...I completed cache #254 on Monday January 20th, 2020. I DID IT!

That looks pretty illuminated to me!  Being a couple of steps further than I expected, I hadn’t even really thought about which cache to get here, so as I have many times, I went for the closest one a few blocks away at the Jack County 4-H Museum. Clever name and lots of favorites for … Continue reading 229. Jacksboro, Jack County →

Now this is a lovely courthouse.  There’s a nice little architectural addition of the door from the previous courthouse, too.  I’ve only seen a few courthouses do something like this, but there’s something I really like about it that I can’t put my finger one.  Probably something to do with the nod to the past … Continue reading 228. Graham, Young County →

This is an old school courthouse without a lot of defining characteristics.  It looks like a Ruffini courthouse like Sonora and Ozona and Paint Rock (is this the first time I’ve mentioned Paint Rock without making a jab at its size?), but it’s not his work.  I don’t know how much of an influence he … Continue reading 227. Throckmorton, Throckmorton County →

Well, this one was a little disappointing.  I mistook it for the town library at first.  It doesn’t help that the town library is part of it.  That said, I appreciate that the library has a decent sized game collection, but they could definitely do with some newer games like Takenoko or Ticket To Ride.  … Continue reading 226. Seymour, Baylor County →

So I’ve been trying to avoid all this holiday stuff in photos when I could but there’s so much chintzy stuff here on the grounds that I didn’t even try.  On the other hand, the war memorial here contains the greatest thing I’ve seen on any memorial anywhere. See that under Desert Storm?  All Returned.  … Continue reading 225. Vernon, Wilbarger County →

After so many of your arrows, I finally reached your city, Quanah! Someone was kind enough to put a virtual across the street from the courthouse.  It’s an Army meteorological rocket launched from here and returned for the town to display.  That different. The real question, though: why is there a single piece of raw … Continue reading 224. Quanah, Hardeman County →

Interesting factoid: this is the second courthouse, built in 1910, and used to have a clock dome.  Unfortunately the dome was destroyed by a tornado in 1942 but the rest of the building was repaired and is still in use. More interesting is the war memorial here.   Both statues were designed by E.M. Viquesney and … Continue reading 223. Crowell, Foard County →

Even though the construction is a bit of an eyesore, it’s always nice to see some construction being done at a courthouse.  These old ladies need love and tender care if they’re going to last to bring order and justice to their far flung locales.  That said, how picturesque is this square?  This is some … Continue reading 222. Paducah, Cottle County →

The courthouse here is pretty sparse with monuments.  And by “pretty sparse,” I really mean “has none.”  As a weird side note, there’s a store on the square called The Glittered Pig which I could have sworn I’ve seen in another town.  A quick look through the internet disabuses me of that notion (there’s one … Continue reading 221. Matador, Motley County →