Buffalo Gap, Texas

Buffalo Gap, Texas is somewhat of a ghost town.  At one point in the 1800's it had a population of about 1,000.  The population is now 453.  They have taken the old buildings that have stayed as is and fenced them all in so visitors could see what it was like at different periods.  I'm sure some of the buildings have been moved to keep them together, there were 18 buildings.

This is the house of a family who lived there in the late 1800's.  It was neat because you could go into the buildings too.

This is the back porch of the house.

This is one of the original log cabins, average size, really small.

This is a dentist office from the 1920's.  My mouth hurt just looking at the instruments.

The barber shop was interesting.

Here is the train station.

I think I'll buy a ticket and leave town.

This one is kind of self explanatory.  The tools and furniture they had in these buildings were awesome.  It really reminds us of how far we've come and how differently people lived then.

There was a carriage barn with several carriages and an old car.

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The farm equipment was interesting, especially for a farmer's daughter like me.

This cat came from nowhere.  She let me pet her, then started following Don everywhere.

The school house, I remember these seats when I was in grade school, scary.

An old gas station, you should see the pumps.  Note the cat following Don.

This was the Post Office, remember these signs noting that a telephone booth was inside?

Look at that old telephone in the booth with the old bi-fold door.

This was the court house which also housed a jail upstairs.  At one point Buffalo Gap was the county seat.

These are some little know facts about goats, if you enlarge it you can read it.

I took this picture for you Paul, look at the chicken next to the baby goat.

When I got out of the car the goats came right up to the fence.

When we got back, we were just in time so Don could watch the race.