The Bridge Street History Center

09/04/2026

A little literary mystery for you… 🤠
Do you know where this one comes from?

09/03/2026

Dr Tom Hamilton asks the questions and these 2 long time Granbury residents have great memories and fun stories.
Watch on your small phone or go to YouTube on your TV. 📺📱

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09/02/2026

Some stories of Hood County are carved in stone and W.G.W. Powell’s story is one worth remembering. Today, we pause to remember a pioneer who helped shape the early communities of Hood County.

09/02/2026

You should follow this page and listen to Sam Houston’s podcasts. So good!

🚨NEW EPISODE ALERT!🚨

🥾 Before Texas had highways, railroads, or bustling cities, it had a road—though “road” might be a generous description!

In Episode 6 of Texas Tales with Sam Houston, we journey down El Camino Real, the rugged network of trails that connected the missions, presidios, and settlements of Spanish Texas.

Missionaries traveled it. Soldiers marched it. Settlers, merchants, livestock, supplies, messages—and even revolutionary ideas—moved along it. 🐎🛞

El Camino Real wasn’t simply a path across Texas. It was the lifeline of the frontier—and in many ways, the road that built Texas.

🎙️ Pull up a chair, sit a spell, and join Sam Houston for another remarkable chapter in the story of the Lone Star State!

Listen on any of these great platforms:
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/033z7TnwgXDSb8dAY9wyjp?si=ltspNd36QPC8-fuKJvlGdw
iHeart: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-texas-tales-with-sam-houst-336852708/
Apple Podcasts:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/texas-tales-with-sam-houston/id6780715023

08/31/2026

We love our neighboring historic properties.

The Glen Rose Hotel when it opened in 1928. It would subsequently close the following year in 1929 due to the "Great Depression." It would not reopen until 1938.

08/31/2026

𝑰𝑺 𝑱𝑬𝑺𝑺𝑬 𝑱𝑨𝑴𝑬𝑺 𝑹𝑬𝑨𝑳𝑳𝒀 𝑩𝑼𝑹𝑰𝑬𝑫 𝑰𝑵 𝑮𝑹𝑨𝑵𝑩𝑼𝑹𝒀?
For more than 70 years, a fascinating local legend has raised that question. A mysterious man who died in Granbury in 1951 claimed an identity that, if true, would rewrite one of the most famous stories of the Old West. His scars, his stories, the people who knew him, and even an attempt to open his grave for DNA testing all add pieces to the mystery.
So… was Jesse James really buried in Granbury Cemetery?
Read the story and decide for yourself. The evidence may surprise you. 👀

Was Jesse James really killed in Missouri in 1882? Explore the Granbury graveyard mystery, the mysterious 1951 death, and the evidence behind the legend.

08/28/2026

Source - City of Granbury

08/18/2026

A Little Lipan History from 1906 📰

Tucked into the August 31, 1906 edition of the Lipan Register is an interesting bit of local history:

“Prof. W. O. Wright has given in his resignation as professor in John Tarleton College…”

Today, we know that school as Tarleton State University in Stephenville. It’s a wonderful reminder of how connected the small communities of this area were and how a brief notice in a Lipan newspaper can offer a glimpse into the early history of an institution that is still such an important part of our region today.

Take a close look at this 120-year-old newspaper page. Sometimes the smallest notices tell the most interesting stories.

08/11/2026

NEW BLOG POST: Before the cemetery, there was a college on the hill. Discover the remarkable story of Granbury College, founded in 1873 high above the Brazos River and the surprising connection its story has to Weatherford College.

Discover the story of Granbury College, the coeducational school founded in 1873 on a hill above the Brazos River and its connection to Weatherford College.