This city is almost smack dab in the middle of the Texas Hill Country in Gillespie County. Founded in 1846 and named after Prince Frederick of Prussia, Fredericksburg is now the tourist hub in the Hill Country.
West Main Street (US 290) is lined with shops, restaurants and also the National Museum of the Pacific War featuring the life of Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz, the Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Fleet during World War II.
One notable eateries in Fredericksburg is Hill Top Cafe, owned and operated by grammy-winning blues artist Johnny Nicholas and his wife.
Another cool place to hang out is at the Fredericksburg Brewing Company. They have some really great brews and the burgers are amazing.
Like the Old 97’s said in their song “Stoned”, ‘Take a Greyhound to Fredericksburg’. You need to get there some way that’s for sure.
November 27, 2016
After visiting Shiner and on the way beck to Goliad we decided to stop in Cuero and look around. Sure glad we did too.
Cuero in the home of the Pharmacy and Medical Museum of Texas. How ‘bout that.
The museum building was built in 1889 and during all that time it has never housed any other business until it was purchased by the city in 2013. I can’t even begin to tell you about all of the drugs, artifacts and other things on display. You just have to see it for yourself.
Cuero Courthouse
Sts. Cyril & Methodius Catholic Church
Bank
This morning we went into town and had lunch at the Hanging Tree Restaurant in Goliad. They had a nice little buffet set up with turkey, fried catfish, fried chicken and smothered pork chops and all the trimmings. Yum, yum!
After eating way too much we drove to the little community of Berclair to visit the Berclair Mansion. This steel strand home, the largest in the United States, was built in 1936 by Etta Terrell. The reason for the steel framing is because she never forgot seeing her parents home that burned to the ground in 1898.
Miss Etta built this house at the age of 75 installing the latest in plumbing, heating and electricity. The home features 10 bedrooms, 4 full and 2-half bathrooms and even an elevator. It is furnished with beautiful antiques and the several priceless paintings.
Miss Etta lived in the house with her four sisters. The last sister, Carlyle Wilkinson, know as Dimple, died in October 1975 at the age of 94. The mansion was boarded up and unoccupied for over 27 years.
December 2, 2016
Joyce and I headed downtown last night to the Commercial Street Bar for the weekly Thirsty Thursday gathering. Several of the ladies in town have been doing this for a long time and Joyce joined right in. Some of the gals brought in some munchies and later we ordered a pizza.
December 5, 2016
On Friday we went to downtown Goliad to watch the annual Christmas Parade. This little hometown parade is a very big deal in Goliad with participants coming from all over the county.
Saturday we went back into town to checkout all the booths on the square. Then Santa Claus came riding in on a Texas Longhorn steer, a tradition here.
"Here comes Santa Claus", Texas style
Yesterday we made a run down to Corpus Christi to get some shopping done. As you can imagine everything was very crowded and traffic was very busy. We finished up the day having supper at Cheddars Scratch Kitchen, one of our favorite restaurant's in Texas.
December 11, 2016
Movin' right along in Texas.
On Friday we drove up to Waco, TX to attend the Christmas At The Silos event that is hosted by Chip and Joanna Gaines of HGTV’s “Fixer Upper” program.
It was a tad cold!
Joanna's mom. We can't remember her name.
After getting a good nights sleep at our hotel we went back to down to Magnolia Market to look around at the things we didn’t see the night before. Of course we had to get some cupcakes and cookies from the bakery.
"Cupcakes are muffins that believed in miracles"
Wherever you are, have fun!
Barry & Joyce
You guys are having way too much fun here in Texas! We haven't been to all those places!
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