Hico, a Quick Stop in a Gorgeous Little Town in Central Texas

Hico caught me by surprise the first time I passed through it. I was struck by the beautiful stone buildings all around the downtown area. Join me for a quick tour.
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[@billthomas7933]

I live in Hico and this is the best video I think I have seen well done.

[@BillyN31]

Love your pickup!!

[@billthomas7933]

@@BillyN31 thanks

[@legalmexican]

I would love to live there and let the rest of the world pass me by.

[@jaimecabrales8514]

Me too.

[@haivannguyen8972]

Me too

[@bradbutcher3984]

The Koffee Kup was originally the Koffee Kup Kafe. Every town has its history good and bad and Hico was where a lot of Texan Confederate veterans met every year at the "Old Soldiers Reunion". It's still history that deserves to be remembered.

[@JcPack]

Yep, when i was a kid it had a bill board sign that said dont let the sun set on your black ass in Hico,Tx

[@steverford]

As late as the mid-1990s it still had a reputation as being a hotbed of Klan activity.

[@bradbutcher3984]

@@steverford that's when I spent two weeks a summer there visiting my friends grandparents. 94-98. I've explored that whole town by bicycle. His grandparents owned the resale business on the opposite corner of the Bank now positioned on the T intersection of 220 and highway 6.

[@b.t.walker2295]

The Koffee Kup is a cross-section of Old and New South. It went from “Kafe” to “Family Restaurant” when Hico started becoming a popular getaway for antique shoppers calling Dallas and Fort Worth home, but it’s roots are still visible. It has the largest collection of “Mammy and Pappy” salt and pepper shakers, and other racist kitsch, I have ever seen. As you are astonished by the immensity of the display, you could also enjoy some of the finest homemade pies in Texas, many sugar free (I recommend Doctor’s Office).

[@MTknitter22]

@@b.t.walker2295 yes - a good move that small towns all over USA do - antique malls! They are so fun. Yes the black art and vintage items are big collector’s items!!

[@nadiafeaster1117]

It truly is that beautiful. My husband grandma lived there for decades and he still has some family there living.

[@spankthatdonkey]

Thanks for this video. I drove trucks back in the 90’s, and I got off the beaten path once and had lunch in Hico. I remember the restaurant having a replica jail cell in it. I bought a tee shirt of the iconic Billy the Kid leaning on his rifle, lost it, and want another!

[@adamtereska8734]

I love the architecture of all the buildings. An absolutely amazing place.

[@angelabishop2515]

I was born in Hico, Texas, in January of 1958.

[@tomcaldwell5750]

Thank you for this wonder video of Hico Texas. Looks like a very interesting place to visit. I have put it on my bucket list. It is amazing how much publicity Bushy Bill Roberts received. If I am not mistaken DNA has proven that he was a Billy the Kid imposter. But, very interesting nonetheless. Thank again.

[@bobgordon236]

Great videos ! My wife is from Texas and we both are very happy to have found this site ! Planning another TX road trip as you have us both ready to travel to the Great State this Spring ! May just stay !

[@mikehill3996]

I used to live about 30 minutes south and east of Hico. The entire area is beautiful. Not a day goes by that I don't think of the area and miss it.

[@mr.gunzaku437]

I've been through this town a couple of times but only in passing. Nice never taken a trip through the town and explored it's history.

[@j-rod3718]

Amazing. I want to take about 6 months driving the country to see places like this

[@bweaver760]

This little alcove of Texas towns has been kept up well.

[@donnamullins2089]

I love Hico. My Grandson and I had and amazing visit. He was 14. Loved eating at the Koffee Kup giant donuts and everything delicious. Walking the town taking pictures in the Billy the Kid museum. Friendly people.

[@johnwade6483]

I used to live in Hico TX in the 60's and 70's, still got kin folks there.

