Nevermore – Ross Avenue Hotel

By |2019-11-06T15:51:05+00:00November 6th, 2019|architecture, art, Black History, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Texans|

The Ross Avenue motel catered to traveling African Americans up until the 1960s.  Before that time, it was almost impossible for black travelers [...]

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Nevermore, the Times Herald Building

By |2019-11-06T04:09:01+00:00November 6th, 2019|architecture, art, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, Design, police, Private Investigators, Texans|

This rainy weather has me in a funk and so I am starting a series on Dallas buildings that are nevermore. Feast thine [...]

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Historic Halloween – 50 years ago (1969)

By |2019-10-30T17:41:19+00:00October 30th, 2019|Accessories, art, brothel, Dallas People, Design, Pumpkins, Texans, Women|

PASTIES REAL HALLOWEEN TREAT Dallas Morning News, October 1969   “When Halloween rolls around, youngsters (both young and old) will be out trick [...]

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Historic Halloween – 1944 (75 years ago)

By |2019-10-23T17:40:37+00:00October 23rd, 2019|Accessories, children's clothing, Children's Toys, Dallas History, Dallas People, Pumpkins, Texans, Women|

Halloween articles in the Dallas Morning News are a bit of a buzz kill.  The articles are lamenting the fact that candles, paper [...]

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On This Day In Dallas History – 75 years ago

By |2019-10-17T18:11:19+00:00October 17th, 2019|Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, detective, graves, Men, Murders, rail lines, Texans, train history, trains, Women|

Dallas Morning News, October 17, 1944 Fatal Shooting Brings Dismissal of Divorce Suit Judge John A. Rawlins Monday dismissed a divorce suit styled: [...]

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State Fair of Texas – Pumpkins!

By |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 [...]

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Cooling Weather

By |2019-09-23T18:17:40+00:00September 23rd, 2019|art, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Design, fort worth, Men, Murders, Pumpkins, Texans, Women|

The weather is cooling down.  Book a walking tour with us for either the Dallas West End or the Garland Square. View our [...]

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Fun with Historic Advertisements

By |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 [...]

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H.H. Holmes in DFW, Part XXIV

By |2019-09-03T17:12:13+00:00September 3rd, 2019|Chicago world's fair, Columbian Exposition, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, detective, fort worth, hanging, jail, Men, Murders, oak cliff, philadelphia, Private Investigators, Texans|

For our final (!) post about H.H. Holmes in this twenty-four part series (!), we return to Frank Geyer.  Remember our tenacious Philadelphia [...]

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H.H. Holmes in DFW, Part XXIII

By |2019-09-03T16:50:52+00:00August 31st, 2019|architecture, castle, cemeteries, Columbian Exposition, Dallas History, Dallas People, Fires, fort worth, graves, hanging, jail, Men, Murders, oak cliff, philadelphia, Texans|

What type of burial does a serial killer request in the late 1890s?  Well, if you are H.H. Holmes/Herman Mudgett, you request to [...]

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