BMW-Club-of-Houston > Bill Ballard and Robert Wolter, thinking it couldn't be a better day to ride. The fourth and final stop on the poker run was a gas station, and not a particularly photogenic one.
BMW-Club-of-Houston > Betty Danner invited us into the Cistern Country Store, the third stop on the poker run. The store was built in the early 1900s and they sold T-shirts that said, "Where the hell is Cistern, Texas?" Betty told us, "Cistern dates back to 1852 and was first known as Whiteside Prairie, later referred to as Cockrill Hill, but got it's official name as Cistern when the community applied for a post office in 1858.  Cistern...because people from around the area had to come here to get good water from the cistern.  The cistern is still here, right next door to our store, but it is no longer exposed since it is underground.   Our post master moved to Austin in the 1950's and the post office went with him...so we no longer have one.  Cistern was a lively town with several doctors, drug store,  barbers, etc. in the 1800's and early 1900's.  I think we're making a comeback to some degree."

For more information, check out their Web site at http://cisternstore-bar.com/.
Bill Ballard and Robert Wolter, thinking it couldn't be a better day to ride. The fourth and final stop on the poker run was a gas station, and not a particularly photogenic one.
BMW-Club-of-Houston > Bill Ballard and Robert Wolter, thinking it couldn't be a better day to ride. The fourth and final stop on the poker run was a gas station, and not a particularly photogenic one.
Bill Ballard and Robert Wolter, thinking it couldn't be a better day to ride. The fourth and final stop on the poker run was a gas station, and not a particularly photogenic one.
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