Campfire Tales

By |2021-10-19T19:17:00+00:00October 19th, 2021|brothel, cemeteries, Civil War, cyclones, Deaths, garland, historic food, influenza, knights of pythias, Murders, Oddfellows|

Campfire Tales Where: On the Garland Square When: 6 pm More When: Saturday, October 23, 2021 What: Tales of historic Halloween [...]

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October 10th Tour and the Urban Market

By |2020-09-30T01:18:04+00:00September 30th, 2020|architecture, art, beer, garland, Mollie A Bailey Circus, Murders, quarantine, Women|

October 10th Tour, 4:30 PM $10 Cash, 45 Minutes, No reservations necessary Leaving from the Frocksy, 510 Main Street, Garland Take a slow, [...]

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Famous Jail Cell, Part III

By |2020-01-29T17:12:13+00:00January 29th, 2020|architecture, brothel, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, jail, Men, Murders, police, Politics, Texans|

Our famous jail cell at 106 S. Harwood Street in Dallas is now part of the UNT-Dallas Law School.  This cell became famous [...]

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Famous Jail Cell, part II

By |2020-01-28T22:57:23+00:00January 28th, 2020|architecture, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, jail, Men, Murders, police, Texans|

Our famous jail cell held Lee Harvey Oswald!  Several people guessed that, but it is only partially correct.  Another famous guest was held [...]

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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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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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H.H. Holmes and Minnie Williams – bonus episode

By |2019-09-19T02:18:42+00:00September 19th, 2019|Chicago world's fair, Columbian Exposition, Dallas History, Deaths, fort worth, Men, Murders|

Most articles (even contemporary newspapers) list Minnie Williams' uncle as Dr. JRP Williams, having died in 1878. Well, I found him - all [...]

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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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