The Muse is Loose

Ann and I have been gone for a couple of days. While away we went through L.A. The common people call it Los Angeles. To the hip crowd it is L.A. That's right we went to and through L.A. We made all the stop lights. There were no traffic jams. No smog. It was really quiet. I can't imagine why folks are always knocking the place. Los Angeles, California? No! LOS ANGELES, TEXAS!!!
Los Angeles, Texas is on Highway 97 thirteen miles from Cotulla, Texas. It is in LaSalle County. It is a "don't blink twice" place. I think there were three buildings. None of them appeared open. I researched Los Angeles, Texas on Texas Escapes.com. There I discovered the town was started in 1923 by Bishop Land Company. By 1928 the population was 300. They had a post office and train station. They used the name to attract folks, of course. They claimed the climate was similar to that in California. By 1933 the population was 100. The short-lived school closed. The dreams of the land men went south with the boiling heat of summer. They did have some artesian wells, and there are stories of a milk farm once run by nuns. Folks writing in to Texas Escapes.com have told of going there in the 50's and 60's and dancing saturday nights at the Los Angeles Cafe. Ruby's Lounge was another hot spot. It got so hot it burned down. Demaris Wilson of Bandera wrote in saying he thinks the present population is 5 since his brother died and is buried under an old mesquite back of where Ruby's Lounge once was. I had seen Los Angeles on my Texas road map and was watching for it. I still drove through before I realized it. There were NO stop lights! So there you have it, friends. We visited L.A. right here in Texas. No Dodgers. No movie studios. No motels or Wal Marts. If you have a medium-sized family you could move there and double the population.
Why this nutty story? Folks have been tripping over names ever since Eden. You can buy a Rolex for $59.00 or $15,000.00. You can even buy into Doctor's degrees and ordinations, and goodness knows what else! If someone offers you a real good deal on property in Los Angeles you just might want to investigate it some. Glad to be home!