The History of the Bed And Breakfasts
Texas Hill Country
A great way to enjoy a weekend relaxing at an
interesting location is to book a unique Bed and Breakfast. B&B's as
they are commonly referred to, have a long and interesting history.
While the B&B has been around for ages, the B&B that we are familiar
with now can be tracked back over 100 years.
The usual arrangement for a B&B is a home in which
there are rooms that can accommodate between 2 and 12 guests,
normally 1 to 6 rooms. Early B&B's generally targeted travelers that
were passing through. Areas that were popular for B&B's were
mountain regions of the Northwest such as California and Colorado,
as well as other regions, specifically the New England States.
Most of the travelers that frequented B&B's in the
1800's were pioneers, miners, or professionals traveling from one
area to another. Many B&B's offered an accommodation for the night
along with a breakfast in the morning which hungry travelers took
advantage of before starting on the next leg of their journey.
Before the 1900's, most of these B&B's were private residences that
catered to specific types of people. As an example, a doctor or
lawyer would offer accommodation for other professionals, and a
middle class home owners offered accommodations for cowboys, miners,
pioneers, etc.
As more hotels, inns and lodges were built in the
1900's, B&B's became an affordable accommodation for people passing
through small towns or in areas that weren't heavily developed.
Currently, Texas Hill Country B&B's offer warm and
cozy alternatives to the corporate hotel or motel. Many Texas Hill
Country B&B's take pride on being privately owned and operated, as
well as offering quaint and cozy homes in locations that offer
historical, leisure or small town attractions.
If you're planning to visit the hill country you
can find a lot of B&Bs by searching your perfect accommodation on by
searching our website, Texas Hill Country, for Bed and Breakfasts,
Guest Houses and Country Inns.
Charley Eckhardt's Texas
Garrett Murder Nearly everybody
Garrett Murder
Nearly everybody knows that Sheriff Pat Garrett of Lincoln
County, New Mexico Territory, shot and killed a 21-year-old
bandit named Henry McCarty, who usually went by Billy the Kid,
in Pete Maxwell's bedroom at Fort Sumner in July, 1881. What
most people don't know is that Pat Garrett was himself murdered
in Doņa Ana County, New Mexico 27 years later. The murder of Pat
Garrett is one of the many unsolved mysteries of the West.
The Marfa Lights
I've seen the Marfa lights. Twice. Only the first time I saw the
Marfa lights, what I saw wasn't the Marfa lights. This requires
explanation...
The Longest Train Ride
"Train #1 of the Gulf & Interstate Railroad, which left
Beaumont, Texas, at 7:00 AM on September 8, 1900, to make the run to Port
Bolivar, about 85 miles away by modern highway, arrived at Port Bolivar at 11:10
AM, September 24, 1903--three years, sixteen days, and ten minutes late. Some of
the original passengers were still aboard..."
