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Monthly Archives: October 2015

FOCUS ON THE BACKROADS: 95.9 THE RANCH BASH 2015 – PANTER ISLAND (FW) TEXAS

It is impossible to FOCUS ON THE BACKROADS without the music of the backroads. The Ranch 95.9 and Masha Milam Music presented their annual Texas Country Music Festival, celebrating the radio stations birthday, which features some of todays biggest names in Texas country music.  RANCH BASH is an annual  one day music festival held this year at Panther Island […]

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FOCUS ON THE BACKROADS: THE STATE FAIR OF TEXAS

On January 30,1886, a group of Dallas business leaders chartered a private corporation; The Dallas State Fair and Exposition, which was to become THE STATE FAIR OF TEXAS.  Immediately there were was a disagreement over where to locate the site – resulting in a split into two separate groups; on the Dallas State Fair and […]

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FOCUS ON THE BACKROADS: THE BAKER HOTEL – MINERAL WELLS TEXAS

The vision to build the Baker Hotel began in 1922 when the good folks of Mineral Wells, Texas raised $150,000 in an effort to build a large hotel/resort owned by  local shareholders.  The vision began over the concern that outsiders were profiting off the growing fame of the area’s mineral water.  They recruited the help […]

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