Anyway, we finally got to our campground, and because we have no air going down the road yet, I spent the rest of the afternoon in the bedroom cooling down. Whew was I a wilted lettuce leaf! So today we got up and decided we was gona go to the museum, WELL, I get the GPS and put in the address, and as usual Billy boy and I don't see eye to eye about di-rections, so we get lost.....again. It was quite an adventure, we saw the little daycare center, (pictures), and some other stuff, the donut house, No didn't stop! When all of a sudden Bill says, there it is, see, I told you I knew where I was going, UH-HUH, right!
Here is the entrance, and it caught his attention right off, specially with the panel out there as well. We went in, were greeted by a young girl, with a "Howdy ya'll" Did yall come to see the museum? Nope, just thought we would come in to cool off! We ask how much, $6.00 (seex dollars), and she takes us into this room to watch a movie, Hoo-boy, here we go again. When that was over a lady came and got us, her name was 'Idela', and started showing us around. It was very informative, but a bit boring at first. The thing that made it interesting was the fact that this gal knew so much about all of this. She was a native of Kilroy, and was very proud to be one. She said that there was a church in another small town, and because there were oil wells on the property, they were quite rich. There was another part to the oil wells, and that was the gas, which was ususally burned off. but the church decided to use it to heat the building, this was not really leagal, but most authorities just "looked the other way". On a Wednesday night, the church was full of children and adults, and they were also having some other meetings there, and a fellow in the basement was using a grinder, it sparked and blew up the whole church. There were some survivors, one being a 9 year old girl. Being very bright, she ended up telling the president at the time that he needed to make sure that never happened again, and 6 months later they put something in the gas to correct the problem. Pretty good for a 9 year old! After that we went through some doors, and low and behold, there was a complete oil town in the 1930s. It was amazing! I forgot to put those on, but will and they will be before my writing, or on the side. Once again we stepped back in time, only this time we had a marvelous guide! She took us on a Tour of Kilroy past. She showed us drill bits, and explained the poverty of the depression, and the hope people had, knowing there would be money to make there. We went into an elevator, (me not liking it at all ,at first,) but soon realizing that it wasn't really moving, just rocking, whew, and it had 2 dummies, as I said before NO NOT US, to OTHER dummies, and they explained just where the oil wasUnder all the layers of the earth. really quite interesting. Then we walked on board sidewalks through all the shops pictured below. I am sure that some of you are very familiar with a lot of this stuff. How about them corsets, and old curlers, I have pictures of myself in those, YIPES, does that mean I'm OLD? Arrggghhhh. Interesting how the coffins are in all these places to!
The faces of the dummies in shops didn't show up very good because they were holograms, and actually talked to you. The Barber shop was the best, I darn neer wet maself when I notice that ALL the occupants were still breathin", Amazin', I said as I jump out of my skin! Thought our guide was gona die laughing! We even got to go into a movie theater, and watch actual pictures taken with a movie camera back then, what a hoot that was. The ticket lady was not to attentive, had her nose in a book! For $6. it was the best museum yet, we were there about 3hrs or so, and would go back again.
After that we went to find someplace to eat, and found Billys Steak house. Went in and HOO~Doggies, their special was Fried Catfish w/corn pones & hushpuppies and beans. 'Course I ordered that, Ole Bill, got real brave, and he ordered a steak Sandwich, it turned out to be a Chicken fried steak, but was good. Let me tell you what, this place was FULL of good 'ol Texans, there was a little lady (PIC) that was 90 at least. Dressed very expensively, with a white leather hat and purse, and she was the bell of the ball, and eating that catfish right down without one tooth in her mouth. I took the picture on the sly, some onery lookin' ones in there too, and she was with a bunch of folks, and among them was a feller that looked like Big Daddy, I wa'nt in any mood to fool wif him! But boy did we hit the right place,that was the most delicious catfish I ever ate, not that I've ever eaten any before, and I loved the cornpone and hushpuppies too! YUMMO!!!!!!! We talked to a few of the locals, and they swear that was the best place to go for catfish!
We headed for home to rescue the pup,and took a long swim after dinner, and now I am doing this, and it is 11pm here, and we are headed for Jefferson early, so "see ya" Smiles and love to all. Arlette(pooped) & Bill too,(in bed) and the Sassy Girl.
Handles on the door of the museum.An old panel at the entrance of the East Texas Oil Museum.
These were pictures of Kilroy in the 1930s.
Our guide said when she first saw these she thought they were gas caps, but we knew right away these were hubcaps!
Toys of the 1930s.
Familiar anyone?
The mercantile and General store.
Do you remember the roll top coffee cans?
And oh yes, they sold coffins as well, it was during the depression, so clientele was of a lower class.
A Pretty mirror, and notice the old curlers!
Anybody ever wear any of these? YUKKY!!!
A really cute dress at the local "General Store".
The elevator ride you get to go on with 2 dummies. NO, NOT US!!!!!
This was one of the dummies in the elevator.
This fella actually moves, and the detail is amazing.
Now we are in Bills territory, this is sitting beside a replica of a machine shop.
Not such a good picture, but notice the hat and long johns hanging.
Yoweee, the good old days, won't ever see that again ! Sorry, got it in the wrong order.
Actually showing how an oil well was drilled.
Idela is showing Bill the different Drill bits used to drill an oil well.
The "movie theater" ticket person.
The post office. Idela, our tour guide.
Cool has station, the car is real, as are the gas pumps.Notice the table and checker board!
The 1930's Bank.
He couldn't get behind the counter this time cause there was someone there! HA HA
Bill beside the Vault at the bank.
How about these prices?
This was 2 guys, tired after working all day,waiting for a hair cut.
This is a 1930's barber shop.
Another paper, editor and all. This was not as big, but in some ways, better.
This is a fire extinghesher in the press room of the Kilroy Herald.Remember the other one?
Old jukebox that played 78 records, notice all the "stuff" in the cases.
Bring back any memories? Soda fountain
Authentic table and chairs in the soda fountain!
Here's Bill talking on an old wall phone, In the background is Idela, our guide in the museum.
Anybody remember "Evening In Paris" perfume or "Toilet water"?
See, it does rain in Texas! And I showed you a "good 'ol boy "truck to prove it!
These are just a fraction of the oil wells in the town of Kilroy, most today are replicas, put up to show people what the town use to look like in the 1930's!
We went to a local "steak house" and my oh my, This little lady in white was 90 if she was a day, she was dressed very rich, had on a white leather hat, kept the conversation going at the table, and had not ONE tooth in her mouth! We were in Kilroy where all the oil wells are, and I betcha this sweet little lady owned one of them!
Had to take this, cause for those who know us, we had a Bumper to Bumper parts house when we lived in Baker City in the late '70,early '80s
We found this house in Gladewater, Texas, It was forsale, but couldn't find a price, it is a historical house, and would make a beautiful bed and breakfast, but was really off the beaten path, so would need mucho denaro to keep it afloat till you got a reputation. Purty, ain't she?
I am on a don-nut house Quest, these heer folks in Texas love their down-nuts, they aint like ya'll in Oregone, a few pounds looks rially goood on a gal down hair!
This was the coolest merry-go-round, and on the left kinda in the background is a covered wagon, not covered, but cute!
This was a daycare in Kilroy, on that fence are painted little houses, thought Nanci would enjoy this and the next picture, it was really cute!
This was the coolest merry-go-round, and on the left kinda in the background is a covered wagon, not covered, but cute!
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