Dallas Historical Society Community Forums http://dallashistory.org/phorum/index.php Tue, 21 May 2013 09:00:58 -0700 Phorum 5.2.16 http://dallashistory.org/phorum/read.php?2,85024,85024#msg-85024 http://dallashistory.org/phorum/read.php?2,85024,85024#msg-85024
Cruise completely around Dallas on Loop 12 with your date or friends when gas was cheap and we didn't have any money to spend?

Drive to see the "Witches" of Stemmons Towers? These were black stone sculptures by day but at night their profiles looked like three hooded "witches" huddling together in a circle and were real eerie!

Hang out in the Jack in the Box parking lot at Casa View shopping center on Ferguson and Gus Thommason. Tons of people would cruise around in their cars and shoot the bull as we say here in Texas.

Get a burger, fries and a frosty mug root beer at Dairy Inn on Oates and Ferguson

Play foos ball at the corner of Jupiter and Garland Road. I can't remember the name but there is a car battery store there now.

Drive all the way around White Rock Lake when you still could and meet up with friends in the parking lot ?



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I was little but I still remember some of the shows.

Cornbread Matinee was a local afternoon hillbilly show hosted by Johnny Hicks.

Gangbusters
Mr District Attorney
Lone Ranger
Ma Perkins
Stella Dallas
Portia Faces Life
Lum and Abner

I'll think of more]]> BillB DHS Archives Tue, 14 May 2013 19:34:18 -0700 http://dallashistory.org/phorum/read.php?2,84930,84930#msg-84930 http://dallashistory.org/phorum/read.php?2,84930,84930#msg-84930
Is anyone familiar with this website (if it's still up) or another similar one?

Thanks.]]> matthew stephenson DHS Archives Wed, 15 May 2013 11:20:19 -0700 http://dallashistory.org/phorum/read.php?2,84906,84906#msg-84906 http://dallashistory.org/phorum/read.php?2,84906,84906#msg-84906
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I think they had two locomotives run head on into each other. He said that the folks staging the event miscalculated how far debris would travel through the air and some onlookers were killed.

Dave Lewis]]> ratfink23T DHS Archives Tue, 14 May 2013 07:15:26 -0700 http://dallashistory.org/phorum/read.php?2,84895,84895#msg-84895 http://dallashistory.org/phorum/read.php?2,84895,84895#msg-84895
A few years ago on a food show on TV they were talking about hamburgers. They said that in New York City a Texas Burger was a hamburger with a fried egg on top.

I don't know about the rest of you but if I was served a hamburger with a fried egg on top I would wax indignant all over the perpetrator of that heinous offense. Tar and feather and ride out of town on a rail comes to mind.

Perhaps we should start a rumor that a New York City Burger is a hamburger with a cow patty on top!

Dave Lewis]]> ratfink23T DHS Archives Tue, 14 May 2013 14:09:45 -0700 http://dallashistory.org/phorum/read.php?2,84874,84874#msg-84874 http://dallashistory.org/phorum/read.php?2,84874,84874#msg-84874
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Dave Lewis]]> ratfink23T DHS Archives Mon, 13 May 2013 22:49:02 -0700 http://dallashistory.org/phorum/read.php?2,84811,84811#msg-84811 http://dallashistory.org/phorum/read.php?2,84811,84811#msg-84811 jgoodman DHS Archives Fri, 10 May 2013 05:15:37 -0700 http://dallashistory.org/phorum/read.php?2,84787,84787#msg-84787 http://dallashistory.org/phorum/read.php?2,84787,84787#msg-84787
It must have been a syndicated package because I've heard it both in Dallas and Denver.

I don't remember which sttation it came on.

It was great stuff- Big Band music and pop music of the 1940s and 1950s. No rock and roll.

There was a lot of Kay Starr, The Ink Spots, Frankie Laine, Patti Page etc.

Anyone remember it?]]> BillB DHS Archives Sun, 05 May 2013 20:06:27 -0700 http://dallashistory.org/phorum/read.php?2,84716,84716#msg-84716 http://dallashistory.org/phorum/read.php?2,84716,84716#msg-84716 I was looking through some Arlington High School yearbooks from 1960 to 1962 and there are a couple photos from Pal's Hamburger's in Arlington. I was wondering if anyone knows where this was located?



