The opposite of Twelvetide

By |2018-12-30T22:48:49+00:00December 30th, 2018|adolphus, architecture, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, Design, graves, suicide, Texans, West End|

Twelvetide is also the name of the 12 days of Christmas, which we are in now. As today is December 30th, this would [...]

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Kitty Leroy – Untimely death

By |2018-12-29T18:45:55+00:00December 29th, 2018|architecture, brothel, Dallas History, Dallas People, deadwood, Deaths, faro, Men, Murders, suicide, Texans, Women|

Kitty Leroy lived fast and hard as we have seen in the last two posts.  She was dancing by age 10, on her [...]

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Party Time – Kitty Leroy, Cardsharp

By |2018-12-28T16:42:12+00:00December 28th, 2018|brothel, Dallas History, Dallas People, deadwood, faro, night clubs, Style, Texans, Women|

In addition to being a much sought-after dancer, beauty and weapons expert, Kitty Leroy was an infamous faro dealer and player.  Faro was [...]

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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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Christmas toys for the kids!

By |2018-12-19T18:42:32+00:00December 19th, 2018|Accessories, children's clothing, Children's Toys, Dallas History, department stores, Dry goods store, Great Depression, Promotions, Texans, train history, trains, Women|

Picture it. Garland, Texas, 1937. (Ode to Sophia.)   Holiday toys for girls and boys are being advertised in the newspaper in huge [...]

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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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Rebel Yell – Priest Holes!

By |2018-12-03T18:18:22+00:00December 2nd, 2018|architecture, art, castle, colorado, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Design, Immigrants, priests|

More off-topic stuff!  Priest holes. Our last post related to Miramont Castle in Minatou Springs, Colorado.  This 40 room estate was built by [...]

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