New Tours
We have new tours that we are offering. The tours are one hour around the square in Garland. Garland has quite a number [...]
Rebel Yell – Priest Holes!
More off-topic stuff! Priest holes. Our last post related to Miramont Castle in Minatou Springs, Colorado. This 40 room estate was built by [...]
Rebel Yell from Colorado
I am rebelling and posting something about Colorado. Manitou Springs, Colorado, to be exact. (That is pronounced Man-i-too, if you are reading out [...]
New Topic for Tours! GalleryNew Topic for Tours!
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New Topic for Tours!
I had SO much fun on the tours Saturday. A great big thank you to everyone who showed up and listened to the [...]
Lyric Electric Theatre
This is now an empty, glass-fronted furniture (?) store on the north side of Garland's square. However, it used to be one of [...]
Garland Hotel History
Feast your eyes upon the Garland Hotel which stood at the north east corner of the square (a few doors to the right [...]
Train Wrecks! Part Three
Stirrin' up ticket sales the old fashioned way - with a staged train crash. W.G. Crush worked for the MKT rail road and [...]
Train Wrecks!
Train wrecks is both literal and metaphorical. Metaphorical train wreck: I slid off the rails with buying and rehabbing a new house, letting [...]
Neiman-Marcus, divorce
While the children’s wear department at Neiman-Marcus was a success, the marriage of Carrie and Al was not. Al had an exceptionally rough [...]
Neiman-Marcus, new store/new departments
As mentioned in a previous post, Sears and Roebuck was selling children's clothing at a low price point to their working class customers [...]