Adventure Details

In 1948, the story of Health Camp began, or rather, the story of a mobile canteen, when Jack Schaevitz and Lou Stein, brothers-in-law, moved from Ohio to Waco. Schaevitz built a mobile canteen with the objective to provide ice cream and burgers to military personnel at James Connally Air Force Base nearby. The canteen was so successful they decided to open a stationary restaurant...

"There was a 7:30 p.m. concert in College Station at the G. Rollie White Coliseum on the campus of Texas A&M University in Bryan, Texas...

Elvis and the boys were often good friends with one family in town and in Midland, it was the Holifield family Cecil Holifield remembers

On April 26, 1955, Elvis Presley, Scotty Moore, and Bill Black appeared at the auditorium. It was the second night of a 5-day tour.

In late-April 1955, Elvis, Scotty Moore, and Bill Black, rolled into town with the purpose of performing at Big Spring's Municipal Aud.

Regardless of attendance doubts, hundreds of screaming fans came to Tiger Stadium that night to see Elvis and the others. For his grand...

Construction on the building began in 1946 and was completed in 1947 by A.H. “Whitey” and Rose Crouch. The hotel was made from stucco...

Elvis only did one commercial during his entire career/life. He did that commercial for Southern Maid Donuts on November 6, 1954. He sang...

Like a surprising amount of these older places, I couldn't find much online about Lee's Drive-In, even in the Texarkana and Arkansas...

The Hut Club burned down years ago (exact date unknown), but there are still remnants, including charred wood, burned records and CDs...

I can't find much on the Park Plaza Motel. 99.99% of what I know is from the back of a postcard (in the pictures below). The information...

There's not much information about this spot, but in the 50s, Ray's Muffler is said to have been a car wash. It was across the street...

Jessie's plot is not the easiest to find without directions or coordinates, so I included those above. The cemetery doesn't even have a...

The site opened in 1908, after only 88 working days, and is a recorded Texas Historic Landmark, recognized by the Texas Historical...

Built on the site of the original Fort Worth Rialto Theatre, the Blackstone Hotel, a 23-story art deco skyscraper was opened on...