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Good Ole Texas Towns, Hearne and Calvert

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I love me some old western, Texas towns. You know the little towns that you drive through. The main drag has boarded up windows, run down buildings and the old homes along the railroad tracks. Some towns are really sprucing up their areas and taking advantage of the fact that people love these locations (how can they not) and for me, I love photographing them (if only I had a better camera). Disclaimer: The pictures would have come out a whole heck of a lot better if we had stopped but we had a birthday party to get to.

These are some of the pictures from our drive along Route 6 between Waco and College Station. Again – if only I had a better camera and knew how to use photoshop… anyway – lets use our imagination. While driving down Highway 6 all I could think of was Fried Green Tomatoes.

Little “use-to-be-white” homes sitting right next to the railroad tracks, towns few and far between…
…makes you realize how important the railroad was to this area years ago.

The Union Pacific still runs through this area today. Now the cars just have some “nice” “art” to them.

…And lots and lots of farmland, and cows (my favorite part). 🙂

The new Depot in Hearne – reminds me of the one in Grapevine, TX
Can’t you just imagine ladies waiting on the platform with their big hoop dresses and umbrellas?
Or the cowboys moving into town like in Tombstone?
Here we are rolling into town….
…imagine this town around 1930’s and 1940’s… must’ve been the place to go for all your needs as the next town would’ve taken you a while to get to in your Model A Ford…or horses… we are in Texas after all!
The next picture shows absolute photography skills while snapping shots in a moving car.
(…I know you are impressed!)

It’s a good thing there are water towers around. If you are ever lost, just look for the water tower in Texas.

This was the nicest place in Calvert and I’m not even kidding,…the sign in front says as seen on the Food Network.
 …This is their hotel off a side street. It kind of creeped me out and I was instantly absolutely positive it is haunted. I’ll have to research more on these towns later (just on the towns, not the hauntings – I’ll leave that up to someone else).

This is their City Hall. Part of me just wants to go in there and clean up the buildings but then again someone would have to help me – there is no way that I’m going in there alone. No way!

And the locals don’t let you forget where you are headed and in what country you are in
… you are in Aggie Country!
There is a lot more to these towns than what I discovered. I would love to go back and checkout the history that they have to offer. The websites below show pictures of old Victorian mansions during the Civil War era. Definitely a place to go check out if you are looking for a destination for a weekend drive.

For More Info:
Calvert: http://www.calverttx.com/index.html
Hearne: http://www.hearnetexas.info/