I drive through East Columbia, TX on TX-35 about three times a month and finally took the time to track down the site where the Dance & Bros. cap & ball revolver shop stood early in the Civil War.
I was surprised by the topography in the pictures and didn't think it could be in Texas, because in our minds everything in Texas has sage brush blowing by. Anyway, it looks just like around where I live in Florida, and low-n-behold it's almost on the same parallel. That's cool. Thanks for the pictures.
OJW