The Cedar Bayou Hiking Trail is located near the Cedar Bayou Marina in Gordonville, Texas and is part of the Cross Timbers Hiking Trail system that starts over at Juniper Point. According several sources the Cedar Bayou Trail is 1.5 miles long but … [Read more...]
August 16, 2021 By Leave a Comment
Random Picture of the Week #181 : Woodmen’s Circle Home
This week’s random image is of the old Woodmen’s Circle Home in Sherman, Texas that took back in March, 2021 during a road trip to explore the backroads west of Sherman, Texas. When the old mansion was built it was just outside of town but as Sherman … [Read more...]
August 14, 2021 By Leave a Comment
Meadow Pond Trail at Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge
The Meadow Pond Trail at Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge near Pottsboro, Texas is a 2.85 one-way trail that follows the old KATY Trail Rail System (Missouri-Kansas-Texas (MKT or "Katy") Railroad). The round trip is about 6 miles that views of … [Read more...]
August 7, 2021 By Leave a Comment
Random Picture of the Week #180: Old Red Barn in Grayson County, Texas
This week’s random image is of an Old Red Barn I found while exploring the back roads in Grayson County, Texas right before the storms passed through the area. Old Red Barn on a Lonely Dirt Road You just don’t see these old barns anymore. They are … [Read more...]
August 1, 2021 By Leave a Comment
Methodist Church of Cannon – Grayson County, Texas
About an hour north of Dallas is the small and growing town of Van Alstyne, Texas and just east of town on the edge of town is the small rural unincorporated community of Cannon, Texas. There isn't much left of the original town. All that’s left is … [Read more...]
June 28, 2021 By 2 Comments
The Old Dorchester Bank in Dorchester, Texas
Just outside Sherman, Texas are the remains of a small farm and ranching town. When you drive through the downtown area you find a couple of abandoned row buildings. These buildings are a few of the remaining buildings left in town. The building … [Read more...]
June 25, 2021 By 2 Comments
Random Picture of the Week #177: The Old Strawn House Near Dorchester, Texas
This week’s random image is of the old Strawn House near Dorchester, Texas that I photographed a few months ago during a Grayson County, Texas rural explore of the Dorchester area. The Old Strawn House Near Dorchester, Texas Although the house sits … [Read more...]
June 9, 2021 By Leave a Comment
Random Picture of the Week #176: Old Red Barn on a Lonely Dirt Road
This week’s random image is of an Old Red Barn on a Lonely Dirt Road I found in Grayson County, Texas right before the storms passed through the area. Old Red Barn on a Lonely Dirt Road You just don’t see these old barns anymore. They are either torn … [Read more...]
July 10, 2020 By 2 Comments
Carpenters Bluff Bridge
Carpenters Bluff Bridge was originally built for the Missouri, Oklahoma and Gulf (MO&G) Line and the construction was completed in 1910. The bridge is a Pratt Through Truss is and 1,18.2 feet and the deck is 11.5 feet wide. From the vertical, the … [Read more...]
March 5, 2019 By Leave a Comment
Tioga Calaboose – The Old Tioga City Jail
Most small towns had a jail and it was generally a one or two cell building that ranged in size from around 70 square feet to several hundred square feet. In Texas many of these small jails were called Calabooses and you can see one of these examples … [Read more...]
