This building was completed in 1913 to house the Addison State Bank, which had been organized the previous year to serve the new railroad community of Addison. After the bank's demise in 1926, the brick commercial structure served as a mercantile . . . — — Map (db m105158) HM
Formed in the Freedman's Community of Upper White Rock (settled by former slaves from the nearby Coit, Caruth and Obier plantations), White Rock Chapel Methodist Church was organized after a meeting at the home of George Coit. Founding members . . . — — Map (db m148625) HM
Shadow Lines interlaces elements of shadow, light, time, and memory. Composed of a semicircular wall of weathered steel on a circular concrete plaza, the memorial creates a serene place for reflection and commemoration. Like a gnomon on a . . . — — Map (db m310282) HM
Located within the Laurel Oaks Memorial Park cemetery, Bennett Family Gardens is the final resting place for many of eastern Dallas County's early settlers. Hiram Bennett (1796-1888) moved to Texas in 1845 with his family after receiving a land . . . — — Map (db m209511) HM
Korean immigrants first came to Texas in the early 20th century, with a handful living in the state by the 1920s. Most were laborers arriving from the western U.S., including Hawai'i, or from Mexico. However, larger numbers of Koreans immigrated . . . — — Map (db m148654) HM
In 1844 Alexander Wilson Perry (1819-1904) and his wife Sarah (Huffman) (1824-1896) migrated from Illinois to Texas to join the Peters Colony. They purchased this land from Joshua B. Lee, another pioneer settler, and built a simple frame house . . . — — Map (db m148631) HM
This 110-foot tall grain storage tower was once the center of a large family-owned grain and feed business. Erected in 1950, it became Carrollton's most distinctive landmark. It stands on the site of the original Carrollton Feed Mills, which L.F. . . . — — Map (db m177594) HM
The oldest school in the Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD. Land donated by DeWitt Clinton Perry and sister Harriet Perry Warner. Construction began December, 1935, school opened September 14, 1936. Though "DeWitt Perry High School" was in stone over . . . — — Map (db m250067) HM
'All Aboard!' was a phrase that built Carrollton. Constructed in 1924 at the SW corner of Broadway and 'the Cotton Belt' railroad, this historic Union Depot served 3 intersecting railroads during the era of train travel in the early 1900's. The last . . . — — Map (db m294238) HM
Settlers, claiming land grants from Peters Colony, began homesteading this area in 1844. It is believed many residents came from Carrollton, Illinois, thus the new town was named Carrollton. The name became permanent when a post office was . . . — — Map (db m228095) HM
During slavery, Negroes attended churches with their masters, many times to care for their children. After the Civil War, they were not allowed to attend church with white people.
This congregation formed circa 1890 with the original name "St. . . . — — Map (db m149141) HM
This cemetery opened with the burial of Sarah Huffman (Mrs. A. W.) Perry in 1896. Nearby was the Union Baptist Church, which stood on land given by A. W. Perry. On Feb. 18, 1897, he deeded land for this cemetery -- the first burial ground . . . — — Map (db m307920) HM
Earliest Baptist Church in Dallas County; organized in a pioneer cabin, May 10, 1846, under leadership of the Rev. David Myers (1797-1853). Charter members were Franklin Bowles, J. B. and Margaret Ann Lee, Letticia (Mrs. David) Myers, and John . . . — — Map (db m148638) HM
In 1852, Robert and Sarah Dean Warner brought their family to Texas from Ireland. As members of the Peters Colony, they acquired land in this area and established a farm. This family graveyard was begun upon the death of Robert Warner, Jr., in . . . — — Map (db m148663) HM
This cemetery was established in the late 1800's by Scott Boswell, an early African-American farmer. Later owners respected the site and burials continued through the years, the last of which is believed to have been Collins, in 1960. Flooding by . . . — — Map (db m81821) HM
Carrolltons early African-Americans, many of whom were former slaves, helped settle and build the community. By 1871, this portion of forty acres belonging to Scott Boswell, Sr., an African-American farmer, was a community cemetery. In 1915, C.B. . . . — — Map (db m145849) HM
Prospective settlers who traveled to this area during the 19th century were attracted to its high prairie hill and established a community here known as Cedar Hill in the late 1840s. Its early economy was based on providing support services for . . . — — Map (db m154657) HM
A native of North Carolina, Dr. R. A. Roberts (1837 - 1906) settled in Cedar Hill in 1859. After serving as a Confederate Army surgeon he returned to this area, where he became a prominent physician and helped bring the Grand Central and Santa Fe . . . — — Map (db m154661) HM
