Maybe if Drew gets a picture of the Hocker house moved to Ft Worth, Cynthia could place it on the web-site. Personally, I can not imagine such a tall and larger house was moved, but I know it was. I would like to know just how it was done, and only for $1000.00 even in the 70s. I will scan the picture of the house in Gateway to Texas and send it to Drew so he will know what he is looking for, assuming it still looks the same after moving. Anyone else wanting a copy sent to them, let me know. You can request it direct to me at [email protected] Jim G ----- Original Message ----- From: "Debbie Blanton McCoy" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 12:03 PM Subject: Re: Re: [TXREDRIV] Hotel information (Clarksville) > Drew, > > You're welcome. If you have a digital camera, will you take a picture of > the house and send it to me? I very rarely ever get to Ft. Worth anymore. > > Debbie McCoy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 10:59 AM > Subject: Re: Re: [TXREDRIV] Hotel information (Clarksville) > > > Thanks Debbie, I had not seen Mike's message. > > I will look through some more county websites that list more than just tax > appraisals. That website is great though and I use it often for research > purposes. > > Meadowbrook was definitely a high quality neighborhood in the 70s. It > wouldn't surprise me if that is the house being talked about. I have some > friends that still live in that area, but rarely make it out that way > anymore. I will try and get out there in the next few days and take a look > at it. > > Thanks, > > Drew Slate > Fort Worth, Tx > > p.s. I have the GoogleMap on my laptop and it is awesome. I really like the > feature of being able to mark sites with notes. It isn't up to date though, > and I haven't figured out how far out of date it is. I know it is at leas t > over a year out of date, at least for my side of FW. > > > > > From: "Debbie Blanton McCoy" <[email protected]> > > Date: 2005/09/08 Thu PM 08:42:06 EDT > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Re: [TXREDRIV] Hotel information (Clarksville) > > > > Drew, > > > > Did you see Mike Gibson's message? He found a house on the Tarrant County > > Tax Appraisal District records that was once owned by Charles & Michelle > > Ross. He stated that the house was at 1929 Queen Street in Fort Worth. I > > looked on the appraisal district web site and that house was originally > > owned by a Charles W. Ross and wife Michelle. The value of that house is > > listed at $26,700 and is only 700 sq. ft. However, there is another house > > at 2001 Queen Street which was originally owned by a Charles M. Ross. It > > is > > valued at $200,000 and has 3,740 sq. ft. in it, so I think that would more > > likely be the house that everyone is talking about. > > > > Queen Street is located in east Fort Worth, right off Meadowbrook Drive. > > It's not very far from Meadowbrook Jr. High School where I went to school. > > It was moved there in 1970 which is after I graduated from high school and > > left Ft. Worth, so I have never seen it. If you will go to Mapquest and > > put > > in the address, it will show you where it is located. > > > > Debbie Blanton McCoy > > Kilgore, TX > > > > Jim, > > > > I looked in the on-line Tarrant County Tax Appraisal District records, > > under > > past owners. I found a Charles Michael and Michelle Ross that once owned > > land at 1929 Queen Street in Fort Worth. > > > > According to Yahoo!Maps, it is located in the Southeast section part of > > the > > city bounded on the north by I-30, east by Loop 820, south by Highway 80, > > and west by Oakland Avenue. > > > > Mike Gibson > > Mesquite, Texas > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 11:11 AM > > Subject: Re: Re: [TXREDRIV] Hotel information (Clarksville) > > > > > > Jim, > > > > I only have what you and John have mentioned. If you have any > > information > > that would help me track it down, I will be glad to see what I can find. > > There are a few local museum/history places that might be able to help. > > > > Do you have any idea what year it was brought here? That might point me > > to > > a certain part of the city. FW expanded and built in a way over the years > > that I could quickly narrow it down to certain parts of the city. There > > are > > a few pockets of very old historic homes, but since it was brought in I > > doubt it would be in one of those areas. > > > > When I was in Clarksville a few years ago, I remember a Victorian home not > > to far off the square that I think had just been restored. It was one a > > fairly large lot and I believe yellowish color. It was on the