Heritage Farmstead Museum
Built in 1891 in a
region of rich Blackland Prairie soil by Hunter Farrell for his
wife Mary Alice and daughter Ammie, what is now known as the
Heritage Farmstead Museum was a pretentious, yet practical,
farmhouse. Its elaborate jigsaw trim was characteristic of the
time; wrap-around porches and north-south orientation with opposing
doorways satisfied the need for shade and cross-ventilation in a
period before air conditioning. Together with three barns and
several outbuildings on a 365 acre spread, this homestead was
definitely a showplace. 972.881.0140
The Plano Interurban Railway Museum
If you were fortunate
enough to live in Plano between 1908 and 1948, then you most likely
had an opportunity to experience the rollicking, clickity clack
sway of riding on a Texas Electric Railway Interurban Car. This
second generation of rail transportation extended from Denison to
Waco, with connections to Fort Worth, Cleburne, and Denton possible
through the "hub" station in Dallas. Rail transportation powered by
steam first arrived in Plano in 1872 and forever changed the
agrarian lifestyle of early settlers who had traveled to this area
by covered wagon.
While steam engines guaranteed the survival and likelihood of
growth to a community and transported farm crops to distant
locations, the laborious process of producing enough steam to drive
the train forward limited the frequency of stops along a line. In
the late 1880s ingenious inventors discovered the wonder of
electricity and devised ways to harness this marvel into driving
trolley cars previously drawn by mules or horses. 972.941.2117
Southfork Ranch
In 1978, a legend was
created that would virtually be unmatched by any other series in
television history. It would go on to take the world by storm,
accumulating millions of fans along the way and propelling an
unknown Texas ranch into one recognized around the world.
Viewers across the globe would await each twist in the series,
knowing the television family as well as their own. The series was
"Dallas," the family the Ewings, and the ranch that was home to it
all was Southfork. This ranch and family put Dallas and Texas on
the map. For more information call 972.442.7800.