Category Archives: Young County

I have rectified the red rocks under the watchful eye of the red bird perched aloft in my red bud tree: The Pathway is finished.

Posted on December 22, 2020 by Suzassippi

Today was sunny, clear, and warm at 61. I headed to Home Depot for a bag of sand, another bag of paving sand, and 3 new plants. Rain is headed this way tomorrow, and temperatures in the 30s for the … Continue reading →

Posted in landscape architecture, Texas, Young County | Tagged flagstone, petrified wood, sandstone | 5 Comments

New Deal in Texas: Bunger PWA School House

Posted on September 23, 2018 by Suzassippi

The Bunger school house is in Young County, just a few miles down the road from Graham, my home town. It was completed in 1936 as PWA project W1255 and is rock veneer. Miss Fannie Ragland was the county superintendent … Continue reading →

Posted in New Deal Administration, Public Works Administration, school houses, Texas, Young County | Tagged Bunger School House | 2 Comments

A Texas kind of Christmas

Posted on December 29, 2015 by Suzassippi

Rio and I have been busy these past weeks, but we will be back soon!

Posted in Young County | Tagged Rio | 7 Comments

(Former) Young County Jail, 1921

Posted on July 26, 2015 by Suzassippi

Tex., Graham–Jail–Young County will vote May 3 on $40,000 jail bonds; W. H. Reeves, County Judge. (Manufacturers Record Publishing Co. Volume 79, May 5, 1921, p. 162. Baltimore, MD) Graham was sorely in need of a new jail facility as … Continue reading →

Posted in Young County | Tagged former Young County Jail, Graham | 4 Comments

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 →