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| 2008 Tours | Date and Time | Desription |
| CEMETERY TOUR
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Saturday, October 25th, 2008, 9 AM-3 PM | Whether they scare you or fascinate you, cemeteries hold our past – and, ultimately, our future. Join us as we light upon some of the area’s most historic and obscure burial grounds to visit the pioneers who came before us. Tour Guide: Francis James (a.k.a. “The Cemetery Lady”) Cost: $50/non members, $40/members |
| GRAVESIDE STORIES! HISTORIC CEMEMTERY WALKING TOUR | Saturday, October 25th, 2008, 3 PM-4:30 PM and 4:45pm-6:15PM | Come learn about Dallas’ past by walking through Grove Hill Memorial Park as we visit the gravesites of individuals like: G.B. Dealey, Blanch Barrow, the Von Erich family, Mayor Stephen Hay, Governor Clements, Jesse Curry, Arnold Joseph "Groovey Joe" Poovey, Milford Owen Rouse, and Alice Bryan Roberts. Costumed characters will step out from three to five preselected graves and give first person interpretations of the individuals buried there. Tour Guide: Ken Holmes and Dallas Heritage Village. Cost: $25/non members, $20/members |
REDISCOVERING DOWNTOWN DALLAS  |
Saturday, November 1st, 2008 9AM-2PM | Does downtown intimidate you? When you drive through, are you so busy watching the traffic lights, pedestrians, and one-way street signs that you don't have time to look up at the buildings? Climb aboard and be guided as you learn about the heart of the city. Our first stop: Dealey Plaza, where the city began, and the Old Red Courthouse. A few blocks away, the Texas Cable News building, the Belo building, and the Hyatt allow us to view historic murals depicting the rich heritage of Texas. After lunch, and a brief walk amid the Skyscrapers we'll explore Pioneer Cemetery, where many of the founders of Dallas are buried, and get an up-close view of the bronze cattle crossing the stream in Pioneer Plaza. Along the way we'll drive by the Farmers Market, Deep Ellum, the remains of "Theater Row," and we'll explore the Arts District, the State Thomas neighborhood. Tour Guide: Mike Hazel. Cost: $50/non members, $40/members. Lunch: Urban Café, Downtown. |
| CRADLE OF OAK CLIFF | Saturday, November 8th, 2008, 9 AM-2 PM | For Arts and Entertainment Oak Cliff has ALWAYS been the site to visit. See how the West Bank Community and all it has to offer. You will visit among many other sites: the burial spot of Clyde Barrow and the place where Lee Harvey Oswald was captured following the assassination of President Kennedy. December 23, 1949. Lois Green was shot to death out side the Sky Vu nightclub in Oak Cliff. He was a victim of the on going war between gambling faction in Dallas at that time. Also on the trip a visit to the birth place of the 7-11 chain, and the site of unusual artesian wells that flowed water so hot you had to wait for it to cool to take a bath. Tour Guide: Alex Burton. Cost: $50/non members, $40/members. Lunch: Tejanos, Oak Cliff |
| RETRACING THE STEPS OF LEE HARVEY OSWALD
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Saturday, November 15th, 2008, 9 AM-2 PM | John F. Kennedy and Dallas are forever connected in history. The 1963 downtown motorcade route and Dealey Plaza came alive on national television. Where did Lee Harvey Oswald live and work? What course did he follow on that fateful day? Theories of what happened will be examined and discussed. Listen to a historic Radio Interview with Lee Harvey Oswald on a New Orleans radio station. Follow Lee Harvey Oswald's footsteps through downtown and his taxi ride to his Oak Cliff boarding house. On to the intersection in Oak Cliff where Oswald gunned down Dallas Officer J.D. Tippit--listen to the police recordings and see the Texas Theatre where Oswald was captured. See the building where Jack Ruby killed Oswald while handcuffed to a Dallas police officer. Tours in 2008-2009 will also visit new sites, such as: Jack Ruby’s cell, Oswald’s rooming house at 1026 North Beckley, and the Texas Theater. Tour Guide: Ken Holmes. Cost: $50/non members, $40/members. Lunch: El Fenix, Oak Cliff |
