FNL pic. When the troubled and talented Vince Howard enters the picture, several establishing shots near Sam's BBQ the place where people got barbecue before Austin became a real barbecue town and supposedly Stevie Ray Vaughan's favorite , Marshall's Barber Shop, and surrounding street activity signify that Howard comes from a rough neighborhood.
Booker T. Washington Terraces, an East Austin public housing project, is home to the Brian "Smash" Williams character in seasons The house where Saracen lived with his grandmother looks a lot less depressing on the outside than it did in the suffocating inside scenes. This is an approximate location of the bucolic land that Riggins buys with money acquired by questionable means helping his brother operate a chop shop and the place where he reiterates his "Texas forever" motto, which he declares in the pilot, wrapping up the series finale in a neat little bow.
When Buddy Garrity and Coach Taylor raised a Lone Star or two there, though, it was still open, proudly displaying its neon horseshoe sign out front. Austin's most legendary extant honky-tonk and dance hall was Tim Riggins' hangout for a while, and, if memory serves, where his dad gets whooped in a fight. Ray's was a frequent set throughout most of the show after it moved its focus to East Dillon and was operational the whole time. Unfortunately, it's closed now. Both the Panthers' and the Lions' field houses were in the same building, adjacent to a no-longer-used field in Dell Valle, just southeast of Austin.
One side of the building was painted as the Panthers' house, and the other for the Lions. Champion booster, confused father, and small-town big fish, Buddy Garrity is the kind of big Texas stereotype that infuriates and endears in equal measure.
That happens not infrequently IRL Texas, too. Cookie banner We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. By choosing I Accept , you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. Austin Share this story. Map View.
View as Map. Map points are ordered north to south. Read More. Kuempel Stadium, Pflugerville High School. Answering the question of whether Dillon, Texas is a real place is a bit more complicated than a simple yes or no. First, the simple answer: yes, there is or more appropriately, was a town called Dillon, Texas.
However, it hardly resembled the Dillon depicted on FNL. So where does the show film? The version of Dillon shown onscreen is loosely based on the Odessa seen in the book, though plenty of dramatic licenses is taken in the fictional show. Even if the town itself is fictional, the emotion and experience are rooted in authenticity. Texas Towns A - Z. Dillon's entry in the Handbook of Texas contains only the most basic facts.
Less than 40 words. By the 30s it was gone from maps. That's it. Hardly worth a mention. We were fortunate to receive an email from Robert Cowser, a former Texan living in Tennessee who saw firsthand the evidence of Mr. Dillon's unfulfilled dreams. No one can remember a place like someone who grew up there so it's altogether fitting that Mr.
Cowser's remembrance provides our page for Dillon, Texas. The farm is the site of what once was community called Dillon. In the s Frank Dillon, an emigrant from Indiana, worked hard to found a town on his property. He built a blacksmith shop, a store, and a kiln. A grassy mound still exists where the kiln once stood.
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