Rebel Yell from Colorado

By |2018-11-28T01:45:09+00:00November 28th, 2018|architecture, art, castle, colorado, Design, Immigrants, Men, Murders, priests|

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 [...]

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New Topic for Tours!

By |2018-11-05T17:21:35+00:00November 5th, 2018|architecture, art, Black History, Civil War, cyclones, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, department stores, Design, drug use, Dry goods store, East Texas, Fires, Freemasons, graves, Great Depression, knights of pythias, Men, Mollie A Bailey Circus, Murders, night clubs, Oddfellows, Politics, rail lines, Style, Texans, Texas State Fair, Thanksgiving, train history, trains, White Rock Lake, Women|

I had SO much fun on the tours Saturday.  A great big thank you to everyone who showed up and listened to the [...]

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Dallas’ Fire of 1860, Part III

By |2018-02-19T17:55:16+00:00February 19th, 2018|Black History, Civil War, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Fires, lynching, Men, Murders, Slavery, Texans, West End, Women|

Short recap - there was a fire in July of 1860 that wiped out very nearly all of Dallas' buildings.  It seemed suspicious [...]

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More Cockrell Family

By |2018-02-05T02:24:36+00:00February 5th, 2018|Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, East Texas, Men, Murders, Slavery, Texans, West End, Women|

My previous post was about Sarah Horton Cockrell, capitalist.  What type of man attracts a powerful woman’s eye?  It is said that Sarah’s [...]

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Badass Female Dallasite

By |2018-01-31T02:27:55+00:00January 31st, 2018|cemeteries, Civil War, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, Men, Murders, Texans, West End, Women|

Ringing in her 199th birthday this month, chief female badass of Dallasites: Sarah Horton Cockrell.  In a time of rampant diseases without cure, [...]

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Giving of the Thanks – Part VI, Main Course

By |2018-01-21T18:38:42+00:00December 15th, 2017|Children's Toys, Men, Murders, Politics, Private Investigators|

For the main course, we have plenty to chew on.  Jay J. Armes PI has created quite a persona for himself, but we [...]

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Mortuary Reports, Part III – Max Eberle

By |2018-01-21T18:47:40+00:00August 12th, 2017|Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, Men, Murders, South Dallas|

Further investigation in to the Dallas Morning News database reveals that Max Eberle was a bartender at Turner Hall, in excellent physical health [...]

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