| EXPLORING EAST AND SOUTH DALLAS
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Saturday, November 22nd, 2008, 9 AM-2 PM | This journey, led by well-known author and Dallas personality Rose-Mary Rumbley, begins in Fair Park. We’ll visit McCommas Bluff, lunch in the historic Lakewood district and discover little-known areas in East Dallas. With Rose-Mary Rumbley on board, this tour is guaranteed to be entertaining with lots of stories and personal anecdotes! Tour Guide: Rose-Mary Rumbley. Cost: $50/non members, $40/members. Lunch: The Dixie House, Lakewood |
| RUNNING WITH BONNIE AND CLYDE
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Saturday, December 13th, 2008, 9 AM-2 PM | Uncover the lives of those famous outlaw lovers from Dallas, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. This adventure includes stops in West Dallas, Oak Cliff, Dallas, and the now modern ambush highways of Dallas's "backdoor." See the last remaining building in Dallas where Bonnie worked as a young "porcelain skinned" waitress; where Clyde was hustled away daily by the "Laws" and the location of an attempted ambush of Bonnie and Clyde at Esters Road and Highway 183. The tour Participants will also visit a "safe house" where a gunfight broke out between Clyde Barrow and six officers in 1933, the site of the Barrow's Star Service station as well as the graves of both Bonnie & Clyde. 2009 is the 75th Anniversary of the Ambush!Tour Guide: John Neel Phillips. Cost: $50/non members, $40/members |
| 2009 Tours | Date and Time | Desription |
| DISCOVERING DALLAS’ HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS | Saturday, March 7th, 2009, 9 AM-2 PM | This tour will take you through many of Dallas’ historic and preservation districts including: Deep Ellum, South Dallas (South Blvd., Park Row, Queen City, etc.), the Cedars, Oak Cliff, Uptown, Old East Dallas, Munger Place, Swiss Avenue, Hollywood Heights and Santa Monica, Lakewood and the “M” Streets – just to name a few. You will learn about how the neighborhoods came into existence, who planned them and when. Some of the neighborhoods are very well known, while others are lesser-known residential jewels that make up the city Tour Guide: Tour Guide: Mike Hazel. Cost: $50/non members, $40/members. Lunch: Dixie House, Lakewood. |
| PLACES OF THE HEART…WAXAHACHIE! | Saturday, March 14th, 2009, 9 AM-2-3 PM | A picturesque town of bygone days that makes it a natural setting for a number of movies filmed on location here—“Places in the Heart (Sally Field); Bonnie & Clyde (Faye Dunaway-Warren Beatty); “Tender Mercies (Robert Duvall); Trip to Bountiful (Geraldine Page) and more. Our historical overview of this lovely town will include a rare architectural site—1904 Chautauqua Auditorium, a rare survivor of the Chautauqua circuit. Discover life in the early 1900s with a visit to the Ellis County Museum located on historic Main Street which includes the Heritage Visitor Center, rekindling the past and the rich history of Ellis County. As we stroll in the heart of the historic downtown square with its abundance of antique shops and unique boutiques, we’ll view the Ellis County Courthouse, famed for its Romanesque-style design with an interesting legend of the many carved faces that circle the courthouse…a tale of a love scorned. Lunch will be at the mysterious, haunted Catfish Plantation, an 1895 Victorian home that due to ghostly visitors has been internationally known through national and international media. The restaurant’s motto is perfect – “serving souls and spirits!” Before our return to Dallas, a driving tour of the area’s Victorian and Gingerbread houses is a special sight to behold. NOTE: If time permits, Wyatt Street Shotgun House Historic District, located on the east side of the 300 block of Wyatt Street, this district contains a row of small, single-family shotgun dwellings built around 1918. Tour Guide: Juanita Gonzalez. Cost: $50/non members, $40/members. Lunch: Catfish Plantation. |
