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You might guess from this photo that this visit to Canton First Monday Trade Days occurred the first weekend of December. You would be correct. |
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One of the arched "Canton First Monday" entries. |
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This map shows only part of the Canton shopping area. | ||
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This area looks like you've crossed into a shopping street in Mexico. | ||
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To help ease the agony of walking which occurs after about 3 hours of wandering around Canton's First Monday Trade Days, multiple vendors offer motorized scooters for $7 an hour or $50 for all day. The scooters come with handy carrying devices for your purchases and some even have built in tables enabling one to consume food without leaving the scooter. | ||
Click here for a map with directions to the location of Canton First Monday Trade Days |
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There are many buildings filled
with vendors. The buildings are called Arbors. As in Arbor 1, Arbor
2, Arbor 3...etc.
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You can get anything you need to furnish a house. | ||
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Including an assortment of rocking chairs. | ||
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Many eateries in one of the Arbors. With interesting names. Like the Monkey Crepe and the Purple Pig. | ||
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The General Store of the Cowhill Express Coffee Company seems almost Starbuckian with its coffee selection and number of people buying coffee and something to dunk. | ||
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At Tubby's Grub you can get Fried Oreos among other nutritious fare. The Fried Oreos are only 4 for $2. It is a wonder and a testament to how physically active Texans are that with all these fried temptations Texans somehow manage to stay off lists naming the Most Obese People in the U.S. | ||
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Here we see some Canton First Monday Trade Days shoppers enjoying some of the ubiquitous Fried Fare. | ||
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Fried Green Tomatoes is not just a movie. It is a Southern Delicacy. | ||
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Fried Pies are as good as they sound with the best maybe being Apricot. | ||
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Roasted Corn sounds, looks and smells better than it actually is. The Texas corn that we've eaten has been very chewy. | ||
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The owner of this eatery may have attended the same school as a certain U.S. Vice President. | ||
Click here for a map with directions to the location of Canton First Monday Trade Days |
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Pork Kabobs and Cheese Fries. | ||
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Texas size Burgers and Frito Pie. | ||
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Here you can sample some popcorn while your peruse multiple guns for sale. | ||
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Another gun vendor. It is easy to be well-armed at the Canton First Monday Trade Days. | ||
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Outside the permanent buildings there are many more vendors. Like a garage sale on steroids. | ||
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An oversized example of 'Southern Pride'. | ||
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Many flags to choose from, including the U.S. Flag and the flag that represented the Confederate states, of which Texas was one.. | ||
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Free rides on trolleys take weary walkers back to their cars. Or to other areas of the Canton First Monday Trade Days shopping zones. | ||
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A lone big oak shades a small part of one of the large parking areas. Parking ranges from $3 to $4. Admission to First Mondays is free. | ||
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Click here for a map with directions to the location of Canton First Monday Trade Days |
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| That concludes our visit to Canton's First Monday Trade Days. | |||
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Fort
Worth Main Street Arts Festival | Canton
First Mondays | Chisholm
Trail Days | Scarborough
Faire |
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