A ghost town is typically a town that once had an economic activity that supported its community but at some point failed and as a result, the town became damn near abandoned. Unfortunately, Texas has plenty of ghost towns spread across the state. It's a bit eerie and mysterious which is...
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Now ghost town. LINDENDALE: NE Kemdall County, near SW Blanco County. Located midway on RR-1888 (the road from Blanco to Luckenbach/fredericksburg) between RR-1376, and RR-1623. The community has met at least once per month for potluck dinners, for the last sixty years. Historic Linden...
haunted places to visit in Texas for BIG-size scares. I read in an email from Texas Highways that Texas has over 500 ghost towns. Below is a glimpse of some of the most haunted places in Texas that we have come across. Some are year-round haunted houses. From hotels to ghost tours ...
Texas, a state known for its history and tasty barbeque, also holds a darker side with haunted locations that echo the past. Some of the most bone-chilling stories come from the state's old jails and prisons, where you might catch eerie occurrences and even ghost sightings. ...
I ain't afraid of no ghost. Well that's easy for me to say seeing as I've not really had what I would consider a definite encounter with a ghost. But for some... Spectrophobia Tuva Mathilde, Unsplash Spectrophobia If it hadn't been for those slumber parties where we dared each oth...
This is his story: His family lives on a sailboat. They leased a mooring from a man and they’ve been living aboard their sailboat down there near the beach. The man (I’ll call him Dave), his wife (I’ll call her Maria) and their kids. ...
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Today – we headed west – far west! We visited Sierra Blanca and the Hudspeth Courthouse there. The courthouse had some interest. The town bordered on being a ghost town. I don’t mean it is a ghost town – but there are some many abandoned buildings it has that feel. ...
Jose Antonio Menchaca was an early settler in this town near Austin in Travis County. At some point along the way, the first 'e' in his name was flipped to an 'a,' and the residents just said forget about pronouncing the last 'a' we're using it at the front now. To be fair, ...