The Most Fabulous Party Planner in Dallas

The most fabulous event planner in Dallas! Perry Heights was home to one of the most sought-after men for decades. He lived at 4322 Rawlins with his life partner, Earl E. Jones in the ’50s and ’60s.  In the 1960s, no one who was anyone gave a party in Dallas without calling Harry Bullard.  It …

A Dairyman and Minnie

In the 1930’s and 1940’s. the owners of the home at 4403 Vandelia were William and Minnie Dieterich. William Herman Dieterich was originally from Bremen, Germany, and came to Texas when he was 18. Wilhelmina  (Minnie) Augustina Gunther was born in Chicago shortly after her parents emigrated from Germany. She married W.H. Dieterich in Nebraska …

Edward Gordon Perry, Sr

E Gordon Perry grew up in a little town called Woodville, Tennessee, about two hours east of Memphis.  As a young man in 1908, he moved to El Paso and was the first businessman in El Paso to begin selling Fords in 1912 (the model T type) along with his brother-in-law.  Three years later he …