DeLaughter's Grocery in Maud

I noticed this as an episode on Texas County Reporter but could not find a link to their video of the episode.

This is of interest to me for two reasons:

My grandparents (by way of my father) lived next door (or very near) the site that became the grocery store.

I had some genealogy discussion with a Delaughter many years ago.

 http://www.delaughters.com/

Next time i am through there, I will drop by there and partake of their very attractive food.  As well as to see what Kyle (DeLaughter) might know of Moores and McKemie.

In the same TCR program was a Trammel's Trace story and the Trammel which is the namesake.  Trammel was from Tennessee and the Trace is in Arkansas.  Almost certainly, some of my Moores ancestors traveled the Trammel Trace in their travels to Texas and later trips between Tennessee and the Bowie County area.  Those trips included stop overs near Fayetteville Tennessee.  Those ancestors first came to Texas in 1839.  Davey Crockett and party came down that road in 1835 or, more likely, early in 1936.  Washington Arkansas was a stop over (on the Trace) just north of the Red River.

Looks like it is about time to do an Independence Day post!

Boxabl

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrahQlLAz44&t=1599s

I've been watching these guys for a while.  Factory in Las Vegas.  In the above, I find the two story VERY attractive.  No price, though they hope to sell smaller ones for ~$50k.  I fear the two story will be more like $200k.  Still, pretty attractive.  These could end up in the community The Boring Company is putting in Bastrop County for employees.  And, maybe in Travis county for GigaFactory employees.  One of the first ones, small, went to Boca Chica for SpaceX employees.

3/16/23

Boxabl has plans to build a plant in the Austin area.  To supplement the Las Vegas factory.  Plans also call for a 3rd plant, enormous compared to the very large first two, for LV.