H.H. Holmes in Dallas, Part VI
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 [...]
By Greta|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 [...]
By Greta|2019-06-07T01:12:14+00:00June 7th, 2019|adolphus, architecture, art, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, department stores, Design, innovations, rail lines, train history, trains|
Busch-Kirby Building 1509 Main Street, Dallas Originally built by Adolphus Busch as a 17-story office and retail space (it has more recently been [...]
By Greta|2019-06-05T16:27:58+00:00June 5th, 2019|adolphus, architecture, art, beer, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, department stores, Design, rail lines, train history, trains, West End|
I got a little flakey with posting there for a while, so your reward is this magnificent Dallas Building! It has a few [...]
By Greta|2019-03-02T19:42:12+00:00March 2nd, 2019|adolphus, beer, Dallas History, Dallas People, historic food, Immigrants, innovations, Men, rail lines, Texans, train history, trains, Women|
Adolphus Busch, Honorary Dallasite So, life happened and I didn’t post for a while. But you know what makes life better? BEER. Do [...]
By Greta|2019-02-18T16:34:40+00:00February 18th, 2019|adolphus, architecture, beer, Children's Toys, Civil War, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Deaths, Design, graves, Immigrants, innovations, Men, Restoration, train history, trains, Women|
Adolphus Busch, honorary Dallasite and his powerhouse wife, continued. I didn’t want to be a bummer on Valentine’s day, so I only mentioned [...]
By Greta|2021-03-11T03:17:32+00:00February 13th, 2019|adolphus, architecture, art, beer, Civil War, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Immigrants, Politics, Slavery, Texans, train history, trains|
In our story of Adolphus Busch, honorary Dallasite, we are up to the outbreak of the Civil War. Eberhard Anheuser and his new-ish [...]
By Greta|2019-02-11T16:30:17+00:00February 11th, 2019|adolphus, architecture, art, Black History, Civil War, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Immigrants, Slavery, Texans, train history, trains|
If you are thinking to yourself, poor Adolphus Busch! Just 18 years old and in a new country! But, don’t feel too badly [...]
By Greta|2019-02-07T22:53:24+00:00February 7th, 2019|adolphus, architecture, art, Civil War, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Design, historic food, rail lines, train history, trains, West End|
Honorary Dallasite for a few days, Adolphus Busch – the 21st of 22 children. But don’t worry, his dad was a businessman with his fingers [...]
By Greta|2019-02-06T22:49:07+00:00February 6th, 2019|adolphus, architecture, Chicago world's fair, Dallas Architecture, Dallas History, Dallas People, Design, historic food, Men, Style, Texas State Fair, train history, trains|
Let’s talk beer! Yay, you say! Would you love to hear about Lone Star or some other distinctly Texas beer?! Sorry, we are [...]
By Greta|2018-12-19T18:42:32+00:00December 19th, 2018|Accessories, children's clothing, Children's Toys, Dallas History, department stores, Dry goods store, Great Depression, Promotions, Texans, train history, trains, Women|
Picture it. Garland, Texas, 1937. (Ode to Sophia.) Holiday toys for girls and boys are being advertised in the newspaper in huge [...]