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
A Very Personal Ghost I
A Very Personal Ghost
I've come to the conclusion, over the years, that when it comes
to ghosts there are two sorts of people--those who realize ghosts
exist and those who don't want to realize it. One of the sure
ways to become one of the first variety is to see a ghost.
However, even if you see a ghost, you may not realize at once
what you've seen. I know. It happened to me...
The Great Airship Mystery
In 1896 and 1897 what had to be a lighter-than-air craft--a
dirigible--was seen by credible witnesses in California, Oregon,
Washington, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas,
Colorado, what became Oklahoma ten years later, Texas,
Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Minnesota, Michigan,
Indiana, and Ohio...
Texas Fever
From the late 1860s into the 1870s, Texas was, in effect,
divided into two armed camps. The battlers were south Texas
cattlemen who needed to drive their cattle north to the
railheads in Kansas, Nebraska, and Missouri--and north Texas
cattlemen, joined by cattle raisers in the Indian Nations,
Kansas, and Nebraska, who stood ready, with rifles if necessary,
to stop the drives.
