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Touted as the precursor to the Miss Universe Pageant and a Galveston tradition from 1920 to 1932, the Bathing Girl Revue signaled the beginning of the summer tourist season. In 1925, the 3-day long event was held May 16 - 18. Events included two parades, one in which the entries wore sports wear, and the other in which they wore bathing costumes (pictured in this film). The final pageant in which the judging was held took place on the last evening in the city auditorium. In its heyday, the bathing revue attracted far larger crowds than usual; the local newspaper reports tens of thousands of people thronging to the island for the occasion.

http://www.texasarchive.org/library/index.php?title=The_Sloane_Collection,_no._4_-_Galveston_Bathing_Girl_Revue,_1925

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Some good friends brought this back to life in 2008 or 2009 and it is still going today.

http://www.galvestonbeachrevue.com/

Pretty sure BrooksBear donned a speedo...

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BrooksBear! Smokin!!

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He's got bigger moobs.

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But how about that SailorBear hat!!

Anyone remember Westview Village in Waco?

right across the street would become The Golden Triangle - first home of Poppa Rollas.

Doris Day checking into The Roosevelt Hotel in Waco around 1951. Photos by Jimmie Willis.

John Wayne and Elvis also stayed there back in the day

For a limited time, TSHA is launching a series of seven eBooks offering an exclusive look into the battles and heroes of the Texas Revolution. Get Sam Houston, Hero of San Jacinto, FREE for a limited time.

https://tshaonline.org/revolution/?utm_content=houston&utm_campaign=revolution

https://tshaonline.org/revolution/_assets/Sam_Houston.pdf

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For a limited time, TSHA is launching a series of seven eBooks offering an exclusive look into the battles and heroes of the Texas Revolution. Get Sam Houston, Hero of San Jacinto, FREE for a limited time.

https://tshaonline.org/revolution/?utm_content=houston&utm_campaign=revolution

https://tshaonline.org/revolution/_assets/Sam_Houston.pdf

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Within the last couple of weeks I have discovered that Davy Crockett's 1st cousin John is my 5xgreat grandfather. Many of David's sons moved to Texas after his death at the Alamo and after the Texas revolution. I now wonder if my 2x great grandparents (which included the Crockett descendant but neither was named Crockett) came to Texas with them from Tennessee. It is more likely that they followed them there later.

I need to check the burial dates in Texas in relation to the Texas Revolution.

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Davy Crockett was promised 4,600 acres of land in Texas before the Alamo. If nobody ever claimed it after he died... you may be the longest lost heir!

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For a limited time, TSHA is launching a series of seven eBooks offering an exclusive look into the battles and heroes of the Texas Revolution. Get Sam Houston, Hero of San Jacinto, FREE for a limited time.

https://tshaonline.org/revolution/?utm_content=houston&utm_campaign=revolution

https://tshaonline.org/revolution/_assets/Sam_Houston.pdf

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Within the last couple of weeks I have discovered that Davy Crockett's 1st cousin John is my 5xgreat grandfather. Many of David's sons moved to Texas after his death at the Alamo and after the Texas revolution. I now wonder if my 2x great grandparents (which included the Crockett descendant but neither was named Crockett) came to Texas with them from Tennessee. It is more likely that they followed them there later.

I need to check the burial dates in Texas in relation to the Texas Revolution.

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Davy Crockett was promised 4,600 acres of land in Texas before the Alamo. If nobody ever claimed it after he died... you may be the longest lost heir!

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LOL. I wish.

In my case I was able to prove it pretty easily since I found the cousin's will and it included 2 generations of my already known ancestors. Though prior to two weeks ago, I had no idea.

As a kid I used to run around wearing a Fess Parker approved Davy Crockett coonskin cap. This all jogged my memory that I think my dad used to tell me that he had heard someone in the family was related to Davy Crockett. But since that was all he had, I chalked it up to Father teasing young son.

the first Chili's - about 1975, Greenville and Meadow in Dallas. It used to be a Post Office prior to this

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For a limited time, TSHA is launching a series of seven eBooks offering an exclusive look into the battles and heroes of the Texas Revolution. Get Sam Houston, Hero of San Jacinto, FREE for a limited time.

https://tshaonline.org/revolution/?utm_content=houston&utm_campaign=revolution

https://tshaonline.org/revolution/_assets/Sam_Houston.pdf

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Within the last couple of weeks I have discovered that Davy Crockett's 1st cousin John is my 5xgreat grandfather. Many of David's sons moved to Texas after his death at the Alamo and after the Texas revolution. I now wonder if my 2x great grandparents (which included the Crockett descendant but neither was named Crockett) came to Texas with them from Tennessee. It is more likely that they followed them there later.

