Gonzales For The Day

On our yearly visits to the Texas coast (the beach) we go through many small towns. Some of them seem worth taking the time out to take a look around and I make a note of them on my Texas To Do List.

Today we headed to Gonzales, Texas, only a little over an hour drive and home of the Come and Take it Cannon.  If you are interested in Texas history you can read about the cannon here.

We have noticed that the majority of small towns in Central Texas bear the same physical resemblance and are chock full of Texas history. Gonzales was no different, but despite the fact we all gave the day a thumbs up.

Our first stop was the Gonzales Memorial Museum.....

Come and Take It cannon

Toby has a healthy collection of arrowheads he found in areas of Alabama so he was a bit intrigued by this huge collection. I joined him a couple of times on his hunts in Alabama and found pleasure in it. We look for them here also but have never found any ourselves...yet....

The Eggleston House...

Interestingly enough a couple of the places we visited today are rumored to have paranormal activity and even had investigators in to investigate. This would not be the first time we have ever visited rumored "haunted" places in Texas. Unfortunately, none of us have ever witnessed a paranormal entity in any of them.

I guess that really is not all that surprising considering I question the existence of God. If I have trouble believing in a God head, then it would be safe to say that I would have to speculate the existence of spirit.
Either way, it makes a fun story.

We visited the jailhouse first. It was very old, dingy, and reeked of mold as it should have I suppose....

We were told that a few have committed suicide and/or were hung within the jail. Hence the reason for the supposed paranormal activity....

Hangings

After the jailhouse we took a little sightseeing walk around the downtown square...

Gonzales Courthouse

Next stop was the Pioneer Village. The lady taking our entrance fee assured us that one particular house in the village was occupied by a ghost and we would feel the negative energy. None of us felt a thing but it was still a pretty cool little village....

The "haunted" house

Checking out the sun dial

These kind of days are the highlights of my family life.