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General Category => 3DHS => Topic started by: Christians4LessGvt on February 12, 2015, 01:55:36 PM
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The first "modern" school in Stephenville, Texas 1886. Note that most of the children are barefoot.
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Well
Shoes is kinda luxury to supply kids since they more likely out grow them before wearing them out.
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The Beach Hotel in Galveston, Texas was built in 1882 and destroyed by fire in 1898.
It was located on Galveston Beach between Tremont St. and Twenty-fourth St.
The architect was Nicholas J. Clayton.
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Is this the first modern school in Texas, or just in Stephenville? Stephenville is quite a ways from Houston, it is up around Dallas.
My father was born in Gainesville in 1902, but he grew up in a variety of tiny towns in the panhandle, because his father was a minister who had been a banker, and was good at rescuing impoverished Methodist Churches. Being poor than the Baptist churches was the worst thing that could happen then, other than twisters and fires. My grandmother wrote a book about her life, and mentioned how her kids were always properly shod. This must have been important then, because now I don't thing it is a detail anyone would mention.
When I visited the Dominican Republic in the late 70's for the first time, there were lots of barefooted people. This is very rare now, thanks to the Japanese, who spread their zoris (flip-flops, or chancletas) all over the world, and the Chinese who produce them. They sell them for around a dollar a pair. My guess is they cost less than 25¢ to make.
Here in the US, cheap shoes are as near as the closest thrift shop.
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Is this the first modern school in Texas, or just in Stephenville? Stephenville is quite a ways from Houston, it is up around Dallas.
The caption I found with the picture says "first modern school in Stephenville".
Not sure why you bring up Houston?
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Tom Sefcik Hall
Seaton, Texas
Tom Sefcik (pronounced "SEF-chick"), a burly man with a warm smile, built more than a two-story dance hall: He built community in the tiny town of Seaton. He and his wife, Terezie Rose, created a sweet life, raising two daughters, Adela and Alice, in the two-story house he constructed next door. And one daughter was destined to someday take over one of the most revered dance halls in Texas.
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Your previous post mentioned how safe Houston was because all them Cowpboys wuz a-packin' their pistols.
I have this feeling that perhaps Stephenville was not the first place in Texas to have a "modern school" if that means a brick two story building.
The high school my father graduated from in Gainesville was a brick building as I recall, built way before he graduated in 1920. His graduating class consisted of 25 people, not many considering the town had at least 10,000 at that time.
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Your previous post mentioned how safe Houston was because all them Cowpboys wuz a-packin' their pistols.
Oh ok...no there is not a connection between this thread and the one about guns/Houston.
I have this feeling that perhaps Stephenville was not the first place in Texas to have a "modern school" if that means a brick two story building.
Yes I agree Stephenville was not the first place to have a modern school in Texas.
The high school my father graduated from in Gainesville was a brick building as I recall, built way before he graduated in 1920. His graduating class consisted of 25 people, not many considering the town had at least 10,000 at that time.
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I e-mailed a lady today about possibly buying a Border Collie from her in Gainesville, Texas.
It's really not very far from my house....probably less than an hour up I-35.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Red-River-Border-Collies/231626626929526
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Gaineville has two drawbacks: (1) there are floods rather regularly, and (2) it is too close to places where life is much less boring. The young people tend to head for Dallas-Ft Worth, they tell me.
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The drive into the Chisos Mountains in Big Bend National Park, Texas.
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A group of my Mexican classmates from NMSU once attended the Terlingua Chili Chile cook off. Our secret ingredient was a mix of horsemeat and goat, but it was picante enough that all they added was a different texture. We did not win, but they were coming back for seconds after all our chili was gone. This was back when Terlingua was really ghost town. It was a lot of fun. Many Cruz Blanca cervezas met a happy end there.
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"horse meat"?
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carne de caballo, we knew a guy in Juárez. It adds a sort of sweetness, goes well with jalapeños,and makes good chili. Also, my amigos liked the idea of feeding horse to cowboys. Cruz Blanca can conjure up some wild ideas.
