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Texas County Courthouses:
136 Kinney County, Brackettville, Texas

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STATE HIGHWAY NO. 136
Minute Order 053766, dated 11/21/1963; Adm. Cir.173-1963, dated 01/01/1964
From Amarillo via Fritch, Borger, Stinnett, and Gruver to the Texas/Oklahoma State Line. (Potter, Carson, Moore, Hutchinson, and Hansford Counties)
https://www.dot.state.tx.us/tpp/hwy/SH/SH0136.htm

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Of course I had to post one from Pringle!

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Texas Historical Marker
Sterne-Hoya House

The home Sterne built on Lanana Creek in 1828 is one of the few structures still standing from pre-revolutionary days in Texas. Today, the Sterne-Hoya House Museum & Library tells the story of the man who built the home with period antiques and furnishings including one of Texas's earliest wine cellars.

Sterne moved to Nacogdoches in 1826. Sterne became a munitions smuggler during the Fredonian Rebellion. He was a financier of the Texas Revolution. When Texas became a state, Sterne served in both houses of the legislature. In 1830, he built the house at 211 S. Lanana.[2] Davy Crockett was a guest in the house for two weeks of 1835. Sam Houston was baptized into the Catholic faith in the parlor of this house, thereby meeting the requirements of the Mexican government to settle in Coahuila y Tejas and own property.
Charles Hoya was a county surveyor in Nacogdoches, operating the Hoya Land Office Building on the downtown square. His father Joseph T. Von der Hoya was a Prussian immigrant. Hoya, his wife Frances, and his father lived in the house at 211 S. Lanana, which the Hoya family purchased in 1866.

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Texas County Courthouses:
135 King County, Guthrie, Texas

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STATE HIGHWAY NO. 135
Minute Order 090669, dated 08/29/1990; Adm. Ltr. 003-1990, dated 12/18/1990
From US 271 southwest of Gladewater, southward via Kilgore, Overton, Arp and Troup to US 69 at Jacksonville, a distance of approximately 51.0 miles. (Gregg, Rusk, Smith and Cherokee Counties)
https://www.dot.state.tx.us/tpp/hwy/SH/SH0135.htm

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We will take a look at the iconic Swiss Avenue Historic Distric in Dallas, Texas

A trolley initially served the neighborhood, running through what is now the alley between Swiss and Gaston Avenues. Originally, Swiss Avenue was composed of two separate streets, one for public thoroughfare and one for private use, separated by a 40-foot park.

Dr. R. W. Baird is credited as being the first to build on Swiss Avenue in 1905 at 5303 Swiss. He constructed a Classical Revival mansion. In 1910 the surge of building along Swiss Avenue began and, of the approximately 200 homes on the street, the majority of them were constructed during the 1910s and the 1920s.

Swiss Avenue was originally named in 1857, well before serious development, by a Dallas resident from Switzerland. It started out as Swiss Boulevard. It was known as White Rock Road shortly after the Civil War when William H. Gaston purchased 400 acres along the road
The Swiss Avenue Historic District, in Old East Dallas, is a diverse neighborhood containing the finest collection of Early 20th Century residential architecture in the entire Southwest. Established in 1905 by real-estate developer, Robert Munger, it was designated in 1973 as the first historic district in the City of Dallas. It is an official Dallas Landmark District and, in 1974, the entire District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The boundaries of The Swiss Avenue Historic District include portions of some of the city's earliest streets:

Beacon Street Bryan Street Bryan Parkway La Vista Drive Live Oak Street Swiss Avenue

Texas County Courthouses:
134 Kimble County, Junction, Texas

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BASEBALL TOMORROW!!

aggiebaseball12 said:

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BASEBALL TOMORROW!!

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Thank you baseball gods!

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SH 134 was canceled in 2006 and returned to Harris County for control, jurisdiction, and maintenance.

