Tarrant County Tuesday
Today’s Tarrant County Tuesday takes us West to an enchanted stretch of S. FM 4 called Lone Camp in Palo Pinto County. This might be the most challenging article I’ve written in the eight years with CandysDirt.com. (Yeah, Candy, where’s my anniversary gift?) This is a story of a property that doesn’t fit cleanly in…
Twenty miles from downtown Fort Worth is the town of Aledo, Texas. Established in 1880 as the Parker Post Office, the name was changed to Aledo most likely after Aledo, Illinois. The entire town is roughly two square miles in size. Being relatively close to Fort Worth, Aledo experienced rapid growth in the 1990s when…
If you are new to the Lone Star State there is one thing to remember: No matter what season it is during the year, you can always play golf. Okay so maybe not every single day. There certainly are those 110-degree days in summer that could give you pause before heading out to chase the…
The split-level home came into existence and rose in popularity during the 1940s to the 1960s. Taking inspiration from Midcentury Modern and traditional Ranch-style homes, it is especially useful when the homesite is not exactly flat. If you have ever seen The Brady Bunch then you have seen a split-level home. Surprisingly we found out…
Finally, it feels like the temperatures are turning from the miserable 100-plus-degree weather we suffered through day after day this summer to the cooler temps of fall. Yes, it’s supposed to be back in the upper 80s and maybe even low 90s again in October, but let’s pretend that’s not going to happen and that…
