Campfire Tales, 2022
This Saturday, October 22! Campfire Tales, 2022. All new tales. This Saturday, the 22nd: Local Legends and Lore Next Saturday, the 29th: Bootlegging [...]
Campfire Tales
Campfire Tales Where: On the Garland Square When: 6 pm More When: Saturday, October 23, 2021 What: Tales of historic Halloween [...]
Socially Distanced History Tour!
Sick of your same four walls? Wanna see some cool walls that were erected in the late 1800s? Hear about what wild stuff [...]
Disinfecting. Lady Garden Edition.
LADIES! Don't forget! While washing your hands, disinfecting the house, cooking, Zooming a conference call, schooling your children, walking the dog, paying bills [...]
Thank the parking gods
I had the most fun with Bill, Karen, Becca and Alex yesterday on our tour. So much fun that we ran way over [...]
Famous Jail Cell, Part III
Our famous jail cell at 106 S. Harwood Street in Dallas is now part of the UNT-Dallas Law School. This cell became famous [...]
Historic Halloween – 50 years ago (1969)
PASTIES REAL HALLOWEEN TREAT Dallas Morning News, October 1969 “When Halloween rolls around, youngsters (both young and old) will be out trick [...]
H.H. Holmes in Dallas, Part VII GalleryH.H. Holmes in Dallas, Part VII
architecture, art, brothel, castle, cemeteries, Chicago world's fair, Columbian Exposition, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, Men, Murders, oak cliff, rail lines, South Dallas, Texans, train history, trains, Women
H.H. Holmes in Dallas, Part VII
Famous Serial Killer with Links to Dallas Herman Mudgett, aka H.H. Holmes, had been killing women in his ‘murder’ hotel in the shadows [...]
Kitty Leroy – Untimely death
Kitty Leroy lived fast and hard as we have seen in the last two posts. She was dancing by age 10, on her [...]
Party Time – Kitty Leroy, Cardsharp
In addition to being a much sought-after dancer, beauty and weapons expert, Kitty Leroy was an infamous faro dealer and player. Faro was [...]