Old Red Siblings – Missouri Edition
Old Red has siblings! Feast your eyes upon the Jasper County Courthouse in Joplin Missouri. It is a paler twin of Old Red! [...]
Old Red Museum – Romanesque Explained
Old Red Museum is in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. The original Romanesque style was popular in western Europe in the 11th, 12th, and [...]
Old Red Museum
What used to be the Dallas county courthouse is now the Old Red Museum. It is located on land platted by John Neely [...]
Pegasus Found!
Our previous posts dealt with the (relatively) new Pegasus atop the Magnolia Hotel that was lit to celebrate New Year's Eve going in [...]
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GIFT CERTIFICATE AVAILABILITY Are you stuck on what to buy for your in-laws? Saddled with a co-worker you don't know in the Secret [...]
Dallas’ Fire of 1860
The last few posts have been about Alex and Sarah Horton Cockrell. After Alex's death, Sarah built the St. Nicholas hotel - she [...]
Giving of the Thanks – Part III, the Crow Course
The holiday posts are each named after a formal dinner and its many courses. Aperitif and amuse-bouche, previously written, are fancy but common [...]