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Cisco
Scenes
Cisco's wide brick streets, sturdy architecture, compact downtown
and small population make an excellent movie set.
Travelers on I-20 should consider taking a short break and driving
through the brick streets of downtown Cisco to get a feel of a 1930s
town that has remained.
Postcard courtesy
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The-Night-the-Posse-Chased-Santa
by Maggie Van Ostrand
December 23 will mark the 79th anniversary of the bloody melodrama
which was about to take place in the town of Cisco in West Central
Texas, on the day before Christmas Eve 1927. I know about it because
of an article written at the time by the great Texas columnist,
Boyce House. He should know. He was there...
Santa
Robber by Mike Cox
Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” stands as an enduring classic,
but truth being stranger than fiction, Texas can claim one of the
nation’s more bizarre real-life holiday tales – a story of a Santa
Claus gone bad...
The
Day Eastland Texas Hanged Santa Claus
by John Troesser
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Cisco
Texas Tourist Information
Cisco
Chamber of Commerce
Address 309 Conrad Hilton Avenue, Cisco, Texas 76437
Telephone 254-442-2537
http://www.ciscotx.com/
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A
downtown drug store black glass signage with the reflection of the
traffic signal of Cisco's main intersection
TE Photo 2004 |
Cisco Texas
Forum
Subject:
The Dam, and Cisco's zoo
Dear Texas Escapes, For some reason, I was using Google Earth to
look for Lake Cisco, having in my mind memories of times many years
ago. The late 1920's and early 1930's to be exact. I remembered
that dam -- reputed to be the largest hollow-core dam in the country
at the time. And that tremendously large swimming area. There was
a very tall slide on the east side of the area, probably fifty feet
in height. But you didn't slide down it by yourself, there were
small cars which fitted into the slide and you sat in the cars.
I remember that there was a warning written on the side of the slide:
"Look out for the cars." However, my spelling wasn't that good at
the time -- I was six -- and I thought it said, Look out for the
bears!!!" I didn't do much swimming -- I was too busy watching for
those carnivorous monsters.
But the crowning event of the day was a visit to the zoo. My Aunt
Fannie Bess was escorting her daughter and us three nephews through
the zoo when a very unhappy monkey escaped from its cage and began
making threatening advances toward us. Aunt F.B. was kept quite
busy trying to hide us all behind her and ward off the monkey with
an umbrella at the same time.
I know that the answer to the question by that person about whether
the zoo was destroyed by the 1920 tornado is a definite "No".
Now I have a question. I could not make out the dam's location using
Google Earth. It appears that the road which once went across the
dam now passes to the east of the former swimming area/zoo. Is that
correct? Just a bit of curiosity in an old coot who is beginning
to live in his memories. - Charles Porter, May 29, 2007
Crosses
N of I - 20
I pass through [Cisco], and have done so for sixty plus years. I
love the friendly people there. Everything concerning Cisco / Eastland
is of interest to me. I do have one question:
What is the story on the beautiful white crosses on the hill, north
of I -20? Is there a public road leading to them? My preacher asked
me, but I did not have an answer. They are beautiful though. If
anyone can tell me, please contact me - ibbilly@bluebonnet.net.
- Billy Floyd, Mt.Pleasant, Texas, August 06, 2006
Subject:
Looking for Information
Dear Editor, I don't know if you can help me or not. I am looking
for information for a story I am writing. I am looking for info
on an abandoned zoo outside of Cisco, Texas. It was close to Lake
Cisco and the original dam & swimming pool. I have seen the rock
work that was said to be part of the original zoo. My grandmother
said that all the animals ran away. Do you have any information?
Could this have been an operating zoo before the tornado that hit
Cisco in 1920? Sincerely, Holly Huestis Johnson, March 18, 2006
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