Author Archives: Suzassippi

City National Bank of Eastland: Exchange National Bank, Drug Store, Oil Company, and County Annex

Posted on June 7, 2023 by Suzassippi

As noted in the update to the earlier post about the one-story building on the corner, it was identified as a bank in the 1911 Sanborn maps for Eastland County. When the City National Bank built the new five-story building … Continue reading →

Posted in Bank buildings, Historic Businesses, Historic Downtowns, Reuse, Recycle, Repurpose, Texas | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments

Monday Morning Musings: 3 months and 79 years ago

Posted on June 5, 2023 by Suzassippi

I have never made a trip to Young County without going by Grandma’s house and when she was still living in it–to go see her. In the first years after they could no longer live alone, I could still drive … Continue reading →

Posted in Acts of Restorative Kindness, Army Air Force, Brazos River, Family, Monday Morning Musings, Texas, Wildflowers, Young County | Tagged , , , , | 12 Comments

The bank on the corner turned grocery store and the hardware store turned Bear Creek Taphouse

Posted on June 4, 2023 by Suzassippi

I love old architecture, and even more, the stories those buildings hold. I can spend way too much time trying to locate details of a building’s history. Eastland’s 1911 and 1920 Sanborn Fire Insurance maps provided clues to these two … Continue reading →

Posted in Bank buildings, Family, Historic Businesses, Historic Downtowns, Reuse, Recycle, Repurpose, Texas | Tagged , , , , | 6 Comments

Saturday Night Special: It’s not what you think it is.

Posted on June 3, 2023 by Suzassippi

On the way home from Texas, we spent the night in Monroe, LA. We were planning on dinner at the Waterfront Grill, on the river by the University of Louisiana Monroe…but even though the website said it was open, it … Continue reading →

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Eastland County Courthouse: Eastland TX

Posted on June 2, 2023 by Suzassippi

Eastland is a relatively small rural town west of Fort Worth and east of Abilene on I-20. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported Sept. 15, 1927, p. 19 in the commissioners meeting minutes that the architect for the five-story building would … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Deco, Art Deco architecture, Art Moderne, brick work, Historic Downtowns, Ironwork, Texas | Tagged , , , | 12 Comments

My own personal funeral service for my mother: Awesome!

Posted on June 1, 2023 by Suzassippi

Mother died February 9, 2019. I was 12 hours away by car and even if I flew in to Dallas from Memphis and rented a car, I could not have been there in time for the funeral. We had previously … Continue reading →

Posted in Acts of Restorative Kindness, Cemeteries, Country Philosophy, Ecosystem, Family, Texas, Wildflowers, Young County | Tagged , , , , | 21 Comments

The Historic Eastland Hotel and a walk around the Courthouse Square

Posted on May 31, 2023 by Suzassippi

We started our Texas trip to the Triple H Farm last Thursday morning. Our first overnight was in Tyler as we were driving to Temple Friday morning to take some family items to R’s cousin and visit his last living … Continue reading →

Posted in Art Deco, Art Deco architecture, Bank buildings, brick work, Family, Historic Downtowns, Texas, Theatres | Tagged , , | 3 Comments

Geiger Field: Spokane, Washington

Posted on May 23, 2023 by Suzassippi

[Missing] Bob Wooldridge has [missing] transferred from Ham-[missing] eld, Calif. to Geiger [missing] pokane, Wash. where [missing] ending U. S. Engineers [missing]. Uncredited newspaper item in Grandma’s scrapbook. I have not been able to find this in any of the … Continue reading →

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Another “what had happened was” day

Posted on May 21, 2023 by Suzassippi

In the never ending and primarily pointless effort to keep the kudzu at bay in the spring, I had clipped all the ever-encroaching vines away from the fence on the driveway side of the house. They particularly like to snake … Continue reading →

Posted in Acts of Restorative Kindness | Tagged | 23 Comments

Almost gone

Posted on May 20, 2023 by Suzassippi

If magnolias were invited out… They will all be gone by the time we get back from Texas. It used to happen every year while I was in South Africa, but somehow that seemed like a better trade-off.

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