[@prest0nn_800]

For anybody thinking about moving here I just want to say that it is a good place to raise a family and just stay at. I love living in Hico

[@vargviper7192]

I explored Hico several years ago on my way back to Dallas from Cedar Park and the Dallas Stars training camp. Neat little town.

[@billylocklear8827]

I live in stephenville it's a good town to me

[@dombutler7685]

Really nice little town, makes me homesick and i'm not from Texas!

[@nicoles8176]

I just came across your channel. I’ve bet. Thinking about moving out if California. It’s unbearable here . I don’t know anyone in Texas and have never vegan there. But all I care is no mandate of anything. America is a free country. No one should be mandated to do anything. I loved to learned more about Texas . I Love small towns

[@cameraman655]

Well, as long as you leave your leftist politics (if you have any) at the New Mexico border, then welcome. We have seen what Californians have done to Austin and the other metros. Don’t California My Texas

[@YellowRoseoftx]

Beautiful and quaint! Thank you for sharing 😊

[@edwardpena9131]

How original and beautiful the buildings look without any graffiti or trash 🙏👍

[@Priscilla_Bettis]

A beautiful town, and a climbing gym sounds fun!

[@mbbuckeyes8386]

You content is fascinating. I live in OH but worked for a company in Deer Park and visited San Antonio, Wimberly, Galveston, and other towns on the weekend during project work and with your channel I hope to come back and visit some of the cities you are showcasing. I loved spending time in Texas. Great state and great people. I pray for the People of Texas and the city of Uvalde and its citizens today and the parents and friends of those that lost their lives. 🙏

[@weswalker1208]

Very nice video. Georgetown has a beautiful Town Square that still vibrant

[@travelwiththehales]

Interesting Town and Travel With The Hales will definitely be checking it out. Thank you.

[@Mentorman2013]

I pastored the small church called Selden Baptist a short drive away from Hico back in 1973-76. We occasionally went to eat Catfish in Hico on Friday nights. It is a quaint, great little town with good folks all around. Thanks for calling attention to this neat place.

[@gregwall6553]

Had a fantastic time attending a Blacksmith class there, the instructor was one cool dude. The public tap water was though a bit hard to swallow...

[@lesmauldin3857]

We just bought land S of town. Looking forward to becoming part of the community.

[@MTknitter22]

My sister Lyn just moved there! Welcome! Hico is getting lots of attention!!

[@sCarrieCemetery]

👋🤠 Welcome!! I just moved here in April of 2020 after losing everything to a bad house fire. I have family who have a nice spread of land near Duffau. I couldn't imagine ever going back to the city life after living out here.. it sounds cliché, but it really is such a better & much more relaxed way of life!

[@heidirobinson3352]

Thank you for this video. 💛🎸🔭😎🐎

[@mannfan12]

I drive to DAllas from San Antonio on 281 and always go thru Hico. Cute little town. I've eaten at the Koffee Kup too.

[@Anthony-ot8vl]

This has always been just somewhere to stop along the way. Thanks for the video. Now I plan on spending the night at a historic hotel and walking around.

[@rossanabachiorri833]

Beautifull and relaxing!

[@pigoff123]

Thank you for sharing.

[@WallyTony]

Awesome video. Now I want to go here. Looks amazing.

[@jimruby9657]

Thanks for the video! We've been through Hico plenty of times (Koffee Kup has great pies!), but never saw some of the interesting things you filmed.

[@normsweet1710]

The Wife and I go to N TEXAS via any Hwy but I-35, yep been through there on way to Corsicana………… as always nice story of where you’ve been and tidbits of what you noticed. I like it

[@wandaarnt234]

Cheers from Pennsylvania Happy New Year 👍👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@lawnpro979]

WOW it ended too soon...LOL thanks for posting

[@matthewrschuler]

Very cool buildings in Hilo!

[@archieneill2773]

Very similar to Fayetteville Texas, in fact it was the similarity that caught my attention.

