Columbus, Texas Photos (Houston, San Antonio, Austin: houses, living, farm)

[RGV]

Stopped by and ate some great pizza in DT Columbus. Here are some photos I took while I walked around the courthouse and some side streets:











Courthouse:



















Was told by an oldtimer that this tree in the middle of the road was the first "courthouse tree" before they built the courthouse:































Same oldtimer told me that this was a firestation built by some confederate soldiers after the war and it is now a confederate war museum:










This is the place were we had some great pizza:



































































Apparently they don't ever cut down trees in Columbus: (Even the hanging tree, but this is not it):










Adios

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[TexasNick]

Wow great photos RGV! This is East Texas, right? looks like it. Btw, in that one pic of the tree that overhangs on the street, see how it's touching the wires? Isn't that illegal?

[RGV]

Columbus is approximately 70 miles west of Houston off of I-10.

Don't know about the wires, but I would guess that'd be the responsibility of the power company to keep them clear. That's the deal here in Houston.

[940]

Great pics...thanks for sharing! I've always liked this town..with all the relatives I have in Houston, we drove through here a lot (and stopped and ate plenty of times) when I was living full time in San Antonio.

[lonestar2007]

Loved the pictures, thanks for posting them. Makes you want to be a kid again, doesn't it?

[Tarrytown]

and people say texas ins;'t southern

[jimthewacokid]

Parts of Texas is very southern, other parts are western. But all of it is TEXAS!!!
By the way it certainly don't look like Columbus, OH. Hehehe!

[momof2dfw]

I just LOVE all the old, small towns in Texas that have retained their charm. I so want that gas station - the blue and white one. Way too many of those lil ol buildings were torn down to make room for some mighty boring architecture . Then the houses. I loved ALL of them and would LOVE to have the yellow one w/ white trim and black shutters. Ahhhhhhh, love at first sight. I'm just glad there are a few houses like that here in my city in our downtown area and a few new ones that people have built that look like that.

Thanks for the pics that you are always providing on here.

[RGV]

You're welcome. I've got Schulenburg and Weimer comming up.

[Tarrytown]

I have a farm in Weimar