DFW day trips and backroad destinations
Somervell County Museum in Glen Rose Texas If you have ever been to Dinosaur Valley State Park, you may know that it can be hard to find the dinosaur tracks there. They are mostly in the river bed which is under water most of the time. You get the idea? Fortunately, the Somervell County Historical [...]
Texas has a grand variety of historic county courthouses. Many of these historic county courthouses exist today, in part, because of an act passed in 1881 by the Texas legislature authorizing counties to sell bonds to finance the construction of new courthouses. This change of state law combined with the prosperity that followed the Civil [...]
The Wise County Courthouse is often compared to another J. Riely Gordon courthouse in nearby Ellis County. These two buildings are much alike and also distinctly different. Both are grand examples of Gordon’s cruciform plan and his use of the Romanesque Revival architectural style. Enjoy the images below and please read my short history of [...]