[@celestialbeing5291]

This was a nice visit.

[@mikesaunders4775]

What a fantastic little town. The Billy the Kid connection is enough for me to want to visit it, but the buildings are also amazing.

[@bettyfisher6891]

Love the burgers and pies!!! ENJOY!!!

[@dianebrayden4123]

Love your videos PH!

[@PatrickPrejusa]

GREAT VIDEO

[@sabinoluevano7447]

I live in the deep south now, and I miss Texas so much. I plan to return soon to that beautiful place where Spanish meets English and sandwiches meet tacos. Viva Tejas!

[@MTknitter22]

SO CUTE!! This Texan thanks u

[@RegularFootisChris]

awesome

[@jeremiahvarljen]

I legit drove through hico today, but I also go to college 30 mins from there so I pass it on the way for the past 3 yesrs

[@harryflashman2787]

Cool looking place. I especially liked how the town did the "i" in the Hico sign. I wondered if the dot on the i arms ever get tired.

[@LearnwithJanice]

Hello from Kansas 🇺🇸

[@joshrandall5297]

Always enjoyed riding from Austin through Hico to Dallas.

[@kathleenkirchoff9223]

Same here but going from DFW to see my kids in God forsaken Austin.

[@KB-ke3fi]

@@kathleenkirchoff9223 yip..Austin sure isn't the cool laid back town it was in the 70's and 80's that's for sure.

[@kellycoleman715]

I’ve been through there a few times. My wife’s uncle lives outside of Hico.

[@larryferguson3387]

Was in Hico years ago when a man had just opened the Billy the Kid museum. I told him that me a dentist friend of mine had bought Billy's Colt Lightening 44 many years ago. He got very excited and wanted that gun, I explained that we had sold it to a collector in Nashville, Tn. decades ago and had no idea if the guy was even living. He offered me $90,000 for the gun plus expences if I could get it. The man had died and his collection sold to who knows. The gun is out there somewhere.

[@joelc9040]

Wow! Sounds like a very interesting story. How did you happen to find Billy's Colt? I would love to hear more.

[@larryferguson3387]

@@joelc9040 I must admit that my friend Doctor Roger Bouldin who was also the director of TWF appointed by governor Frank Clement. Was an avid historian and collector found the gun, we bought it for $6,600 dollars which was a lot of money at the time. I'm sure the gun will turn up again, although I do wonder if the present owner even knows of it's historical owner??? Once I traveled four states as a kid selling guns, buying gold pocket watches, saddles, anything that would make money. I had quite a collection of civil war guns, saddles, and artifacts at one time. I am a direct decendant of John Wesley Hardin the old gunfighter and General Richard (big dick) Ferguson who fought in the civil war who was a decendant of William Wallace from Scotland. Hope you enjoyed the info.

[@larryferguson3387]

@Mike Marley Yes, I love Larry McMutry's work too! He was a down to earth man who loved books and life. God rest his soul.

[@jeremyfisher8512]

I thought this was a regular video but I saw the koffee kup and realized I'd been there before many times on my way up to visit relatives.

[@thefrontporch8594]

Have you thought about doing a vid on what used to be Peyote (ville?) Texas?

[@fortlangford2163]

Was in a few good rodeos in Hico in the 80's.

[@el_deplorablede_tejas1394]

TEXAS ❤ Home.

[@klentwoolsey8385]

Should check out zabcickville tx. Grew up around that area and there's a meat market/ burger place called greens that most would consider a hidden gem for food.

[@darleenbrautigam4122]

Great food, including kolaches and meat market.

[@jaimecabrales8514]

Nice.

[@texasgina]

I live in San Antonio I’ve never heard of Hico. Looks like a day road trip is due

[@lawnpro979]

Houston here, I have herd the name but didn't know where it was. ..

