Treks: Calvert, Texas

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@thejewishredneckprepper4675 2 ай бұрын

This is amazing. Many folks do not know the impact that many Jewish settlers had on small towns.Thanks for showing the Jewish cememtery. Hevenu Shalom Alecheim

@heaththehistoryguy 2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@EmbarkChief 2 ай бұрын

Years ago (around '89-'90) I went with my best friend to a school dance there. I want to say it was the 8th grade dance but It's been a while. He had family there and he and I had the opportunity to go as "dates" for some of the girls. A I remember his relatives only had 2 channels on the TV and I'm pretty sure at the time there was one stoplight in town. The dance was right on the main drag in town, late that evening a train came roaring though as we were outside taking a break from the music. It was a fun trip and a good memory, I still have a picture of my friend and I dressed up for the dance.

@heaththehistoryguy 2 ай бұрын

Just down the road, Bremond still does the “close down Main Street and dance” every year

@arailway8809 3 ай бұрын

I don't think this could have done better. I worked with a man that lived in Waco and worked at A&M. A town cop in a private vehicle stopped him one morning and took him directly to the judge, another local with not much trappings of the office. Calvert may not live, but the speed trap still does.

@heaththehistoryguy 3 ай бұрын

I am very familiar with that speed trap. ;)

@BobbieAtwood-bk7py 2 ай бұрын

No Tolerance!!! Speed trap that reminded me of the 55 mile an hour speed limit signs in Oklahoma that said No Tolerance. Calvert doesn’t warn you so we do!!!

@jamesross9007 2 ай бұрын

Thanks. Now we're gonna have to make a detour on our next trip to Dallas.

@heaththehistoryguy 2 ай бұрын

Worth it!

@robertpalmer3166 3 ай бұрын

Calvert was a stop on a charity bike ride I did about 28 years ago. I, along with about 1,000 other cyclists, camped at the park. Nice to learn some of the history.

@heaththehistoryguy 3 ай бұрын

Tons of neat history!

@amalek2750 2 ай бұрын

If you went to Baylor and hailed from Houston, you *definitely* know Calvert.

@myronfrobisher 3 ай бұрын

well done - once owned property just outside of Calvert along the Brazos - don't forget the Dixie Cafe in Hearne .

@Cody-bm8zm 3 ай бұрын

Best catfish I’ve ever had

@heaththehistoryguy 3 ай бұрын

My folks once lived right outside Calvert on the little Brazos

@paulchristopherriley7503 2 ай бұрын

Dixie Cafe is n Hearn like you said. The Riley Cafe - later called the City Cafe was in Calvert.

@heaththehistoryguy 2 ай бұрын

@@paulchristopherriley7503 As far as food, I grew up with The Coal Mine in Bremond, but I think that has since closed.

@paulchristopherriley7503 2 ай бұрын

@@heaththehistoryguy Yes. We never ventured towards Bremond though we had family there. My brother Kim was born in Marlin.Linda, my sister was born in Bremond I think. My one adventure was a car race on the road to Bremond from Calvert.

@larrymor 2 ай бұрын

Calvert was always a speed trap between Hearne and Marlin on the way to Waco and DFW from B/CS.

@heaththehistoryguy 2 ай бұрын

Always kept me on my toes

@larrymor 2 ай бұрын

@@heaththehistoryguy I always drove the speed limit.

@heaththehistoryguy 2 ай бұрын

I drove 5 under just in case ;)

@paulchristopherriley7503 2 ай бұрын

Yes. It was always refreshing driving in to Calvert down Hwy 6 from Dallas heeding the speed limit signs because you knew you were now in Calvert. Driving up the 9 miles from Hearn we never worried about speed limits because the Dairy was out side of town back then.

@paulchristopherriley7503 2 ай бұрын

you grew up around Calvert? We never noticed the mausoleum walking to school from the dairy. we saw a overgrown area east of the graveyard. Grand mama Lee and Grand daddy Rufus, daddy, and my sister Linda are buried there and we have mama and my brother Kim Riley's ashes to bury there.

@heaththehistoryguy 2 ай бұрын

Yup, and the folks retired around there for about 15 years.

@heaththehistoryguy 2 ай бұрын

Although I didn't cover it in the video, that wooded area behind the Jewish cemetery contains many, many other graves and markers, most in a state of disrepair. They are hard to find unless you just plunge into the brush (or at least they were at one time...possible someone has cleared the area since then).