Posted on 06/27/2005 11:01:22 AM PDT by Jubal Harshaw
My uncle Marvin is buried in that cemetery. Got to see Mrs. Crockett's burial place after my uncle's funeral. I did not know that she was there, and it was an interesting surprise on an otherwise sad day.
Davy's widow came to Texas to get the land grant awarded as a result of Davy's service to the Republic of Texas. I believe her tract was in what is now Hood County or just to the North of there.
I guess your uncle lived in the Granbury area. Nice place.
I thought the Dead Sea Scrolls was a little disappointing.
So did I. I guess we let the advertising make us expect too much.
It is very pretty out there, and I surmise that it would have reminded Mrs. Crockett of home in Tennessee.
We decided the Dead Sea exhibit was exorbitantly expensive for what it is.
My parents went to the Tut exhibit in New Orleans. While I was more than old enough to go, they farmed me out to my grandparents' so they could have a nice date.
I saw the Tut in NO as well. A long time ago, but I still remember it.
A few years ago I went to a private showing Splendors of Ancient Egypt. One of the people remarked that he played with that type of stuff as a child in Egypt.
Don't know if you read about it but the second largest collection of Faberge (Malcom Forbes'... the Queen of England has the largest collection.) is being sold to the Russians for their St. Petersburg Museum.
I saw that exhibit too (Ramses in Dallas) - the only gripe I had was that I was shoveled through with a crowd of 150 other people at the same time, and some exhibit rooms were so packed with people shoving to get a closer look, that I didnt get much time to really admire the pieces that caught my eye. But all in all, I enjoyed the exhibit itself. its about as close to Egypt as I will ever come (unless my plan for world domination comes to fruition! LOL)
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