west side > > of > > the square and a block off US-82 (I think). Is this a private home or a > > business? > > > > Thanks, > > Drew Slate > > Fort Worth, Tx > > > > > > From: "Jim Giddens" <[email protected]> > > > Date: 2005/09/07 Wed PM 11:15:45 EDT > > > To: [email protected] > > > Subject: Re: Re: [TXREDRIV] Hotel information (Clarksville) > > > > > > Drew, > > > Did you get the Ross names that bought it and moved it and do you have > > > a > > > picture of it. The Gateway to Texas has a photo copy of it. I could > > > scan > > > an send to you if it would help. It is a huge 3 story Victorian Home. > > > It > > > was never a school but music lessons etc were given to individuals > > > according > > > state books and statements. > > > Jim G > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: <[email protected]> > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 6:25 PM > > > Subject: Re: Re: [TXREDRIV] Hotel information (Clarksville) > > > > > > > > > > John and Jim, > > > > > > > > If you can give me a little more information on this home, I will see > > > what I know or can dig up here in FW. There are many historical homes > > > here, > > > but I am not aware of any history that moved one here from Clarksville. > > > > > > > > Was this the hotel that you are referring to or a school as one > > > > person > > > mentioned? Do you know any special connection to it that I might be > > > able > > > to > > > connect with? If it is still standing, I bet I have seen it at some > > > point > > > and if not I will drive by and get some photos, this city ain't that big > > > that I haven't been all over it. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > Drew Slate > > > > Fort Worth, tx > > > > > > > > > > From: "Jim Giddens" <[email protected]> > > > > > Date: 2005/09/04 Sun PM 06:37:26 EDT > > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > > Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Hotel information (Clarksville) > > > > > > > > > > John, > > > > > I read about it somewhere in recent times, must have been in the > > > > > RRR > > > but > > > > > not sure. > > > > > I will check it out later, on my way out right now. Don't remember > > > > > if > > > it > > > > > gave the names of buyer or not. > > > > > Jim G > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: "John at Cox" <[email protected]> > > > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > > > Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2005 4:12 PM > > > > > Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Hotel information (Clarksville) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Can someone tell me how to identify the "Victorian House" that was > > > moved > > > > > to > > > > > > Ft. Worth? I visited it as a child, when it was home to a distant > > > in-law > > > > > of > > > > > > mine, and would like to see it again. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > From: "Jim Giddens" <[email protected]> > > > > > > To: <[email protected]> > > > > > > Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2005 3:25 PM > > > > > > Subject: [TXREDRIV] Hotel information (Clarksville) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (Red River Group: below is the reply to me (Jim G) from Jim > > > > > > > Lovett. > > > > > I > > > > > > > am still a little confused but will give it all a good look next > > > time I > > > > > am > > > > > > > in Clarksville. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jim Giddens > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > > > ++++++++ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jim, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Forgive my tardiness in replying, but my computer has been out > > > > > > > of > > > > > > > commission with a virus. I am just now getting it going again. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > My office, located immediately west of the Episcopal Church (now > > > > > > > the > > > Old > > > > > > > Church Theater) was converted from the Dorsey Hotel in 1969 by > > > > > > > Bert > > > > > > > Holster. My mother first moved the Red River County Credit > > > > > > > Bureau > > > into > > > > > it > > > > > > > and I moved in January 1, 1970 when I finished my term as County > > > > > Attorney > > > > > > > and moved out of the courthouse. As best as I can recall our > > > > > > > street > > > > > > > address was 506 West Main. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It was located where the washateria is now located. The Connerly > > > house > > > > > on > > > > > > > the north side of my office, where Dr. Kumar's office is now > > > located, > > > > > was > > > > > > > also destroyed when my office burned. The fire was on September > > > > > > > 17, > > > > > 1980, > > > > > > > right at the end of the hottest summer on record. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The three story Victorian was immediately west of my office and > > > > > > > was > > > > > moved > > > > > > > and restored in Ft. Worth sometime in the early 1960s. I > > > > > > > attended > > > > > > > kindergarten there with Miss Hattie Hocker in 1938-9. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > One of the early homes was located in the center of the block > > > > > > > where > > > > > Piggly > > > > > > > Wiggly was built. The house was the only structure in that block > > > > > > > and > > > the > > > > > > > vegetation had covered it almost completely. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The Main Hotel was located east of Stiles and, indeed, behind > > > > > > > all > > > the > > > > > > > businesses on the east side of the square. The hotel spanned the > > > entire > > > > > > > block north to south. I understand that there was an overhead > > > walkway > > > > > > > across the street from the Main Hotel to the Opera House, but > > > > > > > that > > > was > > > > > > > before my time. Indeed, I never remember seeing the Opera House, > > > which > > > > > was > > > > > > > just east of the Main Hotel. Our friends Bill Wright and Gladys > > > Walker > > > > > > > operated a restaurant in the Main Hotel for many years and it > > > > > > > was > > > the > > > > > > > principle meeting place for all our local civic organizations. > > > Bobbie > > > > > > > Wright and Stanley were their children. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sounds like your group has fun with reminiscing. So enjoy ... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jim > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon Aug 29 13:06 , 'Jim Giddens' <[email protected]> > > > > > > > sent: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jim, > > > > > > > My Red River County e-mails buddies (Rootsweb site) have been > > > > > > > discussing old hotels in Clarksville. > > > > > > > One is the Dorsey Hotel. It this the same building you had > > > > > > > your > > > > > office > > > > > > > in that burned? > > > > > > > I remember being in it. In fact you did wills for Sue and me > > > > > > > in > > > 1972. > > > > > > > I look at the wills package, but the street address is not on > > > > > > > it. > > > > > What > > > > > > > was the address? > > > > > > > What year was your building burned? > > > > > > > Just where was this building in comparison to where the present > > > > > > > day > > > > > Piggy > > > > > > > Wiggly is. > > > > > > > Am I correct that a huge 3 story old Victorian house was where > > > > > > > the > > > > > Piggy > > > > > > > Wiggly is, and the house was purchased > > > > > > > and moved to Ft Worth. > > > > > > > Also what was the name of the old hotel that was behind the > > > > > > > Stiles/Blackmon Drug? > > > > > > > I tried to call Lucille at home, but no answer. > > > > > > > Pardon me for taking you time but thanks for your help. > > > > > > > Our group likes to dig into history and memories of places and > > > people > > > > > of > > > > > > > Red River Co. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jim Giddens > > > > > > > Reno, Tx > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > Visit Red River County GenWeb site > > > > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txredriv > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > > > > > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > > > > > > > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > > > > > > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > > > Visit Red River County GenWeb site > > > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txredriv > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > > > > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > > > > > > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > > > > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > > > > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > > > > > New content added every business day. 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If my memory serves, which it does sometimes, the papers reported that "the Hocker housed" (aka "Miss Anna's house"} was taken apart, shipped, and reassembled at its new site. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Giddens" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 6:11 PM Subject: Re: Re: [TXREDRIV] Hotel information (Clarksville) > Maybe if Drew gets a picture of the Hocker house moved to Ft Worth, > Cynthia > could place it on the web-site. Personally, I can not imagine such a > tall and larger house was moved, but I know it was. I would like to > know > just how it was done, and only for $1000.00 even in the 70s. > I will scan the picture of the house in Gateway to Texas and send it to > Drew > so he will know what he is looking for, assuming it still looks the same > after moving. Anyone else wanting a copy sent to them, let me know. > You > can request it direct to me at [email protected] > > Jim G > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Debbie Blanton McCoy" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 12:03 PM > Subject: Re: Re: [TXREDRIV] Hotel information (Clarksville) > > >> Drew, >> >> You're welcome. If you have a digital camera, will you take a picture of >> the house and send it to me? I very rarely ever get to Ft. Worth >> anymore. >> >> Debbie McCoy >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 10:59 AM >> Subject: Re: Re: [TXREDRIV] Hotel information (Clarksville) >> >> >> Thanks Debbie, I had not seen Mike's message. >> >> I will look through some more county websites that list more than just >> tax >> appraisals. That website is great though and I use it often for research >> purposes. >> >> Meadowbrook was definitely a high quality neighborhood in the 70s. It >> wouldn't surprise me if that is the house being talked about. I have >> some >> friends that still live in that area, but rarely make it out that way >> anymore. I will try and get out there in the next few days and take a > look >> at it. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Drew Slate >> Fort Worth, Tx >> >> p.s. I have the GoogleMap on my laptop and it is awesome. I really like > the >> feature of being able to mark sites with notes. It isn't up to date > though, >> and I haven't figured out how far out of date it is. I know it is at >> leas > t >> over a year out of date, at least for my side of FW. >> >> > >> > From: "Debbie Blanton McCoy" <[email protected]> >> > Date: 2005/09/08 Thu PM 08:42:06 EDT >> > To: [email protected] >> > Subject: Re: Re: [TXREDRIV] Hotel information (Clarksville) >> > >> > Drew, >> > >> > Did you see Mike Gibson's message? He found a house on the Tarrant > County >> > Tax Appraisal District records that was once owned by Charles & >> > Michelle >> > Ross. He stated that the house was at 1929 Queen Street in Fort Worth. > I >> > looked on the appraisal district web site and that house was originally >> > owned by a Charles W. Ross and wife Michelle. The value of that house > is >> > listed at $26,700 and is only 700 sq. ft. However, there is another > house >> > at 2001 Queen Street which was originally owned by a Charles M. Ross. > It >> > is >> > valued at $200,000 and has 3,740 sq. ft. in it, so I think that would > more >> > likely be the house that everyone is talking about. >> > >> > Queen Street is located in east Fort Worth, right off Meadowbrook >> > Drive. >> > It's not very far from Meadowbrook Jr. High School where I went to > school. >> > It was moved there in 1970 which is after I graduated from high school > and >> > left Ft. Worth, so I have never seen it. If you will go to Mapquest >> > and >> > put >> > in the address, it will show you where it is located. >> > >> > Debbie Blanton McCoy >> > Kilgore, TX >> > >> > Jim, >> > >> > I looked in the on-line Tarrant County Tax Appraisal District records, >> > under >> > past owners. I found a Charles Michael and Michelle Ross that once >> > owned >> > land at 1929 Queen Street in Fort Worth. >> > >> > According to Yahoo!Maps, it is located in the Southeast section part of >> > the >> > city bounded on the north by I-30, east by Loop 820, south by Highway > 80, >> > and west by Oakland Avenue. >> > >> > Mike Gibson >> > Mesquite, Texas >> > >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: <[email protected]> >> > To: <[email protected]> >> > Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 11:11 AM >> > Subject: Re: Re: [TXREDRIV] Hotel information (Clarksville) >> > >> > >> > Jim, >> > >> > I only have what you and John have mentioned. If you have any >> > information >> > that would help me track it down, I will be glad to see what I can >> > find. >> > There are a few local museum/history places that might be able to help. >> > >> > Do you have any idea what year it was brought here? That might point > me >> > to >> > a certain part of the city. FW expanded and built in a way over the > years >> > that I could quickly narrow it down to certain parts of the city. >> > There >> > are >> > a few pockets of very old historic homes, but since it was brought in I >> > doubt it would be in one of those areas. >> > >> > When I was in Clarksville a few years ago, I remember a Victorian home > not >> > to far off the square that I think had just been restored. It was one >> > a >> > fairly large lot and I believe yellowish color. It was on the west >> > side >> > of >> > the square and a block off US-82 (I think). Is this a private home or >> > a >> > business? >> > >> > Thanks, >> > Drew Slate >> > Fort Worth, Tx >> > > >> > > From: "Jim Giddens" <[email protected]> >> > > Date: 2005/09/07 Wed PM 11:15:45 EDT >> > > To: [email protected] >> > > Subject: Re: Re: [TXREDRIV] Hotel information (Clarksville) >> > > >> > > Drew, >> > > Did you get the Ross names that bought it and moved it and do you > have >> > > a >> > > picture of it. The Gateway to Texas has a photo copy of it. I >> > > could >> > > scan >> > > an send to you if it would help. It is a huge 3 story Victorian > Home. >> > > It >> > > was never a school but music lessons etc were given to individuals >> > > according >> > > state books and statements. >> > > Jim G >> > > ----- Original Message ----- >> > > From: <[email protected]> >> > > To: <[email protected]> >> > > Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 6:25 PM >> > > Subject: Re: Re: [TXREDRIV] Hotel information (Clarksville) >> > > >> > > >> > > > John and Jim, >> > > > >> > > > If you can give me a little more information on this home, I will > see >> > > what I know or can dig up here in FW. There are many historical >> > > homes >> > > here, >> > > but I am not aware of any history that moved one here from > Clarksville. >> > > > >> > > > Was this the hotel that you are referring to or a school as one >> > > > person >> > > mentioned? Do you know any special connection to it that I might be >> > > able >> > > to >> > > connect with? If it is still standing, I bet I have seen it at some >> > > point >> > > and if not I will drive by and get some photos, this city ain't that > big >> > > that I haven't been all over it. >> > > > >> > > > Thanks, >> > > > >> > > > Drew Slate >> > > > Fort Worth, tx >> > > > > >> > > > > From: "Jim Giddens" <[email protected]> >> > > > > Date: 2005/09/04 Sun PM 06:37:26 EDT >> > > > > To: [email protected] >> > > > > Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Hotel information (Clarksville) >> > > > > >> > > > > John, >> > > > > I read about it somewhere in recent times, must have been in >> > > > > the >> > > > > RRR >> > > but >> > > > > not sure. >> > > > > I will check it out later, on my way out right now. Don't > remember >> > > > > if >> > > it >> > > > > gave the names of buyer or not. >> > > > > Jim G >> > > > > ----- Original Message ----- >> > > > > From: "John at Cox" <[email protected]> >> > > > > To: <[email protected]> >> > > > > Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2005 4:12 PM >> > > > > Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Hotel information (Clarksville) >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > > Can someone tell me how to identify the "Victorian House" that > was >> > > moved >> > > > > to >> > > > > > Ft. Worth? I visited it as a child, when it was home to a > distant >> > > in-law >> > > > > of >> > > > > > mine, and would like to see it again. >> > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- >> > > > > > From: "Jim Giddens" <[email protected]> >> > > > > > To: <[email protected]> >> > > > > > Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2005 3:25 PM >> > > > > > Subject: [TXREDRIV] Hotel information (Clarksville) >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > > (Red River Group: below is the reply to me (Jim G) from Jim >> > > > > > > Lovett. >> > > > > I >> > > > > > > am still a little confused but will give it all a good look > next >> > > time I >> > > > > am >> > > > > > > in Clarksville. >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > Jim Giddens >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> > > > > ++++++++ >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > Jim, >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > Forgive my tardiness in replying, but my computer has been >> > > > > > > out >> > > > > > > of >> > > > > > > commission with a virus. I am just now getting it going >> > > > > > > again. >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > My office, located immediately west of the Episcopal Church > (now >> > > > > > > the >> > > Old >> > > > > > > Church Theater) was converted from the Dorsey Hotel in 1969 >> > > > > > > by >> > > > > > > Bert >> > > > > > > Holster. My mother first moved the Red River County Credit >> > > > > > > Bureau >> > > into >> > > > > it >> > > > > > > and I moved in January 1, 1970 when I finished my term as > County >> > > > > Attorney >> > > > > > > and moved out of the courthouse. As best as I can recall our >> > > > > > > street >> > > > > > > address was 506 West Main. >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > It was located where the washateria is now located. The > Connerly >> > > house >> > > > > on >> > > > > > > the north side of my office, where Dr. Kumar's office is now >> > > located, >> > > > > was >> > > > > > > also destroyed when my office burned. The fire was on > September >> > > > > > > 17, >> > > > > 1980, >> > > > > > > right at the end of the hottest summer on record. >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > The three story Victorian was immediately west of my office > and >> > > > > > > was >> > > > > moved >> > > > > > > and restored in Ft. Worth sometime in the early 1960s. I >> > > > > > > attended >> > > > > > > kindergarten there with Miss Hattie Hocker in 1938-9. >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > One of the early homes was located in the center of the block >> > > > > > > where >> > > > > Piggly >> > > > > > > Wiggly was built. The house was the only structure in that > block >> > > > > > > and >> > > the >> > > > > > > vegetation had covered it almost completely. >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > The Main Hotel was located east of Stiles and, indeed, behind >> > > > > > > all >> > > the >> > > > > > > businesses on the east side of the square. The hotel spanned > the >> > > entire >> > > > > > > block north to south. I understand that there was an overhead >> > > walkway >> > > > > > > across the street from the Main Hotel to the Opera House, but >> > > > > > > that >> > > was >> > > > > > > before my time. Indeed, I never remember seeing the Opera > House, >> > > which >> > > > > was >> > > > > > > just east of the Main Hotel. Our friends Bill Wright and > Gladys >> > > Walker >> > > > > > > operated a restaurant in the Main Hotel for many years and it >> > > > > > > was >> > > the >> > > > > > > principle meeting place for all our local civic >> > > > > > > organizations. >> > > Bobbie >> > > > > > > Wright and Stanley were their children. >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > Sounds like your group has fun with reminiscing. So enjoy ... >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > Jim >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > On Mon Aug 29 13:06 , 'Jim Giddens' <[email protected]> >> > > > > > > sent: >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > Jim, >> > > > > > > My Red River County e-mails buddies (Rootsweb site) have > been >> > > > > > > discussing old hotels in Clarksville. >> > > > > > > One is the Dorsey Hotel. It this the same building you >> > > > > > > had >> > > > > > > your >> > > > > office >> > > > > > > in that burned? >> > > > > > > I remember being in it. In fact you did wills for Sue and > me >> > > > > > > in >> > > 1972. >> > > > > > > I look at the wills package, but the street address is not > on >> > > > > > > it. >> > > > > What >> > > > > > > was the address? >> > > > > > > What year was your building burned? >> > > > > > > Just where was this building in comparison to where the > present >> > > > > > > day >> > > > > Piggy >> > > > > > > Wiggly is. >> > > > > > > Am I correct that a huge 3 story old Victorian house was > where >> > > > > > > the >> > > > > Piggy >> > > > > > > Wiggly is, and the house was purchased >> > > > > > > and moved to Ft Worth. >> > > > > > > Also what was the name of the old hotel that was behind >> > > > > > > the >> > > > > > > Stiles/Blackmon Drug? >> > > > > > > I tried to call Lucille at home, but no answer. >> > > > > > > Pardon me for taking you time but thanks for your help. >> > > > > > > Our group likes to dig into history and memories of places > and >> > > people >> > > > > of >> > > > > > > Red River Co. >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > Jim Giddens >> > > > > > > Reno, Tx >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > ==== TXREDRIV Mailing List ==== >> > > > > > > Visit Red River County GenWeb site >> > > > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txredriv >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > ============================== >> > > > > > > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. >> > > > > > > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. 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