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The History of SH 2/US 81/IH 35 Through Texas

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State Highway 2, or SH 2, is a deleted Texas highway. SH 2 was one of the original twenty-six state highways proposed in 1917, overlaid on top of the Meridian Highway and Gulf Division Highway. From 1919 the routing mostly followed present day Interstate 44 (I-44) from Oklahoma to Wichita Falls, and U.S. Highway 287 (US 287) to Fort Worth. It continued on, routed along present day I-35W and I-35 to Waco. From here, the road divided into two branches, both signed as State Highway 2. The western branch followed the Meridian Highway from Waco, roughly following I-35 through Austin … Continue reading The History of SH 2/US 81/IH 35 Through Texas

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Catfish Hill…….It Didn’t Get Any Fresher Than That

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Back in the 1980s we used go out east of Garfield on Wolf Lane to a place called Catfish Hill. They had the freshest fish you could possibly get. This is about 5 or 6 miles east of the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. After you arrived, they’d walk out back, catch the fish out of a pond that was directly behind the restaurant, clean it, fry it up whole and serve it to you. The whole process didn’t seem to take any longer than going anywhere else for a meal. The old fellow that owned place was Clarence Washington. I think … Continue reading Catfish Hill…….It Didn’t Get Any Fresher Than That