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    1. [TXKAUFMA] Filming of Route 66 in Crandall, 1960
    2. This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FkB.2ACE/1628 Message Board Post: In 1960, Hollywood came to Crandall Texas, to film an episode of the series, Route 66. The episode was entitled "1800 Days to Justice". They filmed on the main street of Crandall, in front of the then U.S. Post Office. There were shots of the Crandall Train Depot. They also filmed in the Crandall Cemetary. I have a copy of this episode and have been trying to match up the scenes in the episode, with present day Crandall. The depot, heck, even the railroad tracks are gone. But the building where the post office was, is still standing. And the cememtary looks unchanged from 1960. My question concerns a concrete road that is shown in the opening scene. I think it is what is now called County Road 4124. It parallels the old RR track roadbed. I matched up an old concrete bridge that crosses a creek when entering the town from the north. Currently this road dead ends. My question is; in 1960, did this road cross the East Fork of the Trinity and link up with a road in Combine? Seems odd for them to build a nice two lane concrete road back then, just to have it end at the Crandall city limits. The RR tracks crossed the East Fork back then and I wonder if the road did also. If you can answer this, or if you have any memories of the filming of this TV show in Crandall, please feel free to email me. macredoak@aol.com Thanks for reading this. P.S. If you see a guy taking pics in the Crandall cememtary, it is probably me.

    10/10/2006 08:46:17