San Augustine is very old and historical. It was established in 1832 and today the population is 2,475.
There are wonderful brochures listing 37 buildings to see. There are dozens of homes, churches, a drugstore, theatre, depot and a couple of log houses.
Gene's interview went fine...we are waiting to hear if they liked him. It's for a Science teaching position and he much prefers P.E.
Then...IF he's offered the job and IF the pay is acceptable we'll have to decide IF we want to move all the way over to the other side of Texas to a smaller town.
I fell in love with Nacogdoches...but it's about 40 minutes from San Augustine and that's too far of a commute.
We visited the site of Mission Dolores established in 1716. It's a sort of museum at the location of where this mission used to be....watched a video about it and saw artifacts that have been found there.
As usual I didn't take as many pictures as I should have or could have.
Bottom line....ain't much happenin' in San Augustine.
1. Bruce and Gene at a great seafood dinner back in Nacogdoches.
2. oops...the restaurant...i accidentally slipped these 2 pictures of Nacogdoches into my San Augustine blog.
3. This is the junior high school where Gene interviewed....it's very "Leave it to Beaver" and rather run down.
4. I don't know what this building is..it was empty....just liked the flag.
5. The Lewis Hotel...a future resource for African Americans. It was right next to the railroad tracks and catered to black folks passing through this segregated town...railroad workers and such. They are trying to raise money to restore it. I hope they hurry....it's very much worth saving and is falling down...or going to. It is one of the very few such buildings left.
6. Chamber of Commerce. Notice ol' Geno in his tie. The boy scouts meet here also and behind it is a pretty park.
7. I thought this was the old jail because it's right in front of the courthouse...but apparently it was Gov. James Pickney Henderson's house.
The courthouse is being restored so I didn't take any pictures of it.
That's all.
Love, mary
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