[@timothykeith1367]

@@lawnpro979 Its near Stephenville

[@kidsportfromlaporte8311]

Straight up 281 from San Antonio

[@robertneven7563]

Texas ?????????my favorite country, i been there in 1982

[@bobwallace9814]

I've been living under a rock apparently. Hico is about an hour away and I've never been.

[@joeldawson442]

Check out Llano TX. Very beautiful. TX pronunciation: hard L sound.

[@kathleenkirchoff9223]

Every real Texan knows the difference between Llano in the hill country versus the Llano Estacado near Lubbock. Love them both.

[@iansutton3176]

It would be nice if you gave your viewers time enough to read the signs outside of these historic buildings!

[@sCarrieCemetery]

I'll tell you what worked for me.. 🤭 I just paused the video to read the signs & such. ✌🙂

[@donculver153]

Great look at Hico. I used to pass through but never stopped. Is Brushy Bill buried there?

[@kandsexplorers]

What was the story behind the chimney?

[@HuangXingQing]

Grew up in Brownwood and NEVER woulda guessed the architecture fits that area and in fact I still can't grasp Hico's location as Hill Country.

[@100fedup5]

Its not! Been there.

[@HuangXingQing]

@@100fedup5 Not what? And why not?

[@KB-ke3fi]

@@HuangXingQing not hill country.

[@dam4274]

@TheDailyWoo, you sure would enjoy this one.

[@hesavedawretchlikeme6902]

I've heard the Brushy Bill Roberts story before. And when I saw you were stopping through Hico, Texas, had to watch. People may think his story is just a phony tale, but it's plausible. Sheriff Garrett was said to have killed another young man that night who housed his friend, and Billy escaped unnoticed out another way. An elderly John Wilkes Booth under an assumed name is said to have finally met his maker, when an assailant knew his true identity...forced him to drink poison as a silent killer in a hotel in Enid, Oklahoma (Indian territory) around 1903 or 1904, before statehood. One day, perhaps there are many other historical events we will learn were merely "official accounts" to protect certain entities, and close a book.

[@CarlosLopez-cx2gs]

Looks nice and antique but do people still live there? I saw nearly no cars or people anywhere walking or nothing kinda spooky but cool

[@MTknitter22]

@Carlos Lopez, still mostly older folks BUT BIG CITY dwellers from DFW, Houston are definitely discovering Hico area and finally looks like growth is headed their way!!!

[@ericpetersen5110]

Dude, I love your videos but you gotta add an ending, or an outro or some closing credits. Your videos just stop without notice or closing. Viewers have no idea it's over until it just stops. Try a goodbye message or a thanks for watching graphic? Just something to let folks know it's over before its... over??? But seriously, your vids are great, love and support. Wish I could tag along :)

[@sarahdeshay1394]

You can simply stop watching when the video stops.

[@JmesFloyd76]

I find hard to believe "Billy the Kid" lived from 1859 to 1950 if he killed 4 to 9 or the legendary 21 kills. The law would have hanged him, no prison time. Methinks the the New Mexico's "Billy the Kid" is more in line with the facts. His original name was William Henry McCarty alias William Henry Bonney aka "Billy the Kid". Perhaps Sheriff Garrett lived in Hico, Texas. I drove through Hico on the way to Glenrose, Texas. Thanks for the video.

[@lenisbennett3062]

I have read that Billy the Kid Was a pervert and degenerate and may have had carnal knowledge of his horse.

[@bobwallace9814]

@@lenisbennett3062 He also was a very good singer and dancer and was hired in saloons when he first arrived west to entertain the women. It would be very easy to figure out who was Billy the Kid. Take a small DNA sample from both guys and this gets put to rest in a couple days.

[@edstevens4439]

Garret never was in Hico.......the Kid is under the caliche at Ft. Sumner NM. The Brushy Bill tale is a bullshit claim that has never been close to being substantiated.

[@lenisbennett3062]

@@bobwallace9814 I don't know about his singing, but it's been said that he could play slobber blues on a meat flute like no other.