The tiny settlement of Cedar Hill was established in 1846. Abraham and William Hart donated the land
for the town and the square in 1847. The streets around town square became the hub of
local government, business and social activity, but the . . . — — Map (db m244877) HM
The first church occupied by this congregation was destroyed by a tornado in 1856, two years after the fellowship was organized. A frame building was erected in 1883 on a lot adjacent to this site. It was replaced in 1900 by this structure. . . . — — Map (db m154659) HM
The families of James Holland, Jacob and Drusilla Boydstun, Isaac Lowe, and Robert Ground immigrated from Illinois to this area in 1848. When the Boydstuns' son, Henry, died later that year, he was buried at this site on the family farm. In 1870 . . . — — Map (db m154663) HM
James Parrish came to Texas from Ohio prior to 1844 as a member of the Peters Colony. He and his wife Eliza Jane (Record) moved to Dallas County about 1848. They established a home in this area on the Elm Fork of the Trinity River which became known . . . — — Map (db m151114) HM
Two identical wood frame buildings were located on this corner: Bethel Freewill Baptist Church on the right and Bethel School on the left, both buildings facing east. The one-room buildings were built in the 1890s.
Bethel School served farming . . . — — Map (db m254361) HM
This Park commemorates the rich history of the town of Coppell, which began here in the late 1870s along present Bethel and Coppell Roads. This was downtown Coppell, the location of general stores, a post office, a bank, a drug store, blacksmiths, . . . — — Map (db m151084)
In 1928, three county schools - Gentry, Bethel, and Coppell - consolidated, and a new brick building was constructed on this site. Known for almost four decades as Coppell Grade School, it housed grades one through eight in seven rooms. The . . . — — Map (db m151040)
This building was Coppell's first fire station, built by J. T, Maynard in 1958. A siren beside it would sound when someone called the department's phone number. Anyone around at the time would hurry to answer the phone while the town's volunteer . . . — — Map (db m151093) HM
School was held as early as 1880 in a log cabin approximately one mile east of this location near the present Bullock Cemetery. When the First Methodist Church was built across the street from this marker in 1896, classes met for a short time in the . . . — — Map (db m151131) HM
The City of Coppell constructed this water tank in the late 1960s to accommodate a rapidly expanding population. Automatic pumps supplied water to those residents who
chose to pay for city water, but the controls often malfunctioned and had to be . . . — — Map (db m151128) HM
The businesses on this road formed the heart of Coppell (formerly known as Gibbs) beginning in the late 1870s. To the left were a general store and a dry goods store. One housed the town's first post office, and the other eventually was used as a . . . — — Map (db m151090) HM
The border of this garden is made of concrete that was part of the foundation of the second Coppell School building, built about 1911. It replaced the first school building that had only two rooms. The new school was a two-story structure northwest . . . — — Map (db m151138) HM
The Grapevine Springs, which flow into the Elm Fork of the Trinity River, have attracted visitors for more than 2,000 years. In 1843, Republic of Texas President Sam Houston camped here during treaty negotiations with Native Americans. The treaty . . . — — Map (db m151095) HM
The building on the right was a small house - formerly used as a telephone operator's office - when Floyd and Clayta Harwell bought it in 1932. They expanded it and added a large room on the west side which served as Floyd's barbershop. In 1956, . . . — — Map (db m151091) HM
Kentucky native Washington Curtis Bullock (1821-1889) married Caroline Hunsaker in 1844. The Bullocks lived in Missouri and in 1855 they came to Texas with their four children. In 1866 the Bullocks purchased 280 acres here from former Peters . . . — — Map (db m151096) HM
In 1843, Sam Houston, President of the Republic of Texas, and fellow travelers camped under this and other oak trees at these springs and met with local Indian tribes, attempting to negotiate a peace treaty. The treaty, signed several months . . . — — Map (db m147427) HM
Native American tribes camped in this area and throughout Coppell as early as 3,000 BCE. They were nomadic tribes, traveling from one location to another, and they were particularly drawn to this area along Denton Creek because of the water source, . . . — — Map (db m233478) HM
James and Eliza (Record) Parrish received a 640-acre Peters Colony land grant and settled here in 1853. When James died later that year, Eliza set aside one-half acre of land for a family burial ground. Since then, more than 35 members of the . . . — — Map (db m151110) HM
