H.H. Holmes in Dallas, Part VI

By |2019-07-10T17:38:11+00:00July 10th, 2019|architecture, castle, Chicago world's fair, Columbian Exposition, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, Design, Men, Murders, oak cliff, rail lines, Texans, train history, trains, Women|

Famous Serial Killer with Ties to Dallas Who is this Herman Mudgett/H.H. Holmes character?  How is he luring young women all the way [...]

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H.H. Holmes in Dallas, Part IV

By |2019-07-01T16:24:42+00:00July 1st, 2019|architecture, art, castle, Chicago world's fair, colorado, Columbian Exposition, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, Men, Murders, oak cliff, South Dallas, trains, Women|

Famous Serial Killer with Ties to Dallas Minnie Williams, a local Dallas victim of the serial killer Herman Mudgett/H.H.Holmes, completed her Boston musical [...]

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H.H. Holmes and Dallas, part III

By |2019-06-29T15:41:14+00:00June 29th, 2019|architecture, castle, Chicago world's fair, Columbian Exposition, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, Men, Murders, oak cliff, Women|

Famous Serial Killer with Ties to Dallas Minnie and Nannie Williams, sisters raised mostly in the Dallas area, will become two of Herman [...]

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H.H. Holmes and Dallas, part II

By |2019-06-27T18:33:51+00:00June 27th, 2019|architecture, Carnival, castle, Chicago world's fair, Columbian Exposition, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, Men, Murders, oak cliff, Texans, West End, Women|

Devil in the White City has been a pet project of Leonardo DiCaprio for a while now.  I will let you judge if [...]

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H.H. Holmes and Dallas, part I

By |2019-06-26T21:06:32+00:00June 26th, 2019|architecture, Carnival, Chicago world's fair, Columbian Exposition, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, graves, Men, Murders, oak cliff, South Dallas, Women|

Famous Serial Killer with Links to Dallas Did you know that Devil in the White City is supposed to be made in to [...]

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Jodie Thompson and 7-Eleven Origins, Part III

By |2019-01-20T18:39:46+00:00January 20th, 2019|architecture, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Design, Dry goods store, Men, oak cliff, South Dallas, Texans, West End|

We left Jodie Thompson loading ice wagons for Consumers Ice in Oak Cliff..... He must have done alright for himself during those busy [...]

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“Jodie” Thompson and 7-Eleven origins

By |2019-01-18T20:12:19+00:00January 18th, 2019|architecture, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Dry goods store, historic food, Men, oak cliff, South Dallas, Texans|

Joe C Thompson, Jr., who was better known as “Jodie Thompson", would be the founder of what we know as 7-Eleven. How did [...]

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The History of 7-Eleven

By |2019-01-15T19:10:02+00:00January 15th, 2019|architecture, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Dry goods store, historic food, Men, oak cliff, Promotions, South Dallas, Texans|

7-Eleven started in Oak Cliff as an icehouse.  People needed blocks of ice for their 'iceboxes' and the Southland Ice Company was there [...]

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