Category Archives: Brazos River

Curiosity killed the cat: Remains of the bridge over the Clear Fork of the Brazos River at Chrystal Falls in Stephens County TX

Posted on June 9, 2023 by Suzassippi

On my way back to the Triple H Farm outside of Cisco last weekend, I spied these stone piers just a few feet from the bridge over the Clear Fork at Crystal Falls. I stopped, turned around, and drove back … Continue reading →

Posted in Brazos River, Breckenridge, Bridges, Clear Fork, railroad lines, Stephens County, Texas, Throckmorton | Tagged , | 6 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 , , , , | 16 Comments

The Wreck of the Brazos Bridge

Posted on August 7, 2021 by Suzassippi

While I was searching for information about the Newcastle Variety Store earlier in the week, I ran across the newspaper advertisement of the town lot sales in 1908: the town’s founding. The Perkins Townsite Company of Decatur, Texas ran a … Continue reading →

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A bridge to nowhere, or somewhere?

Posted on February 5, 2021 by Suzassippi

I am sometimes reminded that life is like an old bridge. It has structure and form, a path and direction, and varying methods of support, aesthetics, damage, and repairs. In traveling, we may have obstacles in our path, whether overgrown … Continue reading →

Posted in Brazos River, Bridges, Clear Fork, Country Philosophy, Shackelford County, Texas | Tagged , , | 16 Comments

Palo Pinto County Courthouse

Posted on July 6, 2018 by Suzassippi

Texas has some of the most imposing courthouses, and overall, have done a nice job of protecting them thanks to the Texas Historical Commission’s “nationally recognized and award-winning Texas Historic Courthouse Preservation Program.”  Thus far, 67 full restorations have been … Continue reading →

Posted in Beaux Arts, Brazos River, Classical Revival, Courthouses, New Deal Administration, Renaissance Revival, Texas, Work Projects Administration | Tagged , | 5 Comments

Limestone Guard Wall, Kimberlin Mountain: Another WPA Find

Posted on July 4, 2018 by Suzassippi

Growing up in Young County, Texas, this road was one of my dad’s favorites for a Sunday afternoon drive around Lake Possum Kingdom, or PK as we knew it.  On my recent trip to Texas, I discovered this guard wall … Continue reading →

Posted in Brazos River, Bridges, landscape architecture, New Deal Administration, Texas, Works Progress Administration | Tagged , , | 5 Comments

Cardinals and Flamingoes: A New Twist on Birdbrain

Posted on February 25, 2012 by Suzassippi

If there is one thing I do love, it is an older woman who knows how to dress her age–any age she wants to!  Just today as I was getting my hair done, my hairdresser said her mother is always … Continue reading →

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Works Progress Administration: Possum Kingdom Bridge

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Suzassippi

Politically speaking, the best of all landscapes, the best of all roads, are those which foster movement toward a desirable social goal. John Brinkerhoff Jackson, in Discovering the Vernacular Landscape  On my recent trip to Texas while researching the Eliasville … Continue reading →

Posted in Brazos River, Bridges, landscape architecture, Texas, Works Progress Administration, Young County | 1 Comment

Through-truss bridge on the Clear Fork of the Brazos River near Eliasville, Texas

Posted on December 26, 2011 by Suzassippi

This steel girder bridge was built in 1928, spanning the Clear Fork of the Brazos River in Young County.  It sits a few miles east of the town of Eliasville. The design is a “pass through truss” and the length … Continue reading →

Posted in Brazos River, Bridges, Clear Fork, Eliasville, Ironwork, Texas, Young County | 3 Comments