Tag Archives: Fort Worth

Mourning dove and chicks

Posted on April 21, 2010 | Comments Off on Mourning dove and chicks

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Mr. B.’s grandma in Fort Worth took this one of a nest on her back porch.

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Posted in Mr. Boy, Mrs. Charm, Texana

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The Old Stage Coach of The Plains

Posted on November 1, 2009 | Comments Off on The Old Stage Coach of The Plains

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The coming of the Butterfield Stage Line to Texas. Frederick Remington painting, Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth. From the great Texas history site Texas Beyond History, found here.

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Texas wildfires

Posted on April 11, 2009 | Comments Off on Texas wildfires

We thought the smoke in the air yesterday was the usual spring influx from the Chiapan farmers of southern Mexico burning the scrub off their fields to prepare for planting.

But it was actually coming from the northwest, above Fort Worth, where the drought-induced wildfires have burned-out a couple of small towns. Since some one hundred ninety-nine counties are affected so far, the governor has called for help from the national guard and FEMA. More wildfires appear to be burning around the Fort Hood area which is closer to the rancho but still a comfortable distance. Forecast rain tonight and tomorrow will help, if it shows up.

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Posted in Rancho Roly Poly, Texana, Weather/Climate

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Sharp humor ahead

Posted on December 29, 2007 | Comments Off on Sharp humor ahead

Cobb vows to be funnier, skewier, in ’08. I can relate. Also to his dismissal of a certain overcrowded city to our north as Fart Worth. But while I agree that Houston is an armpit, I would disagree that it’s the one of the South. That label still goes to Atlanta, still the place everyone down South has to go through even on the way to hell.

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White Elephant Saloon

Posted on May 4, 2007 | Comments Off on White Elephant Saloon

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One of my favorite buildings in Fredericksburg, Texas, in the Hill Country west of Austin. There were three White Elephant Saloons, part of a chain built in the 1880s. The others were in Fort Worth and San Antonio. The one in Fort Worth, where Bat Masterson is said to have once worked, is still a bar  country-music venue, but this one is a gift shop. Not sure about the one in San Antonio, but it was originally on Alamo Plaza.

UPDATE  Here’s a profile of the owner of the Fort Worth one, as of 2002, including details of a historic gunfight.

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