Pecan Grove Cemetery, Marjorie Fuller comes home
In our last post, we discussed Marjorie Fuller and her mother (Seraphine) being held by the Japanese in China, losing their passports under [...]
Pecan Grove Cemetery, Charles Paglee
The second player in our wild story is Charles Paglee. Charles Paglee was a tourist (some articles say student) in China when he [...]
Pecan Grove Cemetery, McKillop Family
Pecan Grove Cemetery, Take II McKillop Family The swanky burial in Pecan Grove Cemetery that interested me was that of Harry Emmett McKillop. [...]
Pecan Grove Cemetery, McKinney
Alrighty, kids, sit back because have I got a doozy of a story for you. Once upon a time, four days ago, when [...]
16th Century Insults
The oldest known use of the F word in writing is from the 16th century (1568, possibly 1565). It was found in a [...]
Old Red – the restored clock tower
One of the last major projects of the Old Red restoration was the clock tower. Having been dismantled in 1919, the Dallas County [...]
Old Red – the restoration years
Restoration of Old Red was slow going. It included pulling out the warren of offices, drop ceilings, florescent lights, etc. The original plaster [...]
Old Red Courthouse – the sad years modifications
The Dallas County Courthouse (Old Red) was slowly transformed in to a character-less shell of its former self throughout the 20th century. First, [...]
Back to Old Red Courthouse …the sad years
My last post on Old Red Courthouse discussed the sandstone materials/lack of steel support structure of the original design meant that the building [...]
Interrupting Old Red for….the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
The Wall that Heals, a 3/4 scale version of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, is in Garland! It is on Oates Road in Audubon [...]