Thanks,


Chris]]> topps1959guy DHS Archives Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:09:41 -0700 http://dallashistory.org/phorum/read.php?2,84675,84675#msg-84675 http://dallashistory.org/phorum/read.php?2,84675,84675#msg-84675 1951 General Highway Map of Collin County
it would appear that in southern Collin County Preston Road was roughly following what is now Fortson Ave, reached Frankford Rd, did a left turn, a right turn at Davenport Rd, followed Davenport Rd till McCallum Blvd, did a right turn, followed McCallum Blvd till it met with the current location of Preston Rd. (This is all roughly, of course!)

Did I get this right? Are there even older maps of southern Collin County/Northern Dallas County that show the old route of Preston Road?

Anybody knows why Preston Rd took this route instead of staying all the way on the left side of the creek just like it presently does?]]> tb75252 DHS Archives Sun, 12 May 2013 15:23:28 -0700 http://dallashistory.org/phorum/read.php?2,84626,84632#msg-84632 http://dallashistory.org/phorum/read.php?2,84626,84632#msg-84632
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Does anyone know anything about Dr. Foster and his family, and his practice in Dallas?]]> sharkins DHS Archives Wed, 24 Apr 2013 02:39:55 -0700 http://dallashistory.org/phorum/read.php?2,84571,84571#msg-84571 http://dallashistory.org/phorum/read.php?2,84571,84571#msg-84571
Did it in fact belong to the Horde who settled on the west side of the Trinity River? Was it built in the 1840s as claimed? Are any components of the present cabin from the original construction? It appears to be of hewn cedar. Currently it is chinked with mortar that I doubt is original or even of the same type as would have been used. It has a modern composition roof on it. There are shakes in the "eaves" portion of the cabin, but they appear to be of modern machine construction, and to have been oiled. It has a sandstone chimney and fireplace. All this "restoration" makes it difficult for me to know what is what. Horde would not have used sandstone, I suspect, as it would have had to be hauled from afar. More likely he would have used limestone, or simply a log chimney.]]> old man from dallas DHS Archives Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:55:19 -0700 http://dallashistory.org/phorum/read.php?2,84567,84567#msg-84567 http://dallashistory.org/phorum/read.php?2,84567,84567#msg-84567
Ben Johnson]]> Ben Johnson DHS Archives Fri, 26 Apr 2013 22:01:14 -0700 http://dallashistory.org/phorum/read.php?2,84553,84553#msg-84553 http://dallashistory.org/phorum/read.php?2,84553,84553#msg-84553
I have spoken with a number of experts in their field regarding attendance and they will all be at this event. MC Toyer whom we all know so well from the forum here gives excellent chats about the Bryan and Beemans. Also attending will be Master Naturalist Jim Flood, Master Naturalist Bill Holston and Archeologist Dr Tim Dalbey. All experts in their field. Dr Dalbey is an expert in Trinity archeology and recently was involved in an excavation within eyesight of the farm.

It sounds serious, but in reality this is a very informal event and is not led by anyone or any organization. It's just a gathering of citizens interested in the river and the sharing of ideas.

If interested please shoot me an email at refidnasb at gmail.com]]> Ben S DHS Archives Wed, 15 May 2013 19:02:22 -0700 http://dallashistory.org/phorum/read.php?2,84539,84539#msg-84539 http://dallashistory.org/phorum/read.php?2,84539,84539#msg-84539
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I was these 4 or 5 times back in the late '50s.

It was a pretty rough place. I saw fights break out a couple of times with beer bottles broke over heads.

If you were a Country fan they had some good big name shows. I saw Johnny Cash and Ernest Tubb.]]> BillB DHS Archives Wed, 17 Apr 2013 23:05:23 -0700 http://dallashistory.org/phorum/read.php?2,84459,84460#msg-84460 http://dallashistory.org/phorum/read.php?2,84459,84460#msg-84460 No longer will you roll at me
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I would think of these cabins as far off the beaten path as one could get in Dallas County. Prior to the construction of Joe Pool Lake or 1382, this was surely the most remote in all the county. I know nothing of the area other than the history of the Penn Farm that now houses Cedar Hill State Park. Mr Penn was killed by a rattlesnake. Searches of Jim Wheat's website yield the name of Hughes as the primary landholder at the turn of the last century and the Hughes Abstract still appears on the appraisal district website for the land holdings in the area.





