Local Grocery Store - Ms. Anna Belles

A local landmark in Christoval is Ms. Anna Belles. It is a small grocery store which offers basic food items. Since Christoval is about 20 miles from San Angelo, Ms. Anna Belles helps people out in a pinch, and helps save a trip into San Angelo.

For most of its history, Ms. Anna Belles was “Butler’s”. Jake Butler ran the store from the 1950′s. Back in the early days, Jake’s dad had a small meat market in the back of the store. Jake worked in the store minding the business for 6 decades. He retired in 2008, and handed the reigns over to Ms. Anna Belle. I can remember visiting the store as a child in the 1960′s. Jake Butler was always nice and a friendly face. Jake is still around, and is one of the “Old Timers” in town.

My Place on Christoval's Main Street

My Place is an interesting shop on Main Street in Christoval. It is somewhat of an antique shop and boutique. They also sell custom pocket knives. It is an interesting store where you can find all types of surprising things.

The Historic Christoval Bath House

Pictured above are the Christoval Bathhouse Apartments. The apartments are in the building that was the original Rawls Bathhouse. Christoval was famous in the early 1900′s for its mineral springs. The mineral waters were believed to have great curative powers. People would come from all over the country to soak in the mineral waters. Rawls Bathhouse was the most popular of the local mineral bath facilities.

Post Office on Historic Main Street in Christoval, Texas

OK, technically, the Post Office is not a business, but work with me here. There are not that many local businesses so I am having to make do as I can. It is a nice little post office. The lady who works there is courteous and goes out of her way to be helpful. There is a little bulletin board in the post office where you can post announcements.

Fringe Hair Salon, Christoval Texas

Fringe hair salon is a hair styling salon in Christoval, Texas. It is located on the historic main street. It is a relatively new business, but the people I have talked to have been happy with the services offered there. The salon caters to both men and women customers.