Saturday, August 20, 2016

Corsicana, Texas: The Walking Tour

Corsicana, Texas
We went on the Walking Tour Downtown Corsicana.
First Baptist Church



 Madison Place Condominium 

Early photo says Christian Church and you can see the Temple Beth-el in the background

 Temple Beth-el







 City Jail 1908



 Dee's Place Famous Dr Pepper Mural
Dee's Place
This is one of the oldest operating soda fountains in the state.
Front of Dee's Place, and the Corner where the Wolf Brand Chili was
first sold
Wolf Brand Chili created in 1895
The Wolf Brand Chili Mobile
 Replica Wolf Brand Chili Mobile
 Kaiser Bill the Wolf

One of the earliest labels for the Wolf Brand Chili 
 Kaiser Bill and Lyman T Davis
Billboard advertisement

 The downtown streets still have the brick road

 1927

 Richard "Dick" Aldama




State National Bank Building 1926




 Early postcards showing downtown Corsicana




 First National Bank 1915

 Oil Field Worker


Palace Theater 1920 

 S A Pace Building 1898

 Interurban Railcar No. 305
This is an Electric Railway car, traveled between Dallas and Corsicana from 1913 to 1941.

 Mural

Nice little park between the two buildings 
 IOOF Building 1900


 More brick road
 Navarro County Court House 1906










Jose Antonio Navarro









 Sergeant Candelario "spider" Gardia Jr















 United States Post Office 1909
United States Post Office 
Post Card
 The Log Cabin 1848
oldest structure in Corsicana







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