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Alliance, Sebring celebrations set Dec. 7; and other activities have long-running dates for visits by the public.
The joint second worst days for traffic jams over the 2024 festive period are expected to be Saturday December 21 and Monday December 23, each with 22.7 million drivers on the road.
Town of Farragut Christmas Parade and Santa’s Village. Dec. 12. The Town of Farragut Christmas Parade will begin at 4 p.m. Dec. 12 with a new parade route. The parade will begin on Jamestowne ...
On December 15, 1847, a petition was submitted to create Gillespie County. In 1848, the Texas Legislature formed Gillespie County from Bexar and Travis Counties. Its oldest building is a combination general store and saloon reputedly opened in 1849 (1886 is more likely, based on land improvement records of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission) by Minna Engel, whose father was an ...
The county was named for Sam Houston, who had been president of the Republic of Texas and a US senator from Texas. [8] The village of Houston was the first county seat. Then a land speculator made an effort to move the seat to Caledonia, and in 1855 the county board moved the county records to Caledonia, which became the de facto seat, and ...
Grapevine is known as the Christmas capital of Texas thanks to its hosting more than 1,400 holiday events. Among the top activities here is the Grapevine Vintage Railroad's North Pole Express .
Pottsboro was established in 1876 by James A. Potts, a pioneer settler who donated land for a town and a right-of-way so the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad would extend its tracks westward from Denison to his settlement. The community, no doubt aided by its status as a stop on the railroad, grew rapidly for the rest of the 1800s.
Known as “the Christmas Capital of Texas,” Grapevine has twinkling lights lining the streets and many festive things to see and do. In fact, there are 1,400 events to choose from. The North ...