OLD PECOS-PRUETT PHOTOS.

Tom Pruett sent me these pictures of his grandfather's lumber company in Pecos. He had at least five stores others in nearby towns.That's T.B. in photo #2 stamding on the left.
This cute little house was T.B. and Mamie's first home that used to be on the spot where our house is now. When they got ready build our house they moved the little 'un to the west a lot or two.

A PECOS REUNION. April 10th. 2010

What a fine time we all had these last few days!! We had 6 overnight guests and about 25 folks here on Saturday afternoon. It's hard to express how delightful and kind ALL of these people are. My favorite overheard comment was: "I haven't seen you since 4th. grade!!!" Thank you to all attended and I hope we'll meet again.
Love, Mary

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GENO!

My darling Gene turns 60.
This is his birthday cake and dinner.
Left to right are: Dr. Tom Pruett, his best pal Buddy (both from Lake Jackson)- our Pecos pal George, Gene, our Pecos friend Peggy, Dub Martin from Center Point which is near Comfort, Ray Thompson from Dallas and Jan Arthur Delk from Austin.

A FEW BUILDINGS. TELL ME A STORY.

1. Toone's Grocery.
2. Who can tell me anything about this building?
3. Pecos train station. The caboose was recently moved from the middle of the street over beside the train station and will be completely restored for educational purposes.
4. This is what's left of the Dr. Pepper bottling plant.
5. Lee's Lumber. I guess it's been there a long, long time. I was reading a 1948 newspaper and they were advertising a floor sanding machine for rent. I'm positive it's the same one we used 2 years ago to refinish our foyer floor. It's ancient, made of many parts...thus, we called it "Frankenstein" but Mr. Lee's son told us they call it S.O.B.

SIGNS OF PECOS.

I love signage...even if it's old and falling apart. They are history and have stories to tell. TELL ME A STORY!!

SANDRA'S STORE & FARMER'S MARKET.

Last Saturday was the first farmer's market from noon til 6 p.m...it will continue the first Saturday of every month.
Sandra bought the old Fonville Jewelry store on the old Pecos main street and is determined to breathe new life into that area. Her place is called The Winking Owl-www.thewinkingowl.com
Her shop features vintage kitch, beautiful paintings, jewelry, essential oils, organic tea, global imports and much more.
The organic food offerings were : yukon taters, red peppers, squash, tomatoes, butter lettuce, carrots, chevre cheese and the best steak I ever ate....REALLY! It's grass fed longhorn beef from the YT Ranch in Goldsmith, Texas. Very interesting reading www.ybeef.com That sirloin was worth every cent and more...and I usually don't even like sirloin cos it tough...this was totally tender and SO flavorful!!!

NEW DISPLAY @ WEST OF THE PECOS MUSEUM.

The old dining room at the museum usually has revolving exhibits that you can go see at no charge. Dorinda did a great job with this Bottle Show. They only used about a third of all the bottles they have! There are soda bottles, ink bottles, medicine bottles, snuff bottles, alcohol bottles, Avon bottles and much more. Very interesting!