Re: The Texas International Pop Festival, Lewisville, Aug 30 - Sep 1, 1969
In the 50s going to Okla. to see my grandparents, we took old HWY 77 thru Lewisville onward to Denton. You had to stop in every town. When the interstate system took over, we bypassed 77 if my memory...
View ArticleRe: The Texas International Pop Festival, Lewisville, Aug 30 - Sep 1, 1969
Duck Inn is well remembered. We loved the hush puppies made with white corn meal.
View ArticleRe: Barefootedness
I remember those things....little roundish(elliptical, actually) vegetations that clung to pants, socks, and shoes....anything fabric. A hazard of dove hunting! I thought they came off of goat weed. Jim
View ArticleRe: OLD MEMORABLE ESTABLISHMENTS ON MAIN ST IN GRAND PRAIRIE
Sunset Golf is located right next door to Yello Belly. I've played there on several occasions. It is pretty decent for a 9 hole course as all their holes are regulation length, rather than the typical...
View ArticleDallas-based KKK history
I am working on a research project that's about the Klan's history in Dallas. Does anybody know any specific stories about the Klan's activity in Dallas, that your grandparents may have told you? What...
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I remember a woman, cant remember her name, but she was a high ranker in some faction of the kkk, she lived somewhere in the vicinity behind sunset high school. This would have been around the late...
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Re: Dallas-based KKK history
Addie Barlow Frazier, aka Dixie Leber (Rebel spelled backwards) Lawrence Brewer of Dallas picks up and returns the Ku Klux Klan hood of Addie Barlow Frazier, organizer of Dallas' first KKK march in...
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I understand my Dad's Dad was in the klan. He was born in 1900 so the timing is about right. Before he and Ma (a Czech Catholic) died, we went to Rowlett Cemetary to visit kin and there were rocks on...
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Mrs. Frazier lived over on Oak Cliff Blvd. She was quite the character and, in addition to having the typical racist beliefs of the Klan, was also very much into the John Birch fold. She believed that...
View ArticleRe: Barefootedness
mreagant Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I worked with Clark Hubbs for a short while in the > early 70's when he was active in the recently > hatched...
View ArticleRe: Dallas drive ins, with car hops
Wayne Pritchett Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Dave - you are probably right about the name > changing in 55-56. Austins had carhops into the > 60's though....
View ArticleRe: Belle Starr's Cave
mreagant Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > There were three Kiowa alleged to be involved in > the break-out and killing. Bonus points for > naming the third....
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Yes thats the woman, she was a real character the few times i met her.
View ArticleRe: Dallas-based KKK history
Ed Busch ran a radio talk show back in the '70s and Dixie was a frequent caller. I've heard her a lot of times.
View ArticleRe: Dallas drive ins, with car hops
Here is an article from "Oak Cliff Advocate" that mentions Austins carhops. [oakcliff.advocatemag.com] Wayne
View ArticleRe: Belle Starr's Cave
That is correct, Dave. There is a very good biography of Maj. Robert S. Neighbors written in the 50s/early 60s (I think) about the Comanche/Kiowa and some other tribes reservation effort in the 1850s...
View ArticleIf You Could Bring One Place Back...
what would it be? We've discussed diners, drive ins, sit-down restaurants, soda fountains, and even a few dives. If you could reincarnate one today, exactly as it was, which one would you bring back?
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I really can't think of any. The good days and good times were more centered on the people than the places- at least for me. I can think of a lot of people I would bring back as they were then.
View ArticleRe: DALLAS HOUSING AUTHORITY: Project names & history
I lived in the West Dallas Projects from 1957 to 1959. Lots of memories. They were divided up by races. George Loving was for whites only. I just cannot remember the other two but do not think that...
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View ArticleRe: Belle Starr's Cave
mreagant Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > That is correct, Dave. There is a very good > biography of Maj. Robert S. Neighbors written in > the 50s/early 60s (I...
View ArticleRe: If You Could Bring One Place Back...
Cant really say any one place in particular but if i could wave a magic wand I'd make all of oak cliff like it was in the 50s, 60's and most of the 70s. I grew up where you didnt even have to lock...
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The answer to that question lies in the fact that the model itself has been around in one form or another since 1998, which is a lifetime in the sport shoe industry. It's quite often the fact that...
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Barefoot running is becoming quite a trend nowadays. People who run are more aware of the benefits of running lighter and in a way, freer. It has been said that running barefoot makes you retain the...
View ArticleIs a Pair of Nike Air Max TN Shoes It?
The answer to that question lies in the fact that the model itself has been around in one form or another since 1998, which is a lifetime in the sport shoe industry. It's quite often the fact that...
View ArticleNike Free Run Review - A Swift Look At The Nike Free Run Review
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