State Fair of Texas – Pumpkins!
Went to the State Fair last night. It was extremely quiet - hardly anyone there. We got to poke in to corners of [...]
By Greta|2019-10-02T21:09:18+00:00October 2nd, 2019|art, Carnival, Dallas People, Design, Pumpkins, South Dallas, Texans, Texas State Fair|
Went to the State Fair last night. It was extremely quiet - hardly anyone there. We got to poke in to corners of [...]
By Greta|2019-06-27T18:33:51+00:00June 27th, 2019|architecture, Carnival, castle, Chicago world's fair, Columbian Exposition, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, Men, Murders, oak cliff, Texans, West End, Women|
Devil in the White City has been a pet project of Leonardo DiCaprio for a while now. I will let you judge if [...]
By Greta|2019-06-26T21:06:32+00:00June 26th, 2019|architecture, Carnival, Chicago world's fair, Columbian Exposition, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, graves, Men, Murders, oak cliff, South Dallas, Women|
Famous Serial Killer with Links to Dallas Did you know that Devil in the White City is supposed to be made in to [...]
By Greta|2018-11-12T01:07:14+00:00November 12th, 2018|Carnival, Children's Toys, Dallas History, Dallas People, East Texas, Great Depression, Men, Promotions, South Dallas, Texans, Uncategorized, Women|
Raising money, old school style. Right about now, you are probably getting hit up to buy wrapping paper, frozen cookie dough, wreaths, caramel [...]
By Greta|2021-10-23T16:13:35+00:00September 19th, 2018|Carnival, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, graves, Men, rail lines, Ringling Brothers, Texans, train history, trains|
Our last 'chapter' saw the two trains slamming in to each other, telescoping and killing at least three people. (Some reports declare 4 [...]
By Greta|2021-10-23T16:13:08+00:00September 15th, 2018|Carnival, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, graves, innovations, Men, rail lines, Ringling Brothers, South Dallas, Texans, train history, trains, West End|
When last we left our staged train wreck, the engines plus six cars were hurtling towards each other in Crush, TX, a small [...]
By Greta|2021-10-23T16:12:28+00:00September 14th, 2018|Carnival, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, Fires, innovations, Men, rail lines, Ringling Brothers, South Dallas, Texans, train history, trains, West End|
Roughly 40,000 people showed up to see the MKT railroad's scheduled train wreck in the impromptu 'town' of Crush, Texas. The two engines [...]
By Greta|2018-09-11T16:34:41+00:00September 11th, 2018|Carnival, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, innovations, Men, rail lines, Ringling Brothers, Texans, train history, trains, West End|
With our date and location chosen, our rail lines built and our small town erected, just how many people showed up to see [...]
By Greta|2018-09-11T16:35:29+00:00September 6th, 2018|Carnival, Dallas History, innovations, rail lines, Ringling Brothers, Texans, train history, trains|
When last we left our intrepid marketing mastermind, W.G. Crush, he had settled on a location 3 miles south of West, Texas and [...]