On This Day In Dallas History – 75 years ago

By |2019-10-17T18:11:19+00:00October 17th, 2019|Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, detective, graves, Men, Murders, rail lines, Texans, train history, trains, Women|

Dallas Morning News, October 17, 1944 Fatal Shooting Brings Dismissal of Divorce Suit Judge John A. Rawlins Monday dismissed a divorce suit styled: [...]

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H.H. Holmes in DFW, part XII

By |2019-08-02T02:57:06+00:00August 2nd, 2019|architecture, Chicago world's fair, Columbian Exposition, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, Design, fort worth, jail, Men, Murders, rail lines, st. louis, Texans, train history, trains, Women|

Our famous serial killer, H.H. Holmes has hightailed it out of Fort Worth, leaving the workers building his new hotel unpaid. He has [...]

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H.H. Holmes in Dallas, Part VIII

By |2019-07-22T21:10:01+00:00July 22nd, 2019|architecture, art, Chicago world's fair, Columbian Exposition, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, Men, Murders, rail lines, train history, trains, Women|

Famous Serial Killer with Links to Dallas, Part VIII H.H. Holmes, active serial killer in Chicago during the Columbia Exposition of 1893, has [...]

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H.H. Holmes in Dallas, Part VII

By |2019-07-17T23:30:25+00:00July 17th, 2019|architecture, art, brothel, castle, cemeteries, Chicago world's fair, Columbian Exposition, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, Men, Murders, oak cliff, rail lines, South Dallas, Texans, train history, trains, Women|

Famous Serial Killer with Links to Dallas Herman Mudgett, aka H.H. Holmes, had been killing women in his ‘murder’ hotel in the shadows [...]

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H.H. Holmes in Dallas, Part VI

By |2019-07-10T17:38:11+00:00July 10th, 2019|architecture, castle, Chicago world's fair, Columbian Exposition, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, Design, Men, Murders, oak cliff, rail lines, Texans, train history, trains, Women|

Famous Serial Killer with Ties to Dallas Who is this Herman Mudgett/H.H. Holmes character?  How is he luring young women all the way [...]

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Busch – Kirby Building, Part II

By |2019-06-07T01:12:14+00:00June 7th, 2019|adolphus, architecture, art, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, department stores, Design, innovations, rail lines, train history, trains|

Busch-Kirby Building 1509 Main Street, Dallas Originally built by Adolphus Busch as a 17-story office and retail space (it has more recently been [...]

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Mo’ Busch Money

By |2019-06-05T16:27:58+00:00June 5th, 2019|adolphus, architecture, art, beer, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, department stores, Design, rail lines, train history, trains, West End|

I got a little flakey with posting there for a while, so your reward is this magnificent Dallas Building! It has a few [...]

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Honorary Dallasite – the Innovator

By |2019-03-02T19:42:12+00:00March 2nd, 2019|adolphus, beer, Dallas History, Dallas People, historic food, Immigrants, innovations, Men, rail lines, Texans, train history, trains, Women|

Adolphus Busch, Honorary Dallasite So, life happened and I didn’t post for a while. But you know what makes life better?  BEER. Do [...]

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Real Beer, Honorary Dallasite

By |2019-02-07T22:53:24+00:00February 7th, 2019|adolphus, architecture, art, Civil War, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Design, historic food, rail lines, train history, trains, West End|

Honorary Dallasite for a few days, Adolphus Busch – the 21st of 22 children.  But don’t worry, his dad was a businessman with his fingers [...]

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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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