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FARM TO MARKET ROAD NO. 134
From SH 49 in Jefferson, southeastward to SH 43, then concurrent with SH 43 approximately 0.7 mile, then southeastward approximately 22 miles to concurrent IH 20/US 80 route west of Waskom, a total distance of approximately 29.8 miles. (Marion and Harrison Counties)
https://www.dot.state.tx.us/tpp/hwy/fm/fm0134.htm

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I do love a big, prominent clock face.

Texas County Courthouses:
133 Kerr County, Kerrville, Texas
The trees are a nice addition.

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Continuing looking at Historic Swiss Avenue District
Dallas, Texas

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SH 133 became a portion of SH 105 in 1933.

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STATE HIGHWAY SPUR NO. 133
Minute Order 070200, dated 07/31/1975; Adm. Cir. 025-1976, dated 03/15/1976
From SL 285 west of Quanah, eastward along Third St to SH 6; and from another point on SH 6, eastward along Nelson St to FM 2568. (Hardeman County)
https://www.dot.state.tx.us/tpp/hwy/SS/SS0133.htm

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BTW, baseball today. Get to Olsen Field if you can.

Texas County Courthouses:
132 Kent County, Jayton, Texas
Not one of my favorites

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STATE HIGHWAY NO. 132
Minute Order 091363, dated 03/26/1991; Adm. Ltr. 003-1991, dated 08/23/1991
From IH 35 near Lytle southwestward via Natalia and Devine to its junction with IH 35 southwest of Devine, a distance of approximately 12.1 miles. (Bexar, Atascosa, and Medina Counties)
https://www.dot.state.tx.us/tpp/hwy/SH/SH0132.htm

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Historical Swiss Avenue District
Dallas, Texas

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Swiss Avenue Historical District Continued...
Dallas, Texas

That last one must be from Swiss Cheese Ave.

aggiewilliford said:

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A few rolls of duct tape along the bottom is all you need to go from close enough to perfection.

Texas County Courthouses:
131 Kenedy County, Sarita, Texas

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STATE HIGHWAY NO. 131
Minute Order 016701, dated 09/26/1939
From a point on US 90 at Brackettville via Spofford to a point on US 277 in Maverick County. (Kinney and Maverick Counties)
https://www.dot.state.tx.us/tpp/hwy/SH/SH0131.htm

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Texas County Courthouses:
130 Kendall County, Boerne, Texas

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The Higginbotham Family Contribution to the History of the Swiss Avenue Historical District:

At one point, there were 8 homes on Swiss Avenue owned by members of the Higginbotham Family, including the magnificent Prairie Style masterpiece pictured above at 5002 Swiss, owned by family patriarch Rufus W. Higginbotham, Sr. and his wife, Hattie Louise Smith Higginbotham. Mr. Higginbotham was co-founder of the Higginbotham Brothers dry-goods chain and was Chairman of the Board of Southwest National Bank, one of the largest banks in the state. During the Crash of 1929, when banks were failing and depositors were withdrawing their savings, Higginbotham publicly announced he was depositing $50,000 of his own money into the bank as an act of faith. As a result, his bank did not fail.

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AND I THOUGHT LAWN DARTS IN THE 80s WERE DANGEROUS!

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STATE HIGHWAY NO. 130
Minute Order 112863, dated 09/29/2011; DesLtr 3-2011, dated 2/13/2012
In Georgetown, from IH 35 southward via Hutto, Pflugerville, and Austin to SH 45 northeast of Mustang Ridge, then concurrent with SH 45 southward approximately 0.5 mile to US 183, then southward parallel with US 183 approximately 11.7 miles to north Lockhart, then southwestward to IH 10 in Seguin, then concurrent with IH 10 westward to IH 410, then concurrent with IH 410 south and westward to IH 35 in San Antonio, a total distance of approximately 130.6 miles. (Williamson, Travis, Caldwell, Guadalupe, and Bexar Counties).
https://www.dot.state.tx.us/tpp/hwy/SH/SH0130.htm

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There are no rules on the Pickle Parkway! Drive 85 MPH if you want!

Looks to be a toll road. The State should advertise this to the UGa football players and rake in the $$$. And those boys will be going WELL OVER 85.