EXPERIENCE VINTAGE B&B

Blissful views, vintage
​style decor, and good people
Go back in time when things were a little less hectic
and daily life was a little slower. Sip lemonade on the front porch, read a book in the sunroom, or just enjoy the frogs croaking by the pond in the evening. Sit by the fire to roast marshmallows for s'mores and take in the beautiful sunsets and stars. Feel free to take a stroll, plenty of cardinals, bluebirds, and rabbits: it is possible that you might just happen to see the momma deer and her two doe that visit us weekly.

Things to Do While in Town

Detroit 
  • Visit the house that Vice President John Nance Garner was born in - Nov. 23, 1869 located at 206 S. Main St.
  • Little Motor City’s Makers Market and Antique Car Show - Local Handmade Goods Market - Sat. June 17, 9:00-1:00
  • First Christian Church, Texas Historic Landmark, built in 1902 located at 155 1st St. NW.
  • ​Downtown Detroit - established 1876

​Paris
  • The Square - great antique stores, restaurants, The Plaza Theatre - opened in 1926, the Culbertson Fountain 1927 on the plaza.
  • The Paris Eiffel Tower - stands 65 feet tall and is topped with a red cowboy hat, bicycles are available to rent by the hour.
  • Babcock Monument-“Jesus in Cowboy Boots”, Evergreen Cemetery. It is said that the sculptor didn’t know how to sculpt sandals, so he went with boots instead.
  • Tour de Paris Bicycle Rally, July 15, 2017​

WHISTLE STOP INN
​B & B

INNKEEPERS - TONYA AND LEE CLANTON
HUMBLE BEGINNINGS
​   Henry and Minnie Ritchey and their five children arrived by train from Carpenter, Mississippi in 1912. Henry went to work and helped build Stave Mill on Pine Creek on the Red River, white oak was used to make barrel staves. In 1917 he began farming and was a sharecropper for almost 30 years in the Detroit area. Henry bought his first team of mules named Dan and Whitehouse that same year. He owned eight mules and trained mules for other farmers. He used his mules daily to work the farm. Henry and Minnie retired and bought the Lee Coursey home place in 1937. Minnie saved up her egg money and was able to purchase additional acres over time to what is now the 6.5 acres that has been in the Ritchey family over 80 years. The train ran right in front of the farm and Minnie feed many travelers that stopped in.
​It was told that travelers had written on the boxcar wall, "Food, Ritchey's, Detroit". Minnie never turned anyone away, she always considered it an honor and a blessing.

​       Welcome to Whistle Stop Inn.

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                       Ritchey Home 1945 - 1985 
                  House burned, cottage built where the original barn was.

Find us. Book us and stay a spell. ​​

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320 EAST LATIMER ST.
​DETROIT, TEXAS 75436
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​214-668-6771
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