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Back in the early 70s when I was fresh out of the Navy, and broke on my butt, I survived for periods at a time by eating one meal a day at buffets. Pancho's was very cheap back then, and I ate there for lunch 7 days in a row, the last day being a Saturday. A friend offered to take me out to dinner Saturday evening, and guess where he wanted to go? Eight meals at Pancho's in seven days - that may be a record!

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Does anyone remember

Man, what a game! I was on the edge of my seat the entire scoreless regulation game, and then had to try to keep relatively calm for the two scoreless overtime periods. I haven

There was a nice restaurant/bar in the shopping center on 290 at W34th called Clyde

isuredid, thanks for moving those photos. The page loads much, much faster, now. I went to Love Elementary on Shepherd and W 13th, but it is still in use. Cooley Elementary is long gone, but I do remember it well. It was at 16th and Ashland, I believe. My dad went there for a short time when they lived in the Heights. I always loved the school because the slide fire escapes looked like so much fun! Heights High served the Heights until the new high school was built at Heights and W 20th. That building became Hamilton Junior High when Reagan opened. Heights High was at 13th and Yale on the property where Milroy Park is now.

isuredid, you posted some great photos, at least from the few I saw, and I

I thought Ducho

I think Ducho's has been closed for over 10 years now. It was about 10 years ago that I went out to the meat market (B&W?) out that way, and I noticed they were no longer there. I don't have a clue why Pappamia didn't make it given the quality of the food there. I keep waiting for Pappas to open a Japanese restaurant. It would, of course, be called Pappasan!

I thought Pappamia had the best pizza I ever had - that is until I ate at Colina's in The Heights. Pappamia had two locations - I-10 between West Belt and Gessner and Richmond near Hilcroft. Like other Pappas restaurants, the dishes were large, delicious and reasonably priced. Their Greek salad was the best around. There used to be a good steak house on Shepherd near Pinemont called Ducho's. It was normally crowded, but it seemed to be known mainly by folks in the area.

As may have been mentioned before, there was a Brittain's Broiler Burger in Merchant's Park at Shepherd and W 11th. It was one of the original establishments in the shopping center in addition to Grant's, Wyatt's, Harris Men's Wear, Walgreen's, Billings Jewlery, Henke and Pilot and others. Brittan's, Harris and Walgreen's eventually became part of Merchant's Park Bank.

Good catch, TBird. Very observant! 8001 South Main is between OST and Kirby. I don

For years, my favorite BBQ joint was J&J (or JJ's) BBQ on Herkimer one house off W 11th. The place closed down many years ago, but the house and sign remained for years. I believe the house was torn down for new development.

Great post as usual, Mark. Sure brings back many memories. I went to the drags many, many times in the mid 60s. I

I remember Utah Carl from when I was a kid, and for all these years I thought the song was "I'm just a wonder of the wasteland". OK, Who's next - Curly Fox and Texas Ruby?

Petemoss, it was a delight to see your posts here. I was a huge admirer of your dad, and proud to have been one of his guests (1958). I have always assumed that Don and Jeanna were married, and I was surprised and even a little stunned to learn they were not. I mentioned above seeing them at the SPJST Lodge on Beall and 15th in the Heights. Perhaps it was just your dad who was there, but I would swear it was otherwise. He was nearly totally blind at that time, but he still loved interacting with all the kids, both young and old. And he was loved by all, which was plainly evident by the folks who flocked to him. Don was decked out in full regalia at the Lodge, but I got the feeling he was just there as a guest. Did he always dress up? Or was it just when he made

I copied the following from Texas Handbook Online: The first official flag, the "National Standard of Texas," was passed by the Congress of the republic and approved by President Sam Houston on December 10, 1836. It consisted of an azure ground with a large golden star central. This flag, known as David G. Burnet's flag, served as the national flag until January 25, 1839, and the war flag from January 25, 1839, to December 29, 1845. President Burnet proposed the national standard, as well as the 1836 national flag for the naval service, in a letter of October 11, 1836, to Congress. The second official flag was the 1836 national flag for the naval service, or war ensign. This was the same flag Burnet adopted for the navy at Harrisburg on April 9, 1836. It was similar to the United States flag and showed thirteen stripes and a blue canton with a single white star. It was passed by Congress and approved by Houston on December 10, 1836, and remained in use until January 25, 1839. While this is not the "official" Bonnie Blue Flag, it was the same design, but with a gold star. However, many still referred to it as the Bonnie Blue. While this is just one source, I have seen a number of sources for the first "official" Republic of Texas flag. But then, I have seen, as you posted, opposing views. I believe the "truth" depends upon whose history you read.

According to the Prince brothers in a segment from "Houston, Remember When", carhops at Prince's never wore skates at any of their locations.

An interesting aside; the very first Texas flag (1836-1839) was the Bonnie Blue Flag which was also the very first flag of the Confederacy. If you recall, Rhett and Scarlett named their child "Bonnie Blue Butler". That being said, the origin of the Bonnie Blue goes back to 1810 in Florida.

You mean like all those rumors about RedScare? Well, they're all true!

Numerous previous posts have referenced that web site and its stories. One post was about the drawbridge that I didn't know existed before that time. It inspired me to go and see it for myself. It's definitely worth the trip.

Had the Mexican not lost Texas, things would be a lot different today - they would be crossing different rivers to get to the US.

Over mt dead body!Better stated, over the dead bodies of anyone who tries to change it!

John H Reagan was Postmaster General of the Confederacy and even Treasury Secretary at the close of the war, so maybe his name should be expunged from the school as well. Reagan was also a distinguished politician and an appointed member and eventually chairman if the railroad commission. Maybe we should discount the positives of his life and concentrate on his service to the Confederacy. Robert E Lee was about, and will always represent the highest qualities in humankind

I remember the event well, but never knew the details until I read your link. I just remember a guy walked onto the school grounds and blew up a satchel killing a couple of kids. I remember thinking how easy it would have been for someone to repeat that act, but I never worried about the possibility of it happening at my school. It was a lot like