The original site of Dime Box (now Old Dime Box) is on SH 21, which roughly follows the path of the Old San Antonio Road through Lee County. After the Southern Pacific ran tracks a few miles to the southeast in 1913, most folks eventually moved out to the tracks, leading to the establishment of …
The Southern Pacific (indirectly) moved Dime Box… Read More »
When the CBS crew was shown to the SPJST Hall in Dime Box to set up for the kickoff of the 1944 March of Dimes campaign, they quickly realized they had a problem. The floor of the stage was wooden, and the acoustics just wouldn’t do for a live radio broadcast. Sometimes you just have …
How Quilts Saved the March of Dimes Broadcast in Dime Box, Texas Read More »
Since my recent post about Dime Box and the 1944 March of Dimes campaign kickoff, I’ve learned from Ray Spitzenberger (who remembers the big day) that at the time, the Dime Box Postmaster’s name was “Mr. Stamps” and that (of course) the media made much of that interesting fact. I haven’t seen that mentioned in any …
Welcome to Dime Box, Texas – Postmaster: Mr. Stamps Read More »
The population of Dime Box, Texas has remained fairly consistent over the last hundred years, peaking at around five hundred in the Roaring Twenties. If you’re driving up what used to be the Old San Antonio Road (now SH 21), you’ll even miss the town by about three miles, though you will drive right through …
How a Mailbox Full of Dimes from Dime Box, Texas Ended Up in the White House Read More »