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Folks gathered outside the first public school in Eddy, Texas.
Eddy, which long ago incorporated with the neighboring town of Bruceville
and is now "Bruceville-Eddy' bestrides I-35 between Temple and Waco.
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Historical photo, showing JFK thanking Tarrant County Sheriff's Deputies in Fort Worth 2.5-3 hours before
he was assassinated. A lady found this in a storage unit that she bought at auction and the information
is written on the back.
In 2.5 hours history will come to a screeching halt and
yet here's everybody happy and smiling and shaking hands.
Such a poignant photo, knowing what's about to happen.
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Photo of a military funeral procession for a casualty of the Border War (1910-1919) passing the depot in Eagle Pass, Texas. The casket is borne on a horse-drawn artillery caisson. May this soldier RIP.
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Here are some little known Texas tidbits.
1. Port Arthur to El Paso: 889 miles. Port Arthur to Chicago: 770 miles
2. Brownsville to Texline (north of Amarillo ): 956 miles. Texline to Canada : 960 miles
3. El Paso is closer to California than to Dallas
4. Texas is the only state to enter the US by TREATY, (known as the Constitution of 1845 by the Republic of Texas to enter the Union)instead of by annexation. This allows the Texas Flag to fly at the same height as the US Flag, and Texas may choose to divide into 5 states.
5. A Live Oak tree near Fulton is estimated to be 1500 years old.
6. Dr Pepper was invented in Waco in 1885. There is no period in Dr Pepper.
7. The Capitol Dome in Austin is the only dome in the US which is taller than the Capitol Building in Washington, DC (by 7 feet).
8. The San Jacinto Monument is the tallest free standing monument in the world and it is taller than the Washington Monument.
9. The State Mascot is the Armadillo. An interesting bit of trivia about the armadillo is they always have four babies. They have one egg, which splits into four, and they either have four males or four females.
10. The Beck family ranch land grant is one days ride by horse (25 miles) in each direction from the headquarters.
11. The name of the XIT ranch in Dalhart Texas stands for "ten in texas". That means 10 counties in Texas.
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11. The name of the XIT ranch in Dalhart Texas stands for "ten in texas". That means 10 counties in Texas.
My father grew up in several Panhandle towns: Dalhart, Dumas, Texline, Texhoma, Shamrock and Vernon.
Wikipedia says this about the XIT:
The XIT Ranch had a number of rules, including:
No employee was allowed to carry any weapons for offense or self-defense.
Gambling or card-playing of any description was strictly prohibited.
No liquor or intoxicating beverages were allowed to employees during their time of service.
No employees were allowed to hunt wild game on any of the XIT horses.
Employees were not allowed to own any of the horses or cattle on the ranch.
Legacy
In remembrance of the massive ranch, the City of Dalhart hosts the XIT Museum and the annual XIT Rodeo and Reunion held the first Thursday through Sunday of August. The celebration includes three days of junior and professional (PRCA) rodeo events, the world’s largest free barbecue, three nights of live music, a mud bog competition, an antique tractor-pull, and other activities.
Several businesses in the Dalhart area use "XIT" in their names and styles.
In 1961, the historian Joe Bertram Frantz at the University of Texas at Austin, along with Cordelia Sloan Duke, published 6,000 Miles of Fence: Life on the XIT Ranch of Texas.[6]
Get this: NO WEAPONS ALLOWED. All those cowboys were forbidden to exercise their God-given right to carry a side arm. There much have been some terrible shootings, what with all those good guys forbidden to carry guns.
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And this:
According to the XIT Ranch museum website, it covered portions of 10 counties, which apparently helped perpetuate the misbelief that the brand -XIT- stands for "Ten In Texas". The brand, in fact, was originated to thwart rustlers.[5]
There is an XIR=T Museum:
http://xitmuseum.com/history.shtml
Cowboys with nary a gun! The XIT was a gun-free environment.