historic downtown hico

We loved the Antique store, housed in the Old Opera House. Lovely vintage, antique and handmade items. Friendly and helpful staff. Good prices. Worth a stop if you appreciate antique and vintage items!

Hico is well worth a stop. It's located at the intersection of 287 and 6, so we've passed through many times, and find it a great place to break up a road trip. There is a Sonic, but don't miss the great local mom and pop eateries. You can find a Sonic anywhere. Our favorite is Hico Popcorn Works. It's owned and operated by a nice, older couple, and they make great popcorn and other snacks. The museum is interesting, and the antique shops are fun, too. There's a ranch outfitter called Blue Star that has great shopping with a pictorial history of Hico in a huge upstairs room. Don't miss it.

Historic architecture in Hico is a matter of quality over quantity. Finding the true gems takes a bit of searching, but the hunt is well worth the time spent.

Take a walk back in time..Stroll through a Texas town thatis standing still... living and breathing its past in the most delightful way!!!

This is another of Texas' towns that is rapidly disappearing. The buildings are awesome, some still have the advertising murals from the old days still on them. There is a Gazebo on the main street (Pecan) and one of the locals was there with a karaoke machine. At the end of the street, Pecan at N. Railroad, there is a drinking fountain made for horses. The Billy the Kid Museum if right on Pecan, right off Highway 6. If you are in the area, stop in before it becomes one of Texas' Ghost Towns!

The large, murals painted on the exterior of the building walls caught my attention as we were driving through this small town north of Fredericksburg, Texas. We first stopped to photograph those, then the main downtown streets. Then we strolled inside two of the stores. But that's about all the time we had on our schedule. Would be worth spending more time there. Perhaps another time.

Hico is a really small town that claims Billy the Kid. There is a very small "museum" about him and a statue. It's interesting but there is not a good restaurant in town. The best bets are the antique store for browsing and the excellent Weisman House Chocolate store which also has unusual gifts. Plan on a couple of hours total for this. A day trip might include Dublin just West which until recently bottled Imperial Sugar Dr. Pepper. To the East is Clifton, another historic town.

Hico has done a good job of preserving and restoring its older buildings. Its downtown area is small, but has some wonderful buildings dating to the 1890s. The city has developed the area into a small shopping district. They’ve also made free wi-fi available in order to attract tourists. This is really helpful since I’ve found it can be difficult getting a data signal in surrounding areas. I’m not into shopping, so I can’t comment on the quality of the shopping here. I enjoyed the architecture and especially enjoyed how many well-preserved and restored ghost signs there are in this small area. Ghost signs are the signs that used to be painted on the sides of buildings, starting in the 1890s and proliferated during the pre-Depression years. The last time I was here, I made a stop specifically to see and photograph them.