...]
All the Roberts
Mysterious Death GREENVILLE, TEX., May 22 [1893] – News reached here to-night of the mysterious death of Tom Wallace, in the vicinity of [...]
Giving of the Thanks – Part VI, Main Course
For the main course, we have plenty to chew on. Jay J. Armes PI has created quite a persona for himself, but we [...]