Yes, that title is accurate. We stopped at Candy Cane Corral in New Boston,  for our second visit and after a tour of the miniature village and the outdoor kitchen, we rested. I rested, Carol cooked up a storm. We had decided to stay a second night, what’s the hurry, and then had to figure out what to do for the open day. As so many small towns we have visited this one also has a museum.

When we walked in we were stunned at the size of this museum and vast collection of memorabilia and stuff. Dwayne, the docent who took us through explained first that the original town of Boston, with the county seat, had settled 8 miles or so south of New Boston, then moved to the location of New Boston when the railroad came through and then after a brief stop in Texarkana had moved about 4 miles west of our current location so that became Boston, the original location is Old Boston and the current county seat is in New Boston – clear? I thought so.

So where did the museum get the money for a grand building and management to maintain the collection. Well a guy named Milledge “Mitch” Hart  went to school in New Boston and later he met a guy from Texarkana, Ross Perot! Mitch joined Perot in founding EDS and then went on to found Home Depot among other successful corporations. Hart donated most of the money to build the building and fund the museum and he was joined by Perot in that project. 

The land the museum sits on is on the right of way of the train that came through town.  There is more to New Boston, but not much, a Super Walmart, a Brookshire grocery store and two large flea markets. Just getting turned around we saw it all, plus some residential areas too.

Our Boondockers Welcome hosts, Ginny and Perry, were welcoming as ever and were busy with the help of a couple staying on their place putting up Christmas decorations with enough lights to take down the towns power output. The Candy Cane Corral is actually a corral for the reindeer surrounded by 7′ tall candy canes. 

The weather stayed fine and we made a leisurely departure for a 2 hour drive to Dallas which, other than crazy traffic and endless construction as we neared Dallas, was uneventful.