More Cockrell Family
My previous post was about Sarah Horton Cockrell, capitalist. What type of man attracts a powerful woman’s eye? It is said that Sarah’s [...]
Badass Female Dallasite
Ringing in her 199th birthday this month, chief female badass of Dallasites: Sarah Horton Cockrell. In a time of rampant diseases without cure, [...]
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 VIII, the Dessert Course. Finally.
These blog posts normally center around Dallas history in one form or another. Today's post is about current history in the making. Yayoi [...]
Giving of the Thanks – Part VII, the Salad Course
In celebration of New Year's Day, feast your eyes upon this awesome sausage. The closest she has ever come to eating a salad [...]