These are a few of my favorites taken by yours truly in 2009.
December 29, 2009
Tioga Jail
Ten feed wide by twelve feet deep, this tiny jail is situated in the town of Tioga, about 60 miles north of Dallas. I’ve been through Tioga on the 377 a quadrillion times and numerous trips through town on Gene Autry. In these parts, many towns have a street named Gene Autry. [...]
December 26, 2009
December 25, 2009
A winter storm arrived on the 24th leaving a blanket of snow across North Texas. Since the 23rd saw a 70 degree temperture, the ground was very warm but there was enough snow to last at least half the day Christmas making everyone’s dream of a white Christmas come true. I prefer the [...]
December 23, 2009
Sadler United Methodist Church
“First called Quillin’s Chapel. This church was organized in September 1876 in a schoolhouse just west of Sadler Cemetery, The Rev. William M. Robbins (1836-1898), then serving the Dexter Circuit, was the founding pastor J.P. Collier, E.J. Cravens, William Jones, James Mitchell, and W. S. Robinson were the original trustees. Renamed Salem Methodist Church in [...]
December 21, 2009
Younger Sullivan House 1889
On the corner of Center Street and North Avenue sits this lovely victorian home in Whitesboro Texas. It was built in 1889 by Dr. Sullivan who was a prominant leader in the area. In 1923 it was purchased by Frank Edgar and Sarah Gordon Nichols, mother of the four Sullivan girls, Beryl, Hortense, [...]
