Upcoming public talks
October 7 – Sachse Cemetery Celebration of Souls Topic: Cemetery Tour and discussion of founding folks (Last year these tours were at 6, [...]
By Greta|2023-10-05T19:48:52+00:00July 12th, 2023|architecture, art, beer, Dallas History, Dallas People, drug use, East Texas, garland, Great Depression, jail, Uncategorized|
October 7 – Sachse Cemetery Celebration of Souls Topic: Cemetery Tour and discussion of founding folks (Last year these tours were at 6, [...]
By Greta|2022-10-19T16:52:56+00:00October 19th, 2022|architecture, art, beer, brothel, cemeteries, cyclones, Dallas People, Deaths|
This Saturday, October 22! Campfire Tales, 2022. All new tales. This Saturday, the 22nd: Local Legends and Lore Next Saturday, the 29th: Bootlegging [...]
By Greta|2020-09-30T01:18:04+00:00September 30th, 2020|architecture, art, beer, garland, Mollie A Bailey Circus, Murders, quarantine, Women|
October 10th Tour, 4:30 PM $10 Cash, 45 Minutes, No reservations necessary Leaving from the Frocksy, 510 Main Street, Garland Take a slow, [...]
By Greta|2020-09-09T23:51:01+00:00September 9th, 2020|architecture, beer, garland, Texas State Fair, Thanksgiving, trains|
4 pm, Garland Square, come join me for a tour! $10 cash, 45 minutes around the Square, cool history stories, great architecture. Should [...]
By Greta|2020-09-06T18:22:30+00:00September 6th, 2020|architecture, art, beer, garland, historic food, Texas State Fair|
Next tour of the Garland Square: Saturday, September 12, 4 pm! Leaving from The Frocksy. Why you should attend: 1) I have delicious [...]
By Greta|2020-09-05T01:36:33+00:00September 3rd, 2020|architecture, beer, Dallas History, garland|
Sick of the same four walls? I have your entire day planned for you. SATURDAY. GARLAND. 1 pm to 2 pm Chicken Parmesan [...]
By Greta|2020-03-24T03:19:19+00:00March 21st, 2020|beer, Dallas Architecture, dallas county courthouse, Dallas History, Dallas People, garland, john neely bryan|
Thanks to Michael and crew for going on a history tour today! I had the best time by staying 6 feet from y'all. [...]
By Greta|2019-09-11T19:09:26+00:00September 11th, 2019|beer, Dallas People, historic food, Men, night clubs, train history, trains|
Sitting in the archives of the Dallas Public Library going through tax rolls and city directories is tough on the back, but a [...]
By Greta|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 [...]
By Greta|2019-03-21T01:46:25+00:00March 21st, 2019|adolphus, architecture, art, beer, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, Men|
Our last post was concerned with a very odd speech given on opening day in relation to Thomas Field, the original idea-man behind [...]