The cabin sits here:

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At the green arrow on the map, at the lip of a canyon formed by a branch of Penn Creek. The contemporary homes nearby have no attachment to the old structure nor does any road run to it nor ever did as best as I can tell. No fireplace, electricity or running water although a bathroom sink sits on the floor. No attachment for the fixture exists on the walls. The cabin in present state is what appears to be a redux on an earlier version. If one looks at the eaves and overhangs, one can see older joint cuts in the cedar. Similar cuts exist inside in the sleeping area.

The barrel is a wood stove of sorts, most likely used outdoors. An old school desk and other random detrius round out the mix here. It seemed to have served as a private retreat of sorts and does not have the hallmarks of a working ranch tack room or storage shed.

Camp Tammi Babi was in the next canyon over. Anyone know much about that camp or the association with this building? The canyon here has a stand of Dogwood trees, very rare for this area. I wonder where they came from. They are literally hidden. Up the canyon, down the canyon, up two narrow draws and a small creek.

Below is the dogwood stand, it might look a little weird seeing all the flowering trees below, I climbed a 20 foot aluminum ladder to get the photos up in the canopy



This was part of a much larger transect of the ridges here, hiking at dawn from Wheatland Road@ Mountain Creek Parkway and across most of the ridges and canyons in the area. The only one that was not hiked was Signal Hill, not sure that is easy to get to.]]> Ben S DHS Archives Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:25:06 -0700 http://dallashistory.org/phorum/read.php?2,84426,84426#msg-84426 http://dallashistory.org/phorum/read.php?2,84426,84426#msg-84426 jgoodman DHS Archives Sat, 20 Apr 2013 20:18:17 -0700 http://dallashistory.org/phorum/read.php?2,84366,84366#msg-84366 http://dallashistory.org/phorum/read.php?2,84366,84366#msg-84366
I make writing pens as a hobby and was able to reclaim some pine wood from this grand building to make pens out of.

I understand the wood is old growth pine and is about 200 years old.

I will post a photo of the pen this evening.

I also got some pine from Tommy's Market located at 1606 Elm St. but have not been able to find musch history on this building.

Larry
New to the forums...]]> Larry DHS Archives Fri, 05 Apr 2013 04:32:43 -0700 http://dallashistory.org/phorum/read.php?2,84365,84365#msg-84365 http://dallashistory.org/phorum/read.php?2,84365,84365#msg-84365 altozwei DHS Archives Thu, 11 Apr 2013 21:04:09 -0700 http://dallashistory.org/phorum/read.php?2,84285,84285#msg-84285 http://dallashistory.org/phorum/read.php?2,84285,84285#msg-84285 BeckyWiser DHS Archives Fri, 29 Mar 2013 08:29:14 -0700 http://dallashistory.org/phorum/read.php?2,84264,84264#msg-84264 http://dallashistory.org/phorum/read.php?2,84264,84264#msg-84264 jgoodman DHS Archives Mon, 08 Apr 2013 23:17:22 -0700 http://dallashistory.org/phorum/read.php?2,84200,84200#msg-84200 http://dallashistory.org/phorum/read.php?2,84200,84200#msg-84200
Or to state the obvious, where was the hill covered with walnut trees?]]> txdore DHS Archives Tue, 09 Apr 2013 07:27:03 -0700 http://dallashistory.org/phorum/read.php?2,84195,84195#msg-84195 http://dallashistory.org/phorum/read.php?2,84195,84195#msg-84195
As a child in the 1950s/1960s I recall seeing some very small houses located near the back of the lot.

My mother said that some people would buy a lot and build a very small house at the back of the lot with the intention of building a larger house on the lot in the normal location. Apparently some of the larger houses never were built.

Dave Lewis]]> ratfink23T DHS Archives Sun, 24 Mar 2013 08:18:12 -0700