Museum Making in Cowtown

I once heard an old phrase, “when someone dies, it’s like a library dies.” Just think about the wealth of history, biographies and entertaining stories that die with that person.

 

Lenora Rolla was a beloved member of the Fort Worth community.  After her death, friends decided to use her home to keep her dream alive.

Today at 4pm, NBC 5’s Scott Friedman shows us how an old house is being tranformed into a new place to celebrate not just black history, but Fort Worth history.

For more information, http://blog.tarrantcoblackhistorical.com/

Tortilla Tradition

Our next stop on historic places around Dallas is Luna’s Tortilla Factory. 

In 1924, the Dallas tortilla and tamale restaurant started in the Uptown area of Dallas.  Back then, the area was known as Little Mexico.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Years later, the Luna family sold the building and moved to a new area on Harry Hines. 

Today at 4pm, NBC 5’s Kristi Nelson shows us how a matriarch’s dream lives on.

Luna’s Tortilla Factory is at 8524 Harry Hines Blvd. in Dallas. Click on www.lunastortillas.com for a link to this delicious part of Dallas past and present!

Take A Ride Back In Time

North Texas in 2008 is a land of highways, Hummers and Hybrids.  But it’s easy and FREE to see how people traveled in the first part of the 1900’s.  Head down to McKinney Avenue in uptown Dallas and take a streetcar!

 

 

 

Kristi Nelson took a ride on this part of transportation history in Dallas.  Here is a link to her report: http://video.nbc5i.com/player/?id=283879

 

Learn how this part of the past is helping current North Texans save gas and money while inspiring new memories.  For more information, click on: www.mata.org/