Tag: I-30
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Cross-Country, Part 3 (County Counting)
I wanted to grab some new counties. That basic objective served as a guidepost, the unifying premise for the entire trip. We would see other things along the route and during most of a week in Phoenix, Arizona, of course. However, make no mistake, I wanted the new counties more than anything else. As noted…
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Bostonian Confusion and I Don’t Mean Massachusetts
I kept things vague when I discussed Boston — the Boston in Texas — in Named Like a Whole Other Country. I stopped at “the man who opened the first store in the area was W. J. Boston.” Otherwise I might have tipped my hand that I’d discovered three Texas Bostons all within about four…