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.
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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 [...]
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.
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 [...]
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.
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. [...]
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 [...]
The Burger Bar in Cleburne Texas
April 1, 2008 – 7:09 pm
Yes it’s small, the building is about twelve foot square. Yes it’s old, they’ve been making burgers here for 50 or 60 years. According to the owner of The Burger Bar, the building was originally the office area for a wagon yard. That’s wagon as in horse and wagon. The barn burned down leaving only [...]
Glen Rose Texas Drive By Destinations
March 16, 2008 – 4:15 pm
Glen Rose Texas is a wonderful little town. I’ve previously written about the history of the place and outlined a few interesting destinations. As I consider all the information available for travelers, I realize it’s quite good.
Chandor Gardens - Historic Gardens in Weatherford Texas
March 2, 2008 – 9:48 pm
With Spring just around the corner, I thought now might be a good time to dust off this article I wrote about Chandor Gardens several years ago and post it here. This is a wonderful little place to stroll on a warm Spring day, or to take family pictures.