Texas history
One can say the history of Dallas preservation runs deep and straight to Junius Heights. Longtime resident Martha Heimberg purchased her home in the neighborhood in 1973 for $26,500. She was there when the historic columns welcoming people to the neighborhood were moved to Column Park on Abrams Road. When she first moved to the…
While living in Dallas has many, many advantages, there are times when we all yearn for a little less hustle and bustle and gravitate to the calming atmosphere of a small town. If that sounds like something you would be interested in then let me sweeten the pot for you: less hustle and bustle and…
Sometimes (OK, many times) we get some pretty cool stuff sent our way. Earlier this week, someone shot us a new interactive map that tells you what Native American tribes lived on the land where your house (or business, for that matter) sits. We noodled with it a bit in between deadlines, and it seems…
Over on SecondShelters.com, we’re featuring a property in La Grange that could be both a second home and an income property – and it boasts some of the richest connections to pre-state Texas history we’ve seen in quite some time. The Brookfield-Evans-Cremer House was home to an Alamo hero, a couple of heroes from the…
