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JULY RIDE DESTINATION : LAKE BRIDGEPORT

Jul 19
Sun 8:30 AM
Location
Billy Bobs Texas

2520 Rodeo Plaza
Fort Worth, TX 76164
817-624-7117

How to find us
"We meet in the BIG parking lot off of 28th Street and Main next to Billy Bob's"

Estimated attendance
 4  people attended.

Who organized?
DRAGIN'

NOTE NEW DEPARTURE TIME!!! THE HEAT HAS BEEN AWFUL LATELY AND BY 9 IT'S ALREADY HOT, SO WE'LL LEAVE AN HOUR EARLIER. KSU @ 9am

If there is too much objection to the time change or the weather changes, I can always move it back to our regular time, ok? If everyone wants to leave even EARLIER, we can.

Billy Bob's west to HWY183, then north west onto HWY 199. Turn north on FM 920 just past Agnes. Go through Boonsville, Balsoria and into Bridgeport. Once in Brigeport head north west to HWY 144/US380. Cross lake Bridgeport.
Take FM1156 south to Joplin then hang east on HWY199. MAP COMING SOON.

Abt 81 miles round trip. give or take pit stops, etc. I'm gonna look around to see if anything interesting going on in any of the towns we'll visit.

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  • DRAGIN'
    Posted Jul 16, 2009 12:26 PM
    DRAGIN'
    Organizer
    I just got off the phone with Big D's BBQ. They'll be open on Sunday from 10:30-7 and they take credit cards and cash...NO CHECKS..so plan accordingly. Their combo plates are still $6.00 which include a sandwich/chips/drink and the boy I talked to said that now they serve ribs! COME HUNGRY...LOL
  • DRAGIN'
    Posted Jul 14, 2009 9:47 PM
    DRAGIN'
    Organizer
    Here's the map: http://www.openroadjourney....
  • DRAGIN'
    Posted Jul 13, 2009 9:20 AM
    DRAGIN'
    Organizer
    JOPLIN, TEXAS. Originally called Haley Springs. It has served as a community center for area farmers throughout its history. Its population, estimated at thirty-five in 1892, grew to seventy-five by 1896 and was reported at that level until the mid-1940s, when it dropped to fifty. The Fairview School, three churches, a general store, a mill, and a gin were present in the community by 1896. The post office, established in 1891, closed in 1914
  • DRAGIN'
    Posted Jul 13, 2009 9:11 AM
    DRAGIN'
    Organizer
    BALSORA, TEXAS. The area was originally called Wild Horse Prairie because it was frequented by mustangs. Balsora was established in the late 1880s or early 1890s. Postal service to the community began in 1894, was halted two years later, and began again in 1900. By that time Balsora had a general store, a church, and a school. The population, however, never exceeded fifty, and in 1924 postal service to the community ended. In 1990 and 2000 the population was fifty
  • DRAGIN'
    Posted Jul 13, 2009 9:09 AM
    DRAGIN'
    Organizer
    AGNES,TX: Settlement began there in the late 1870s. The community petitioned for postal service in 1879 under the name Agnes, in honor of Agnes Mull, the daughter of a pioneer physician in North Texas. Area farmers brought their crops to Agnes to be processed at the cotton gin and gristmill. Cotton, corn, and oats were shipped on the Texas and Pacific Railway. Its population has never exceeded 100.
  • Big G
    Posted Jul 12, 2009 1:39 PM
    Big G
    Assistant Organizer
    Yup, it is east of the lake (Runaway Bay) 6-7 miles on US 380 and intersection FM 1658.
  • DRAGIN'
    Posted Jul 11, 2009 7:48 PM
    DRAGIN'
    Organizer
    Hey Big G..do you remember where that BBQ place was that we ate at on Lake Bridgeport?

Who attended?

  • 4 attendees
    • “ I hope everyone had as good a time as MIke and I did. The weather couldn't have been better and the BBQ was as good as always. ”