The History of the Bed And Breakfasts
Texas Hill Country
A great way to enjoy a weekend relaxing at an
interesting location is to book a unique Bed and Breakfast. B&B's as
they are commonly referred to, have a long and interesting history.
While the B&B has been around for ages, the B&B that we are familiar
with now can be tracked back over 100 years.
The usual arrangement for a B&B is a home in which
there are rooms that can accommodate between 2 and 12 guests,
normally 1 to 6 rooms. Early B&B's generally targeted travelers that
were passing through. Areas that were popular for B&B's were
mountain regions of the Northwest such as California and Colorado,
as well as other regions, specifically the New England States.
Most of the travelers that frequented B&B's in the
1800's were pioneers, miners, or professionals traveling from one
area to another. Many B&B's offered an accommodation for the night
along with a breakfast in the morning which hungry travelers took
advantage of before starting on the next leg of their journey.
Before the 1900's, most of these B&B's were private residences that
catered to specific types of people. As an example, a doctor or
lawyer would offer accommodation for other professionals, and a
middle class home owners offered accommodations for cowboys, miners,
pioneers, etc.
As more hotels, inns and lodges were built in the
1900's, B&B's became an affordable accommodation for people passing
through small towns or in areas that weren't heavily developed.
Currently, Texas Hill Country B&B's offer warm and
cozy alternatives to the corporate hotel or motel. Many Texas Hill
Country B&B's take pride on being privately owned and operated, as
well as offering quaint and cozy homes in locations that offer
historical, leisure or small town attractions.
If you're planning to visit the hill country you
can find a lot of B&Bs by searching your perfect accommodation on by
searching our website, Texas Hill Country, for Bed and Breakfasts,
Guest Houses and Country Inns.
Charley Eckhardt's Texas
The Snively Expedition Jacob Sni
The Snively Expedition
Jacob Snively was either a con-man, a fool, or probably the
unluckiest man on earth. It's hard to tell which. He claimed to
be a mining man who'd prospected the Sierra Madres. He also
claimed he'd found one of the richest gold mines on the
continent in the mountains below El Paso, on the Texas side of
the Rio Grande...
The Murder Maverick
If you've ridden many miles on the sunset side of the Colorado
and listened to people talk in bars and cafes, you've heard a
good many tales. Once you get west of the Pecos, there's one in
particular you'll hear. You'll hear the tale of a phantom steer
called 'the Murder Maverick.'...
Alley Oop is a Texan?
Alley Oop, the cave-man character created by Victor T. Hamlin in
1932, is a native Texan. The area around present Iraan, Texas
was a gold mine of dinosaur fossils. In the days before salvage
archaeology, the fossils were simply hauled away by the
truckload. This gave Hamlin the idea for a comic strip.