Grapevine Springs was a popular camping ground for Native Americans even before Sam Houston camped there in 1843. It was a community gathering spot after settlement began in the 1860s. In 1937, the WPA constructed walking trails, picnic areas, and . . . — — Map (db m151063)
The St. Louis Southwestern Railway opened its new line through Gibbs, Texas, in 1888. A large depot was built approximately 150 feet south of this marker and a sign on it identified it as Coppell, in honor of George Coppell, a wealthy New York . . . — — Map (db m151059)
Built in 1904, the family home of John M. and Edna Jeanette Kirkland and their children: Hubert, Lois, Sallie, Jewel (Jack), Stringfellow, Louise and Carroll. Moved from its original location 474 feet due west and restored in 2011 by: The Jean . . . — — Map (db m151087)
A small grocery store remodeled to resemble the first Minyard store
in East Dallas and moved to Minyard Corporate Offices in Coppell in 1980.
Donated to the City of Coppell by the Minyard family and moved from its original site, 1720 feet due . . . — — Map (db m151088) HM
Big Spring, a natural water feature located in the White Rock Creek Valley near its mouth on the Trinity River in Dallas County, was claimed in 1842 by John Beeman, the patriarch of the first family to settle permanently in the county. Prior to . . . — — Map (db m170308) HM
Although settlement of the town of Cedar Springs did not begin until after 1843, the area had been surveyed during the late 1830s by Colonel G. W. Cooke in preparation for construction of a military road from Austin to the Red River. In 1843, Dr. . . . — — Map (db m152227) HM
Soon after President Franklin D. Roosevelt took office in 1933, he established what would become the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), a New Deal program designed to address hardships during the Great Depression. In addition to providing wages, . . . — — Map (db m151501) HM
This cemetery began in 1853 with the burials of Sarah Jane and William M. Cochran, the infant daughter and husband of Nancy Jane Hughes Cochran. Among the many Dallas County pioneers buried here are four of Nancy Jane's sisters and their husbands . . . — — Map (db m149328) HM
On first Dallas County site deeded (1856) for a Methodist Church. Donor was a widow, Nancy Jane Cochran. First edifice (30' x 40') was built by church men, of lumber hauled by wagons from Jefferson (150 mi. E.) and dedicated in 1858. The Sunday . . . — — Map (db m149327) HM
This site was purchased by Dallas County in 1913 for a new jail and courts building. Designed by local architect H. A. Overbeck (1861-1942), the steel-framed building, finished in 1915 at a cost of $585,982, is clad with granite, terra cotta, and . . . — — Map (db m219767) HM
A native of Greensboro, Kansas, Everette Lee DeGolyer (1886 -1956) participated in major oil exploration successes in Mexico while still a student at the University of Oklahoma. Returning to complete his degree, he married Nell Virginia Goodrich . . . — — Map (db m151505) HM
The twentieth-century age of electronics can trace its roots to the 1906 invention of the triode vacuum tube, which marked the birth of modern radio. The invention of the transistor after World War II ushered in a new era of solid-state . . . — — Map (db m162240) HM
In 1881, a small agricultural community formed here around a dense
thicket of plush elm trees surrounded by cornfields. They named
their community "Elm Thicket." The neighborhood, one of several
freedmen's towns in the Dallas area, evolved into a . . . — — Map (db m259001) HM
This farmstead was part of the first settlement in north Texas, the Peters Colony. William Smalling Peters received a land grant in 1841 to help populate the newly-formed Republic of Texas. The Sharrock family moved from Illinois. After receiving . . . — — Map (db m306063) HM
The Republic Aviation F-105 was the largest single-engine jet ever sent to war. With a 1,200 knot max airspeed at altitude, the "Thud" was originally designed as a nuclear fighter bomber. However, during the Vietnam War, Thuds were deployed for . . . — — Map (db m300060) HM
Samuel Churchwell Goforth (1870-1961), better known as Church Goforth, once owned this land and lived on the site with his family from 1888 to 1911. The family homestead was located on the existing pavilion site. When he was six years old, Goforth . . . — — Map (db m245279) HM
This burial ground served the pioneer families who settled in the area. Graves here date from the 1870s. The land for the cemetery was donated to the community by James G. Garvin (1830-1897), a former Dallas merchant, his wife Eliza, and brothers . . . — — Map (db m149255) HM
A-6 Intruder
Flown by the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps
Aircraft carrier and land based
Max speed: 644 mph
Weight empty: 26,600 lbs.