| WACO TOUR | Saturday, March 21st, 2009, 9 AM-5-6 PM | You will visit the Texas Ranger (Law Enforcement) Museum and Hall of Fame located at Fort Fisher in Waco. See the old Waco suspension bridge built in 1870 (now a foot bridge) bringing the Texas section of the Chisholm Trail straight through the edge of downtown Waco in the process. We will tour the Branch Davidian Compound, see remnants, underground bunkers and the new chapel which has been built by its members. There is a memorial area and museum on site. In 1896 North bound and South bound Katy steam engines were staged for a collision course at Crush, Texas near Waco thus called the “Crash at Crush”. Hear stories from the site and photos of the crash. Tour Guide: Ken Holmes. Cost: $65/non members, $55/members |
| COWTOWN TOUR
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Saturday, March 28th, 2009 9 AM-2-3 PM | Live in Dallas, but never venture over to Ft. Worth? Well, here’s your chance! Enjoy a drive through downtown Ft. Worth and see the hotel where John F. Kennedy spent his last night. Visit the Will Rogers Rodeo and Equestrian Complex and stop to tour the Sid Richardson Museum. Trial drives on the Chisholm Trail lead to the Ft. Worth Stockyards, a city of its own, now very much alive with a rodeo, restaurants, old hotels, shops and the world famous “Billy Bob’s”. Seeing it, you will think you’re back in the 1880s! Tour Guide: Ken Holmes Cost: $50/non members, $40/members. Lunch: Riscky’s BBQ |
| HISTORIC GRAPEVINE AND WINE TOUR! | Saturday, April 4th, 2009, 9 AM-2-3 PM | Visit the oldest town in Tarrant County and feel the history as we tour historic downtown area abundant with boutiques, arts & crafts, antique shops, wine-tasting shops and more. Our tour will take us to historic Nash Farm, drive by Grapevine's quaint botanical gardens; plus we’ll visit the Pioneer Museum at the historic Grapevine Heritage Depot and take in a private viewing of local artisans demonstrating their craft at the VETRO Art Glass Gallery. Next, we’ll learn more about wine-making with a visit to either La Buena Vida Wine-Tasting Room or Delaney Vineyards. Our wine-tasting tour allows an in-depth look at the winemaking process as well as an opportunity to savor a sampling of the wines produced locally in North Texas. Did you know that Texas ranks 5th in the U.S. in the wine-making industry? Lunch will either be at Cross Timbers, a historic mid-1800s homestead OR at historic Nash Farm. Before making our way back to Dallas, we will stop to view the first significant national 9/11 Flight Crew Memorial. The memorial is located at 1000 Texan Trail, the corner of Texan Trail and Northwest Highway. This $1 million public monument--The 9/11 Flight Crew Memorial is named “Valor-Commitment-Dedication” -- after the three characteristics exhibited by these flight crews who lost their lives on September 11th. Tour Guide: Juanita Gonzalez Cost: $60/non members, $50/members. Lunch: Cross Timbers or Nash Farm |
| EXTREME DALLAS TOUR | Saturday, April 18th, 2009, 9 AM-2 PM | Do you know where the first McDonald’s was located? How about the national landmark for Art Deco? Or the Pennsylvania Railroad engine that lead the Robert F. Kennedy Funeral Procession in 1968? Dallas is literately a treasure trove of hidden facts and little-known details. This tour is for individuals who think they know all there is about our city’s history, or people who are interested in learning new trivia about their hometown. This tour – literately – has something for everybody. It will not disappoint! Tour Guide: Ken Holmes. Cost: $50/non members, $40/members |
| HISTORIC OAK CLIFF TOUR | Saturday, April 25th, 2009, 9 AM-2 PM | Learn why it was "Hord's Ridge" originally and was intended to be the "Cambridge" of Dallas. In 1908, the Trinity River flood separated Oak Cliff from the rest of Dallas for a long period. In the 1830s and 40s, occasional settlers set up temporary stockades and houses on the west side of the Trinity River before Dallas was founded. The first permanent settlement was established in 1845 by William H. Hord, and was called Hord's Ridge. In 1887, T.L. Marsalis bought 2000 acres and began a development he called Oak Cliff. By 1900, Oak Cliff had a population of 3,630 people. The principal of the high school in 1900 was W.H. Adamson. He served for almost 40 years. Dallas set its eyes on Oak Cliff and proposed annexation. A heated debate ensued with citizens afraid the merger would hinder Oak Cliff's growth. The vote succeeded by a slim margin, 201 to 183. This increased Dallas's size by one third Tour Guide: Rose-Mary Rumbley. Cost: $50/non members, $40/members. Lunch: El Ranchito, Oak Cliff |
