Murphy Family Cemetery, Murphy, TX
This cemetery is also known as the William Andrew Murphy cemetery or the Mouldon cemetery. This is a very small, very quaint and [...]
Collinsworth Historical Cemetery, Plano, Texas
I stumbled upon the Collinsworth Historical Cemetery in Plano after a quick Google map search. It is a wee cemetery tucked in to [...]
Rowlett Creek Cemetery, Part II
Rowlett Creek cemetery has many intricate headstones. At your local cemetery, you may have noticed headstones that look like large tree branches or [...]
Pecan Grove Cemetery, the American Women
We left out story with Charles Paglee pulling the heart-strings of Orrin Hatch, Ross Perot and Harry McKillop to get the “American woman” [...]
Toilet paper, take 1
The rumor is going around that y'all can't get enough toilet paper, so here is a look at toilet paper history for you. [...]
Local Garden Geckos
Backyard garden robot got a new coat of paint. Explore Dallas History hosts several adorable geckos in the backyard. They often hang out [...]
Pegasus Explained
Why on earth would a Pegasus come to be shorthand for Mobil Oil and by proxy, Dallas? Long story short: Mobile Oil has [...]
State Fair of Texas – 100 years ago today
from the Dallas Morning News, First Week of October, 1919 Children of Texas Orphanages Admitted to Fair Free Today Children of the orphanages [...]
State Fair of Texas – the Art!
Art: Untitled? Artist: Curtis Dybala My apologies to Mr. Dybala as my photo does not do justice to this fabulous work of art. [...]
State Fair of Texas – Kinetoscope!
There is an exhibit, Shot in Texas, inside the Hall of State. Of interest to Explore Dallas History fans is this bit about [...]