I need to check the burial dates in Texas in relation to the Texas Revolution.

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That's really cool

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Although most Waco residents today are totally unaware of the reputation of the Two Street district and the name Mollie Adams, in the early 1900s Mollie was an infamous character in Waco. She was beautiful. She was a financial success. And she was a woman of many connections in Waco, although she was shunned by proper society. Because of these connections, it was rumored that the city officials overlooked many of her indiscretions and allowed her more liberties than were given to the other madams on the Reservation.

Ms Adams' astute business skills can be traced in Waco's bawdy register. She first appeared in the mid-1880s as merely a prostitute, but then she acquired a brothel in 1891 consisting of three rooms. She slowly expanded to seven rooms, then she moved and was evidently financially successful enough to add indoor plumbing and electricity to her establishment. The house also had two parlors, a dance hall, a bar, several bedrooms and a bell system that could summon a particular woman for a certain customer with discretion. Interestingly, the architect for Ms Adams' brothel was also the architect for First Baptist Church Waco.

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Rio Grande Valley soda fountain early 1900s

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Love those old fountain pictures Kinda wish we still had them.

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During the blizzard of 1899, the temperature tumbled to 10 degrees below zero, and

people ice-skated on the Brazos River

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Any pics of this? This is a great thread! Of course, it would be. I has my 2 favorite posters.

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During the blizzard of 1899, the temperature tumbled to 10 degrees below zero, and

people ice-skated on the Brazos River

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Any pics of this? This is a great thread! Of course, it would be. I has my 2 favorite posters.

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There are some pics in this book. Scroll down.

https://books.google.com/books?id=kWRFrY8g0S8C&pg=PA97&lpg=PA97&dq=waco+ice+skating+on+the+brazos+victorian&source=bl&ots=OhFwjtesTY&sig=b0NVgSGfNKV7lJrDrn0PDVeVPA0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj1tsGsydjXAhUFUd8KHXHOBdoQ6AEIUTAN#v=onepage&q=waco%20ice%20skating%20on%20the%20brazos%20victorian&f=false

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the first Chili's - about 1975, Greenville and Meadow in Dallas. It used to be a Post Office prior to this

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Man, the original was so good...I really miss that place! My wife grew up right by that Chili's, and we went there all the time...

That menu seems so familiar, but it has been so long ago now.

- KEB

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the first Chili's - about 1975, Greenville and Meadow in Dallas. It used to be a Post Office prior to this

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Man, the original was so good...I really miss that place! My wife grew up right by that Chili's, and we went there all the time...

That menu seems so familiar, but it has been so long ago now.

- KEB

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I was working at the nightclubs on Greenville Ave a short time after this one opened. We would run over and grab some takeout (before they had takeout). Then they would come over after closing and party at our clubs

The Grass Fight

The Grass Fight, on November 26, 1835, became the last engagement in the siege of San Antonio before the final Texan assault on the town. In November Col. Domingo de Ugartechea had left San Antonio with a cavalry escort to guide reinforcements to the garrison commanded by Gen. Martn Perfecto de Cos. After the departure of Stephen F. Austin to represent Texas in the United States, the Texan army elected as commander Col. Edward Burleson, who continued to harass Cos while scouting for the return of Ugartechea.

On November 26 Erastus "Deaf" Smith rode into the Texas camp in mid-morning with information that Mexican cavalry with pack animals were approaching San Antonio. Texas soldiers wondered if the column might be carrying pay for the Mexican army. Burleson ordered James Bowie and forty cavalry to delay the Mexicans' progress. A hundred Texas infantry under William H. Jack followed Bowie to seize the supply train. The two cavalry forces of about equal size began to skirmish west of town and soon fought on foot from ravines near Alazan Creek. Cos sent about fifty infantry with an artillery piece to help oppose the Texan attack. The Texas infantry broke out of a crossfire from the two Mexican units and pushed them back. Mexican troops counterattacked four times until Texas reinforcements under James Swisher caused them to pull back into the town. Texas losses included four wounded, while Mexican losses numbered three dead and fourteen wounded, mostly among the cavalry. When the Texans brought in forty captured pack animals they discovered their prizes carried only grass to feed army animals.

The final assault came several days later on December 5 and lasted until December 9 when Cos surrendered to Texan forces. The Grass Fight did not have a substantial impact on the outcome of the siege, but it does serve as a colorful aside to the Texas Revolution.

