Elysian Fields, Texas

I have visited Elysian Fields on two occasions. The first was when we were living in Houston and Jean and I drove up to Iowa by way of the town and coming back along the Mississippi on the east side (seeing the old riverfront mansions along the way). Elysian Fields is located in the piney woods country of northeast Texas and it is beautiful country with lots of wooded areas and open land interspersed.

The second time was in 1975 when I spent a good part of a year as an “consultant” on the design of a plant for a potential licensee (whether it was ever built I don’t know — it was a complicated design and would have cost a bundle of money so I rather doubt it). Palma spent part of the summer there also, starting out as a “temp” and ending up full-time at Pennzoil. When we left at the end of the summer we drove north to Iowa passing through Elysian Fields. The town doesn’t exist as such any more, it is just a crossroads point. There is a cemetery which we explored on both trips but we could not locate any graves that could have been relatives. The cemetery was rather uncared for as I recall.

Someone with a background in Greek and Roman history must have been in the area early on. In addition to Elysian Fields there is a Carthage.