| DEEP ELLUM WALKING TOUR
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Saturday, TBA, 9 AM-12 PM | Once a former red-light district...the hidden and forbidden clubs and speakeasies along the northern part of Elm Street were the center of the blues and jazz action. The area was seething with music--jazz combos, jump bands, bebop and boogie-woogie pianists, blues and jazz vocalists, and street-corner guitarists. It was a magnet for musicians of every racial and cultural background, and therefore, symbolically and in vivid musical reality, Deep Ellum was the most visible example of the interaction of cultures that defines Texas music. This walking tour explores the mythology, folklore, and cultural origins of Deep Ellum from the early days through its creation as a bohemian village to urban oasis of creative community living. We will walk into modern Dallas history as we read historic plaques and observe historic architecture and visit with today's business owners. Tour Guide: Marc Traynor. Cost: $20/non members, $10/members. Tour will meet at the All Good Café (2934 Main St., Dallas, TX 75226) |
| RETRACING THE STEPS OF LEE HARVEY OSWALD
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Saturday, May 2nd, 2009, 9 AM-2 PM | John F. Kennedy and Dallas are forever connected in history. The 1963 downtown motorcade route and Dealey Plaza came alive on national television. Where did Lee Harvey Oswald live and work? What course did he follow on that fateful day? Theories of what happened will be examined and discussed. Listen to a historic Radio Interview with Lee Harvey Oswald on a New Orleans radio station. Follow Lee Harvey Oswald's footsteps through downtown and his taxi ride to his Oak Cliff boarding house. On to the intersection in Oak Cliff where Oswald gunned down Dallas Officer J.D. Tippit--listen to the police recordings and see the Texas Theatre where Oswald was captured. See the building where Jack Ruby killed Oswald while handcuffed to a Dallas police officer. Tours in 2008-2009 will also visit new sites, such as: Jack Ruby’s cell, Oswald’s rooming house at 1026 North Beckley, and the Texas Theater. Tour Guide: Ken Holmes. Cost: $50/non members, $40/members. Lunch: El Fenix, Oak Cliff |
| CEMETERY TOUR
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Saturday, May 23rd, 2009, 9 AM-3 PM | Whether they scare you or fascinate you, cemeteries hold our past – and, ultimately, our future. Join us as we light upon some of the area’s most historic and obscure burial grounds to visit the pioneers who came before us. Tour Guide: Francis James (a.k.a. “The Cemetery Lady”) Cost: $50/non members, $40/members |
| RUNNING WITH BONNIE AND CLYDE
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Memorial Day Monday, May 25th, 2009, 9 AM-2 PM | Uncover the lives of those famous outlaw lovers from Dallas, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. This adventure includes stops in West Dallas, Oak Cliff, Dallas, and the now modern ambush highways of Dallas's "backdoor." See the last remaining building in Dallas where Bonnie worked as a young "porcelain skinned" waitress; where Clyde was hustled away daily by the "Laws" and the location of an attempted ambush of Bonnie and Clyde at Esters Road and Highway 183. The tour Participants will also visit a "safe house" where a gunfight broke out between Clyde Barrow and six officers in 1933, the site of the Barrow's Star Service station as well as the graves of both Bonnie & Clyde. 2009 is the 75th Anniversary of the Ambush!Tour Guide: John Neel Phillips. Cost: $50/non members, $40/members |
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