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During the blizzard of 1899, the temperature tumbled to 10 degrees below zero, and

people ice-skated on the Brazos River

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Any pics of this? This is a great thread! Of course, it would be. I has my 2 favorite posters.

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There are some pics in this book. Scroll down.

https://books.google.com/books?id=kWRFrY8g0S8C&pg=PA97&lpg=PA97&dq=waco+ice+skating+on+the+brazos+victorian&source=bl&ots=OhFwjtesTY&sig=b0NVgSGfNKV7lJrDrn0PDVeVPA0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj1tsGsydjXAhUFUd8KHXHOBdoQ6AEIUTAN#v=onepage&q=waco%20ice%20skating%20on%20the%20brazos%20victorian&f=false

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This is great!

Anybody know who this former DJ on WFAA (Dallas) might be? Also worked on "Dialing for Dollars" for Channel 8. And interviewed several folk after the JFK assassination

Can't see the pic, but assume it is Ed Hogan.

Mr Peppermint, Jerry Haynes, also gave live post assassination coverage

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Can't see the pic, but assume it is Ed Hogan.

Mr Peppermint, Jerry Haynes, also gave live post assassination coverage

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Can't see the pic, but assume it is Ed Hogan.

Mr Peppermint, Jerry Haynes, also gave live post assassination coverage

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nope and nope

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Lurch? Ted Cassidy

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Can't see the pic, but assume it is Ed Hogan.

Mr Peppermint, Jerry Haynes, also gave live post assassination coverage

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Lurch? Ted Cassidy

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Yep. All 6'9 of him. Worked in Dallas as DJ back in the day. Was a reporter at the JFK assassination

Another bit of Texas trivia - this fella is longtime Texas resident. Had a really juicy part in a few movies

Here he (Peter Mayhew) is in costume for his role

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Here he (Peter Mayhew) is in costume for his role

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The legal immigrant and Granbury resident!

SMU in the 1920s. Waaaaay out in the sticks...

What would become Dealy Plaza circa 1935. That what will become the Texas Book Depository on the left. Back then 411 Elm was the Southern Rock Island Plow company until it became The Sexton Building then TSBD.

Children playing on iron pole playground equipment at Trinity Play Park in Dallas around 1900. No concussions, no bullying, no Ritalin, just the occasional broken arm.

Irene Ryan, better known as "Granny" in "The Beverly Hillbillies," 1930. Irene was born Jessie Irene Noblitt in El Paso on October 17, 1902, so she was 27 or 28 years old when this was taken.

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Irene Ryan, better known as "Granny" in "The Beverly Hillbillies," 1930. Irene was born Jessie Irene Noblitt in El Paso on October 17, 1902, so she was 27 or 28 years old when this was taken.

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Long before she had a "cement pond" in the back yard.

Ima Hogg
Ima Hogg, philanthropist and patron of the arts, daughter of Sarah Ann (Stinson) and Governor James Stephen Hogg, came from one of the most famous families in Texas. After spending much of her early life in Austin, she studied music in New York and Europe. Following her return to Texas, she helped found the Houston Symphony Orchestra and became its president in 1917. By the late 1920s Miss Ima was involved in a wide range of philanthropic projects. In 1929 she founded the Houston Child Guidance Center, an agency to provide therapy and counseling for disturbed children and their families. In 1940, with a bequest from her brother Will, who died in 1930, she established the Hogg Foundation for Mental Hygiene, which later became the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health at the University of Texas.

In 1943 Miss Hogg won an election to the Houston school board, where she worked to establish symphony concerts for schoolchildren, to get equal pay for teachers regardless of sex or race, and to set up a painting-to-music program in the public schools. In 1946, she again became president of the Houston Symphony Society, a post she held until 1956, and in 1948 she became the first woman president of the Philosophical Society of Texas. In 1966, she presented her collection of American arts and antiques and Bayou Bend, the River Oaks mansion she and her brothers had built in 1927, to the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston. In the 1950s and 1960s, she restored several establishments and homes, which were turned into historical sites and centers. She was given several honors for her service in historical preservation.

In her later life, she continued to receive awards and recognition for her contributions to Texas. She was appointed to the Texas State Historical Survey Committee in 1953 and later served on a committee appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower for the planning of the National Cultural Center (now Kennedy Center) in Washington, D.C. There is little doubt that Hogg left an important mark on history, as her efforts in Texas arts and culture can still be seen throughout the state and country today.

Content courtesy of the Handbook of Texas

This little gas station with an apartment on the back, in the old Old Cliff before it was Dallas, the home of a young Clyde Barrow. On Singleton, a mile or so east of Hampton Rd.