Giving of the Thanks – Part III, the Crow Course

By |2018-01-21T18:43:41+00:00November 29th, 2017|art, Dallas History, Dallas People, Magnolia Building, Old Red Museum, Omni Hotel, Pegasus, West End|

The holiday posts are each named after a formal dinner and its many courses. Aperitif and amuse-bouche, previously written, are fancy but common [...]

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Giving of the Thanks – Part I, the Aperitif

By |2018-01-21T18:48:12+00:00November 12th, 2017|Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, historic food, Immigrants, innovations, Men, Politics, Pumpkins, Restoration, Slavery, South Dallas, Texans, Thanksgiving, West End, Women|

Thanksgiving is right around the corner. As such, I have chosen a clever title for my next round of posts.  An aperitif is [...]

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Famous Folks of Pioneer Park, Part III

By |2018-01-21T18:51:21+00:00November 7th, 2017|cemeteries, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, Freemasons, graves, Oddfellows, Pioneer Park Cemetery, West End|

This is the headstone of Rufus C Patton.  He is not famous, to my knowledge. He does, however, have a lovely headstone in [...]

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Famous Folks of Pioneer Park, Part II

By |2018-01-21T18:53:21+00:00November 5th, 2017|cemeteries, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, Design, Freemasons, graves, Oddfellows, Pioneer Park Cemetery|

The headstone of JJ and Ophelia Eakins in Pioneer Park cemetery. John J. and Ophelia (nee Crutchfield) Eakins were pregnant 8 times - [...]

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Famous Folks of Pioneer Park, Part I

By |2018-01-21T18:54:54+00:00November 2nd, 2017|cemeteries, Civil War, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, Freemasons, graves, Oddfellows, Pioneer Park Cemetery, Politics, Texans|

This is Dr. John William Crowdus' headstone in Pioneer Park.  He shares this grave marker with his first wife and infant daughter.  Dr. [...]

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State Fair opens Friday!

By |2017-09-28T03:59:57+00:00September 28th, 2017|Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, historic food, innovations, Men, South Dallas|

In celebration, we have a guest writer, LiveFreeOrPie, celebrating the art deco buildings at the State Fair of Texas.  Whoop, whoop, y'all! Fair [...]

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State Fair Month in full effect!

By |2018-01-21T18:47:39+00:00September 25th, 2017|Chicago world's fair, Columbian Exposition, Dallas History, Dallas People, historic food, Immigrants, Men, South Dallas|

1893 World's Fair gave us a lot of things that are now common fare. Possibly included in those: Diet carbonated soda. Quite a [...]

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The settlement of La Reunion is crumbling

By |2018-01-21T18:47:39+00:00September 4th, 2017|Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Immigrants, La Reunion, Reunion Tower, West End|

During my last post, we saw that the La Reunion settlers were uniquely unqualified to cope with Dallas' climate, snakes and lack of [...]

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The saga of La Reunion Settlement continues as our settlers arrive in Dallas

By |2018-01-21T18:47:39+00:00September 1st, 2017|Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Immigrants, La Reunion, Reunion Tower, West End|

In addition to drought, Considerant didn’t quite plan for living off the land in Texas. He underestimated the number of snakes and scorching [...]

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