Show all posts by user
Old WebBBS Posts
Page 1 of 3
Pages: 123
Results 1 - 30 of 85
Ralph,
I imagine your hunch is correct in regards to the area under the tollroad serving as a conduit for water flow into Cedar Branch.
by
Ben S
-
DHS Archives
There have been a couple other threads about Cedar Springs and some good information provided. I was wondering about the location of Cole's Store and the flour mill. Where would that have been located today?
Sunday afternoon I wandered around there some, down in the ditches and tunnels underneath the tollroad, Craddock Park and even hopped a few fences in the apartment complexes over there.
by
Ben S
-
DHS Archives
The fence issue is rather perplexing. You have been there MWT, you are probably scratching your head like me.
Epic concern for what is going to happen. I have no answer for you as to what the city has planned. I don't understand the fence. Seems as though the Horse Park has stolen the Spring and want to integrate it into some kind of attraction they can sell horseback rides to visit. It's all
by
Ben S
-
DHS Archives
Mill Creek ran all the way up to Mockingbird or there abouts. Drive down Matilda from Mockingbird and you'll see the gradual slope. The creek is still there, it runs right past the Baylor ER. Floods out some times!
by
Ben S
-
DHS Archives
Here is the story, featuring Tim Dalbey!
That's fun to see Tim at Dealey Plaza!
by
Ben S
-
DHS Archives
Are there muster rolls for the expeditions? Usually some of the same guys were on these trips and looking into their biographies one can read into where they went and why.
by
Ben S
-
DHS Archives
Hard to say what the address might be. Somewhere in the 1000 block of Pemberton Hill I would guess.
City is getting ready to RUIN the spring. Glad so many of you saw it before it was raped. Words cannot describe my anger. I tried my best and that was not good enough.
The city says it will cost almost $200,000 to fix the damage caused by a slaughterhouse operation next to the Spring. What
by
Ben S
-
DHS Archives
I like the stuff that comes out of Lakewood Brewing. Their Lakewood Imperial Milk Stout is good.
by
Ben S
-
DHS Archives
Here you go, uploaded it during lunch:
I don't recall what else was in the book as I scanned it awhile back.
by
Ben S
-
DHS Archives
Protecting Big Spring, the Native American sites and everything inbetween(the historic trees, land and scenery) is still a very fluid effort. MC Toyer who we all know so well from the messageboard here is hard at work to get the history nailed down once and for all. I'm not sure if he needs help but he sure needs our support.
There should be at the very least a Texas Historical Marker at the s
by
Ben S
-
DHS Archives
GSouth,
The pdf file I have is 89 MB and is too large to email. I will need to upload it via another route when I have the chance.
by
Ben S
-
DHS Archives
June 25, 2012 hailstorm over Dallas was terrible. I was at White Rock Lake when it happened.
There were two distinct cells that went over the lake. One dropped marble to golf ball sized hail moving from west to east. I was on East Lawther near the Arboretum and watched the hail march across the lake, engulfing it. I hid under some live oaks and came away with just a bruised shoulder. That hail
by
Ben S
-
DHS Archives
More information on wells and their depths
Much of the water at that depth comes from the Trinity Sands formation. Nacatoch to be specific.
by
Ben S
-
DHS Archives
WFAA Story on the Spring behind the Pemberton's featuring Bill Pemberton and Bill Holston:
by
Ben S
-
DHS Archives
WFAA Story on the Spring behind the Pemberton's featuring Bill Pemberton and Bill Holston:
by
Ben S
-
DHS Archives
sharkins Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Pardon my ignorance, but where is (was) the
> Pemberton farm?
It's at 911 Pemberton Hill Road and is in operation.
As a result of the gathering on Saturday, someone has started a Save Big Spring Facebook page:
That was a great gathering of very well known Dallasites, people who have worked hard in th
by
Ben S
-
DHS Archives
Most likely a coyote. Chris Jackson who runs dfw urban wildlife did a detailed study of that area over a month, maybe two months with game cameras. One camera at the spring, one down on the slough and one in the treeline of that fallow field facing the beaver dam. Coyotes, pig(maybe two), raccoons.
I have seen mink down there twice in the past month or so.
Pig scat looks almost human and is
by
Ben S
-
DHS Archives
old man from dallas Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> MWT Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Thank you Ben. What a delightfull tour. The
> place
> > is hallowed ground. It must be protected!