Max catapult weight: 58,600 lbs.
Armament
- Multiple bombs
- . . . — — Map (db m300059) HM
One of the federal work programs enacted during the Great Depression was the construction of a Texas Centennial Exposition to celebrate 100 years of independence from Mexico. The city of Dallas was awarded the honor of hosting the statewide . . . — — Map (db m258242) HM
Located ten miles north of downtown Dallas, the African American community of Hamilton Park began as the White Rock Farming Settlement. In the 1940s and 1950s, racial violence in the South Dallas community of Queen City and the discriminatory . . . — — Map (db m104246) HM
Born into a large family in Tennessee, John Shelby Wisdom moved with his family to a farm near Mulberry, Arkansas, when he was very young. He moved to Texas as a teenager and found work in ranching and cattle driving. Years later, he met a . . . — — Map (db m154005) HM
The town of Kleberg began in 1850 on the land grant of Robert Justus Kleberg (1803 - 1888), veteran of the Republic of Texas Army and a participant in the Battle of San Jacinto. Originally a stage stop where two wagon trails crossed, Kleberg grew . . . — — Map (db m155736) HM
Believing the citys success was linked to its transportation system, Dallas leaders made early efforts to secure a future within the burgeoning field of aviation. Oak Cliff resident Frank McCarroll made his first flight in 1903. In 1910, he and the . . . — — Map (db m97766) HM
Love Field
Named in honor of
Moss Lee Love
First Lieutenant
United States Cavalry
Virginia
1879 - 1913
2nd Lieut. Arthur Anthony Sego Jr., A.S.A. R.M.A., born 1894, died 1918
2nd Lieut. John Maxwell Widenham, A.S.A. . . . — — Map (db m97713) WM
September 14, 1973 - Anticipating that all airline operations will soon move to the new DFW Regional Airport, the City of Dallas re-dedicates Love Field as a business aviation airport in a ceremony at the airport's largest fixed base operator, . . . — — Map (db m300057) HM
July 12, 1959 - An American Airlines Boeing 707 becomes the first jet airliner to land at Love Field after a flight from New York's Idlewild (now John F. Kennedy International) Airport. Later, Lady Bird Johnson presses a button to start the first . . . — — Map (db m300056) HM
March 2003 - Garage B, built adjacent to the existing Garage A, opens with 4,000 spaces, bringing the airport's total garage parking spaces to 7,000.
November 2004 - Southwest Airlines announces a campaign to repeal the Wright Amendment, . . . — — Map (db m300058) HM
September 1, 1927 - Scheduled passenger service begins at Love Field (and for the state of Texas) with a National Air Transport aircraft departing for Chicago with mail and three passengers. The one-way fare to Chicago is $103.50.
September . . . — — Map (db m300051) HM
August 25, 1917 - The U.S. Army contracts with the Dallas Chamber of Commerce to establish a flight training field and aviation repair depot on approximately 670 acres south of Bachman Lake, to be bought by the Chamber and leased back to the Army. . . . — — Map (db m300050) HM
1942-1945 - In support of the war effort, a rapid and extensive buildup of infrastructure occurs as Love Field becomes host to the Lockheed Aircraft Company's major repair and modification facility as well as the headquarters of the Air Transport . . . — — Map (db m300053) HM
Near this point on November 22, 1963, Vice-President Lyndon Baines Johnson took the oath of office as 36th President of the United States. He is the first Texan to hold the office of President.
