T.C. Lindsey

This should be added to your «bucket list» of must stops if you are in east Texas. Just a couple of miles off Interstate 20. You will not be disappointed if you love history. A note of caution — this store is open just a few hours each wee. The Friday we visited the hours I believe were 10AM to 2PM and several days of the week they were closed. When you walk in you definitely are headed back into history. The old shelves are stoked with lots of old cans, bottles and boxes plus there are actually a few items you might could purchase and sue. There is a table and seating area in the middle of the store and this used not to be there. At the back of the store is a meat counter on where in the old days lots of meats were sold. Today it’s for conversation.
Just to the left in the back of the store is a cheese cutting block. The type you see only in museums or movies. You can get a hunk of cheddar cheese cut to your liking, wrapped and ready to go or take the cheese along with some crackers in the basket and have yourself a snack while in the store. You will notice lots of old cans and boxes as you set at the long table and the lady who had worked there for more than 50 years will tell you all about the store plus the area around the store. She knows all of the history about the family so don’t forget to ask. She loves to have a conversation. In the left side of the store was the hardware department where one can still see all kinds of old hand tools plus the last bale of cotton that was baled at the gin many years ago. There is a gin on the property and just across the road.
The ceilings are tall and the wooden floors «creak“just like one of those haunted houses. Lots of glass cases filled with candy both fresh and some from years past. You can stay a littler longer if you will purchase a soft drink from the cooler in the back of the store. On the right side of the building is an «outhouse», at least that is the marking. It is actually single rest room in the store plus you get a chance to see the old post office boxes, window and some of the items sold for the homemaker.
By the way 10 movies have made this store a part of their movie productions and you can find a list hanging high that list the names of those movies. Did I tell you it cost nothing to go inside and browse around. There is a lot more history that you I will attempt to put on this site so ask the lady on site.

T.C. Lindsey is a blast to the past, in a small town outside Waskom, TX. There is a little bit of everything from books, to antiques to fresh local foods and crafts. Take the diversion off the highway and stop in to this place that time forgot.