[@MTknitter22]

yes, its like the Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone sites in different states. Much historical license taken in order to draw tourists! 😂😂

[@lorribondurant9217]

Looks so deserted. Where is everyone?

[@KB-ke3fi]

naptime

[@palaciostexasbeauty2872]

Travel to PALACIOS TEXAS IT'S TINY BEAUTIFUL SMALL TOWN BY THE GORGEOUS BAY

[@secretsoftexas6872]

It's in my video called The Most Scenic Drive Along the Texas Coast

[@debbiewilson6527]

My husbands mural is above The Left Handed Gun Store.

[@Nilafila76]

Cool for sure and thank you but would be nice to see without the fisheye distortion if I may.

[@bendummitt888]

Actually, "Everybody's somebody in Luckenbach"...

[@sport07-o2l]

Yep

[@vickiwalters1529]

I wonder who did all the murals on the bldgs - one person or several?

[@jaywashington2196]

The old place I want to see in Hico is the football stadium

[@MediocreOriginals]

did you check to see if brushy was buried in the graveyard there

[@billthomas7933]

He is buried in Hamilton Tx 20 miles so of Hico.

[@josephambrose2852]

With respect, went thru here in 2018, place is a hell- hole Not that there's anything wrong with that

[@thepinkestferret7665]

While this video is lovely and it's nice to pass through... living here really sucks

[@zx713]

You’re not a small town person?

[@thepinkestferret7665]

@@zx713 no not really, the school system is kinda messed up to. although most are I watched a dude get suspended for wearing a hat.

[@KB-ke3fi]

@@thepinkestferret7665 was it a Biden hat? lol

[@felicitys3621]

Hey stranger!!

[@larrynorsworthy8582]

I actually watched the video instead of just reading the comments.

[@MrDhitman2]

Not a secret no more ..thanks lol

[@carylosborn1808]

Home of Cody Ohl

[@billthomas7933]

Pray for Cody I saw im yesterday and he is still using a walker and can't drive or rope.

[@kidsportfromlaporte8311]

We call it HIC OOOOO, like country hics

[@betonarchese]

Koffee Kup is cash only, but great food.

[@bradbutcher3984]

It's original name was Koffee Kup Kafe. Hico was where the Texan Confederate veterans met every year.

[@glennw9927]

Great pies

[@billthomas7933]

They are now taking credit cards.

[@johnwade6483]

I used to work there as a dishwasher in the mid-70's.

[@wfs4227]

I'm here cause I need to move out of Dallas. It's expensive. 😐

[@jimbranch6115]

How about the Texas missions. Holiday, fannon

[@Bob-nw7do]

Lived there as a child, first rodeo. Yeehaw.

[@chuckstewart7331]

Nice town ( except for their dangerous &incompetent police department). Be very careful in Hico ,their police department attempts to finance the city off of fines and fees from unsuspecting outsiders.

[@leojunior7589]

EXCELLENT ALERT👏👏👏

[@MTknitter22]

thanks because unfortunately too many small town good ole boy police depts. do this

[@kathleenkirchoff9223]

That is a common way small towns make revenue so obey speech signs.

[@KB-ke3fi]

That happened to me in some small towns north of Massachusetts and into Vermont and Maine. All little towns do that.

[@mollygray6034]

Visited many times because my husband had lived there. Not once have I been stopped or bothered by the police dept. But I obey the speed limit signs. 😉

[@edeanifrancis7624]

Where are the people?

[@Bob-nw7do]

RODEO.

[@donnieprice1158]

Film Making 101-- never use a fish eye lens when filming architecture.

[@100fedup5]

good gas prices.

[@bglrj]

Brushy Bill couldn't read or write. Billy the Kid wrote several letters on record. That should end the discussion.

[@texasgina]

I think they should do DNA testing on his body with living relatives

[@mommaknowsit1632]

Looks so dirty