The ceremony was held in the central compartment of . . . — — Map (db m97767) HM
At the intersection of two well-traveled pioneer roads, now Buckner Blvd. and Scyene Rd., this cemetery serves as a reflection of the heritage of this area. Burials took place on the property as early as 1869, but the first marked grave, that of . . . — — Map (db m158736) HM
Dallas native Jacob Reichenstein (1881 - 1950) became a leader in the city's retail lumber trade. Beginning as a clerk with Cowser and Company in 1902, he was made a partner and general manager in 1915 and president of the company three years . . . — — Map (db m152389) HM
Reinhardt Elementary School traces its history to the 1880s, when a small frame schoolhouse was built on the farm of John Chenault to serve children of early settlers in this vicinity. After the Santa Fe Railroad built a line through the area and . . . — — Map (db m151491) HM
In 1878, John Armstrong Rylie donated land at this site for use as a school by settlers of this part of southeast Dallas County. The property came into service as a cemetery with the burial of Redden Allumbaugh in 1889. Since that time, more than . . . — — Map (db m155784) HM
Named for the family of James and Mary Rylie, who came to Texas from Illinois about 1846, Rylie Prairie was a thriving community in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. A post office opened in 1883, and in 1884 streets were platted near the . . . — — Map (db m155740) HM
The original Peacock Military Academy was founded in 1894 in San Antonio by Wesley Peacock, a well-known educator and child psychologist. In 1930 Peacock opened a north Texas branch of the school at this site to provide military, academic, and . . . — — Map (db m158704) HM
Love Field witnessed two “firsts” in Texas aviation history. National Air Transport (later became United Air Lines) on May 12, 1926, inaugurated first airmail service in Texas, and on Sept. 1, 1927, flew the first passengers and express. . . . — — Map (db m97765) HM
This cemetery represents the last remaining physical reminder of the community of people who worked and lived on a vast commercial farm here known as the Dallas County Trinity Farms from about 1915 to 1946. The farm covered about 3,000 acres of . . . — — Map (db m152235) HM
Constructed in 1909 as a 15 million gallons per day primary pumping station for the city water supply, this brick industrial building was designed by Dallas architect C. A. Gill. Its location on high ground afforded protection from floods that had . . . — — Map (db m148943) HM
Early Dallas County settler George W. Glover acquired this land in 1844. The property was first used as a cemetery for the interment of five-year old Sarah Beeman who died on Mar. 22, 1857. In 1872 Glover deeded the property to his son William . . . — — Map (db m158727) HM
Early Dallas residents relied on natural springs, Artesian Wells and the Trinity River for their water. By the early 1900s, these sources began to prove inadequate for the growing city. In 1909, under Mayor Stephen J. Hay, the city began acquiring . . . — — Map (db m151483) HM
Built in 1927-28 to serve the growing student population in east Dallas, this was the seventh high school in the city. An important example of the period revivals which characterized architecture of the 1920s, this structure reflects the . . . — — Map (db m151393) HM
In 1922, a group of ten civic-minded women formed the Dallas Chapter of the Association of Junior Leagues. Eva ONeill was voted the chapters first president. Early charitable efforts focused on women and children. In response to economic . . . — — Map (db m288390) HM
Founded out of concern for dependent, orphaned children, this institution opened in 1879 under the guidance of the Rev. Robert Cooke Buckner (d. 1919). Originally known as Buckner Orphan's Home, the first structure on this site was built in 1880 . . . — — Map (db m158643) HM
To the memory of Colonel William G. Cooke and forty other members of the Regular Army Republic of Texas who camped in this vicinity in October, 1840 while locating the Central National Highway. The importance of this military road in the history . . . — — Map (db m153631) HM
The Dallas Zoo traces its history to 1888, when the city purchased two deer and two mountain lions and placed them in pens in the City Park. In the 1890s, with the support of Dallas citizens, the City Council provided funds for the zoo, and . . . — — Map (db m175228) HM
