This seems like a hip, little happening town, like there’s some stuff going on here like in Ballinger or maybe Odessa?  No doubt Gainesville’s proximity to Dallas has a little to do with it.  It’s only a little over an hour away from downtown so it’s probably almost a suburb at this point.  Of course, … Continue reading 234. Gainesville, Cooke County →

At least this one is a little less ambiguous about its front… Haven’t seen one of these in a while.  I’ve said everything I feel I need to say about this already, but I sometimes wonder if the folks who are doing this are trying to mean well, but just don’t get it?  Then again, … Continue reading 233. Montague, Montague County →

This is a weird courthouse.  I cannot for the life of me figure out where the front of this thing is!  I usually use two criteria to determine that in questionable situations: the flagpole, which is usually in the front, and the dumpsters, which are usually in the back.  There are flagpoles for the war … Continue reading 232. Henrietta, Clay County →

This courthouse is very much not illuminated which is probably a good thing because it gave me a chance to stop and get some sleep.  Might as well get a cache first before, though… Welcome to the World’s Littlest Skyscraper.  It’s so tiny!  Isn’t that cute?  To sum up, in 1919 a guy got a … Continue reading 231. Wichita Falls, Wichita County →

This, too, is nicely illuminated!  Let the photography commence!  There’s something about these rough-hewn stone courthouses that I really like.  I can’t entirely explain it, but it feels like more work went onto them.  I get a feeling of each stone being cut by hand, each one being shaped and placed.  Of course, bricks and … Continue reading 230. Archer City, Archer County →

...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 →