Hallie Crawford was 19 when she took her first teaching job in Presidio, just as Pancho Villa’s raids were reaching into the Big Bend. Her father figured she was off on a wild goose chase. Her reply, “Then I’ll gather my geese,” became the title of the memoir she published in her nineties. According to the Handbook of Texas, she showed up for that first job with her teaching certificate in hand and her father’s gun strapped to her side.
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Harwood International — the creative developer behind Dallas’ 19-city-block Harwood District — is proud to announce a landmark achievement: Hôtel Swexan has been awarded the distinguished One Key distinction by the MICHELIN Guide. In tandem, the hotel’s signature restaurant Stillwell’s has earned the Recommended by MICHELIN designation. Together, these honors reinforce Harwood International’s legacy of excellence in design, dining, and hospitality.
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