Following Emancipation, formerly enslaved people often formed their own communities, schools and churches. Within these communities, churches acted as vital spiritual, cultural, economic and social resources for African Americans. In Oak Cliff's . . . — — Map (db m211932) HM
In 1870 Samuel Sloan (1811-92) and E. A. Gracey (1837 - 1915) donated five acres of land near the center of the pioneer town of Lisbon, now part of Dallas, as a church and cemetery site. The oldest known grave is that of James J. Dowd, who died . . . — — Map (db m162174) HM
Kentucky native William S. Beaty came to Texas during its early days as a Republic and received a grant of 640 acres of land. He and his brother, Josiah, who arrived in 1836, settled along the Trinity River in what is now Dallas County. The . . . — — Map (db m153615) HM
The Overton Cemetery is located near the site of William Perry Overton's home, built in 1853-54, on land originally a portion of the Dugold MacFarland survey No. 985 of 1280 acres. MacFarland received the bounty land from the Republic of Texas for . . . — — Map (db m162127) HM
The first African Americans to live in Oak Cliff were slaves, brought here by settlers such as William H. Hord in 1845 to work the land. The neighborhood that grew here became known as the Tenth Street District. An important African American enclave . . . — — Map (db m98058) HM
The general store was an institution throughout the United States in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It carried everything from fresh produce to canned goods, from clothing to patent medicines, and from seeds to farm implements. Because the . . . — — Map (db m264357) HM
Named for Browder family originally owning this site. Springs played key role in founding of Dallas and were principal source of water before a pumping system with city mains was installed. During drouth of 1909-10, springs were reopened to supply . . . — — Map (db m165152) HM
Constructed in 1906 in Savoy, Texas, a community east of Sherman, this building is typical of small town commercial architecture around 1900. As a town grew and prospered, the first wooden store buildings were replaced with more impressive, durable . . . — — Map (db m264358) HM
Designed to accommodate horse-drawn vehicles, this structure was built on the property of Morgan M. Mayfield, a lumber merchant, at the corner of Lakeside Drive and Gillon Avenue in the new suburban community of Highland Park. Automobiles were . . . — — Map (db m264375) HM
Inspired by the adult education program at Lake Chautauqua, N.Y., communities across the country erected open-air pavilions in which to present their own "Chautauquas." Here musicians, actors, and lecturers brought a wide range of cultural . . . — — Map (db m264370) HM
Ninety Cherokee Indians, led by Chief Bowles, immigrated to this area from Arkansas Territory in 1819, but were driven out 2 years later by hostile Indians who resented the intrusion. Remnants of group signed Treaty of Sept. 29, 1843, agreeing to . . . — — Map (db m164952) HM
Designed to occupy the most prominent corner on Main Street, this bank was built with large, arched windows and equipped with electric lights, a fine oak tellers' cage, and an impressive vault. Compared to the General Store, the interior is rather . . . — — Map (db m264356) HM
Built in the Queen Anne style, with jigsaw gingerbread trim, bay windows, and decorative shingles, this house originally had only three rooms. Built by a tract developer who defaulted on his loan, the cottage was sold at auction and was a rental . . . — — Map (db m264379) HM
When first constructed near present-day Grapevine in 1846, this house consisted of two log rooms connected by a covered passageway. Sometimes called a "dog trot" or "dog run," this passageway provided a sheltered but ventilated space in which a . . . — — Map (db m264417) HM
J. T. Morehead built this dogtrot cabin near Grapevine in Tarrant County in 1854. Later two rooms and a loft were added and the logs covered with siding. In 1857 the property was sold to R. M. Gano (1830 - 1913), a doctor, minister, and Confederate . . . — — Map (db m165563) HM
"My Mistus taught all the slaves to read and write, and we set on a bench in the dining room. When the news came that we were free, General Gano took us all in the dining room and told us about it."
- Harriet Mason, c. 1936, Federal . . . — — Map (db m264422) HM
The first woman in Dallas to exert economic influence outside the home. Her husband, Alexander (1820-1858), bought John Neely Bryan's interest in Dallas for $7,000. Widowed at age 38, with children 2, 4, 6 and 8 years old, she became known as . . . — — Map (db m264348) HM
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