By Greta|2019-02-18T16:34:40+00:00February 18th, 2019|adolphus, architecture, beer, Children's Toys, Civil War, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, Design, graves, Immigrants, innovations, Men, Restoration, train history, trains, Women|
Adolphus Busch, honorary Dallasite and his powerhouse wife, continued. I didn’t want to be a bummer on Valentine’s day, so I only mentioned [...]
By Greta|2019-02-14T17:46:57+00:00February 14th, 2019|adolphus, architecture, beer, Civil War, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People|
Happy Valentine’s Day! For our day of romance, let’s summarize our posts re: Honorary Dallasite, Adolphus Busch. Super quick summary: Sex, beer, money. [...]
By Greta|2021-03-11T03:17:32+00:00February 13th, 2019|adolphus, architecture, art, beer, Civil War, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Immigrants, Politics, Slavery, Texans, train history, trains|
In our story of Adolphus Busch, honorary Dallasite, we are up to the outbreak of the Civil War. Eberhard Anheuser and his new-ish [...]
By Greta|2019-02-11T16:30:17+00:00February 11th, 2019|adolphus, architecture, art, Black History, Civil War, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Immigrants, Slavery, Texans, train history, trains|
If you are thinking to yourself, poor Adolphus Busch! Just 18 years old and in a new country! But, don’t feel too badly [...]
By Greta|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 [...]
By Greta|2019-02-06T22:49:07+00:00February 6th, 2019|adolphus, architecture, Chicago world's fair, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Design, historic food, Men, Style, Texas State Fair, train history, trains|
Let’s talk beer! Yay, you say! Would you love to hear about Lone Star or some other distinctly Texas beer?! Sorry, we are [...]
By Greta|2019-01-20T18:39:46+00:00January 20th, 2019|architecture, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Design, Dry goods store, Men, oak cliff, South Dallas, Texans, West End|
We left Jodie Thompson loading ice wagons for Consumers Ice in Oak Cliff..... He must have done alright for himself during those busy [...]
By Greta|2019-01-18T20:12:19+00:00January 18th, 2019|architecture, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Dry goods store, historic food, Men, oak cliff, South Dallas, Texans|
Joe C Thompson, Jr., who was better known as “Jodie Thompson", would be the founder of what we know as 7-Eleven. How did [...]
By Greta|2019-01-15T19:10:02+00:00January 15th, 2019|architecture, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Dry goods store, historic food, Men, oak cliff, Promotions, South Dallas, Texans|
7-Eleven started in Oak Cliff as an icehouse. People needed blocks of ice for their 'iceboxes' and the Southland Ice Company was there [...]
By Greta|2019-01-11T21:06:41+00:00January 11th, 2019|architecture, art, Civil War, colorado, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, graves, Pioneer Park Cemetery, Politics, Restoration, Slavery|
John Neely Bryan, as you remember from our last installment, took off after shooting a man. The man survived, but Bryan Stayed gone [...]
