A short walk around the historic Hillsboro Texas town square. I’ve put together an informal guide to the historic square in Hillsboro Texas complete with many pictures and descriptions. Read More
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Old Doc’s Soda Shop in Dublin Texas
May 31, 2008 – 10:04 pm
Old Doc’s Soda Shop, at the Dublin Dr Pepper bottling plant in Dublin Texas, is the home of a great old fashioned soda fountain. Although this soda shop is not particularly old, the fact that it’s contained within the oldest Dr Pepper bottling plant in the world makes it a good stand in for an authentic old soda shop. Read More
Beth Marie’s Old Fashioned Homemade Ice Cream in Denton Texas
May 31, 2008 – 9:31 pm
Beth Marie’s is a charming ice cream and soda shop on the Square in Denton Texas. This shop has so many of the features of an old time soda shop: authentic old building with presses tin ceilings, checkered floor, quaint soda shop tables, and an impressive counter complete with stools. Read More
Highland Park Pharmacy
May 31, 2008 – 8:41 pm
Highland Park Texas got its name because it sat on high land overlooking Dallas, and because of a plan to reserve 20% of the developed land for parks. Wilbur David Cook, who was one of the the planners of Beverly Hills, California, laid out the plans for development of the area. incorporated in 1913 as Highland Park. The 3rd wealthiest location in Texas by per capita income according to Read More
Tolar Texas Windmill Farm
May 27, 2008 – 7:36 pm
Tolar Texas is a little town along highway 377 between Granbury and Stephenville Texas. Windmills are what puts Tolar on the map. Read More
Hico Texas Where Everybody is Somebody
May 18, 2008 – 6:37 pm
Hico Texas
Home of Cowboys and Legends
Hico Texas is a speck of a town along highway 281, between the rural towns of Stephenville and Hamilton, in North Central Texas. This community has a historic commercial district that is interesting for what it’s not. Yes it has antique stores and boutique shops. Yes it has a few restaurants. It also has a true vintage feel about it. Read More
Northwest Arkansas Road Trip
May 11, 2008 – 7:31 pm
In a previous post I talked about several old town squares in the heart of Northwest Arkansas, and I concluded with the Rogers Historic District and Scenic Highway 12. That’s where I begin this post.
Scenic Highway 12 in Northwest Arkansas passes through Rogers Arkansas and then through some truly beautiful Ozark countryside. Just the scenery makes this road a good choice for those heading east to destinations like Eureka Springs and the Buffalo River. Read More
Northwest Arkansas Old Town Squares
May 1, 2008 – 7:23 pm
Northwest Arkansas is a very dynamic place. There’s plenty of jobs and just about everywhere you look there’s something new being built. There are plenty of things to do and see in the region. Some of the towns of the region have nice old town squares, and I would like to describe several of them. Read More
Caleb’s Diner in Corsicana Texas
April 24, 2008 – 6:58 pm
As I drove up North Beaton Street in Corsicana looking for Caleb’s Diner, I watched the historic store fronts slowly slip by. I drove along and then, there it was, 125 N. Beaton St, but the sign said “Dee’s Place.” Later I would find out that Dee was the previous owner, but for that moment I knew numbers don’t lie, so I turned the corner looking for a place to park. Read More
Mundane Road Trip Destinations
April 20, 2008 – 10:37 am
Gunnar Johnson wrote a post about the sublimely mundane nature of much of his cross-country travels. It’s certainly true that the bulk of road trip travel is mundane. It’s the occasional rare finds you come upon that make road tripping priceless. Gunner seems to have a keen eye for the bazaar as well as the mundane. Read More