>
> Many thanks to Ben, M.C., Mr. Dalby, Mr. Flood,
> and everyone else who was at the Pemberton
by
Ben S
-
DHS Archives
Here are some of my own photos, I climbed up the waterfall a few different times just to say I had done it. This was in 2006:
Looking southwest towards Stemmons
Interior first floor facing south. They had removed all the stairs inside the building so to get around up to the higher floors required climbing the walls. At the time, I think they were looking to save the structure and redo
by
Ben S
-
DHS Archives
Just to bump this up to the top again, in case anyone is interested. The hike around is happening this saturday morning 9am, rain or shine.
by
Ben S
-
DHS Archives
I'm gauging interest in another visit to the Historic Pemberton Farm in Dallas Texas on the morning of Saturday April 27, 2013 at 9am. The Pemberton family has been kind enough to invite those interested to a walking tour of their farm with brief overviews of the historic backgrounds of the family farm. I think this will be an excellent chance to learn about this part of Dallas, the Trinity River
by
Ben S
-
DHS Archives
^ The dogwoods appear to be of different sizes, I did not do much of a survey around the area to see what else might be around. I do recall some smaller ones in the 3 foot size, suggesting that they are self-sustaining. I'm no expert.
by
Ben S
-
DHS Archives
I don't recall seeing any of the Iris that you have mentioned. The Trout Lilies cover the slopes as if they were grass. The Mexican Buckeye are so thick you cannot see through them. Shin Oak, Bur Oak, Red Cedar, White Cedar round out the mix. It's also a site with a great population of hexalectris orchid(too early to see those). The dogwoods are over a century old and are at the head of a box can
by
Ben S
-
DHS Archives
Well, I found the archeology surveys for Dogwood Canyon, Cedar Mountain Preserve(that sits just to the north) and Cedar Hill State Park. The reports are the standard cookie cutter reports with very little information on the area other than the standard preamble of local history that is identical to every other report. Really stinks to see that.
The Cedar Mountain Preserve had a small rental ho
by
Ben S
-
DHS Archives
Thanks for all that information MC! I'll check and see if I can find any of the archeology surveys for Joe Pool, until you mentioned it I had not thought to look. As you are well aware, those published archeology surveys are often inaccurate, so I'll see what they say with a grain of salt.
The Sam Street's Map shows part of the creek drainage running across the James Ogsbury tract. I think the
by
Ben S
-
DHS Archives
MC,
Your thoughts parallel mine in regards to the structure. The Hughes Abstract was quite large, I too was a bit interested in wondering why. The only Hughes of note in that area is the funeral home outfit based in Cedar Hill/Duncanville.
This little video link below has a brief overview of some buildings at Cedar Hill State Park, where the Penn Farm is setup similar to Samuell Farm
by
Ben S
-
DHS Archives
I know some of you like MC Toyer are interested in old construction, buildings and cabins of a certain vintage(run down crapola). Well, came across one this weekend, actually two, in what the pioneers called the Cedar Mountains of Dallas County.
I would think of these cabins as far off the beaten path as one could get in Dallas County. Prior to the construction of Joe Pool Lake or 1382, this w
by
Ben S
-
DHS Archives
old man from dallas Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> Where is King's Fort specifically? Looks easy to
> get to the marker, if it is on the same property,
> that'd be nice.
Corner of Clay and Pyle. Take 175 to the Kaufman Road exit, then just use some dead reckoning. That's what I did the first time I went there. I forgot my map, and rather get ma
by
Ben S
-
DHS Archives
Swung by King's Fort yesterday afternoon. Screwed around some in the brush thinking that with the onset of warmer weather it was most likely the best chance to see it. Found what was most likely the spring that fed the fort, or what remained of the spring site. 2013 marks the 170th anniversary of the visit by President Sam Houston to the fort in August of 1843. I have been to the site once before
by
Ben S
-
DHS Archives
Thought I would share this information with you. I have cross posted this information in a couple other websites in the hopes that more eyes will see it. If you are so inclined to feel like writing a letter to voice your concern, I believe that assistant city manager Jill Jordan would be a great person to contact. Mr Bill Pemberton told me he wrote one to express his concern and that prompted me
by
Ben S
-
DHS Archives
Page 1 of 3
Pages: 123