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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Parker County, Texas
Adjacent to Parker County, Texas
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| On East Oak Street at Pecan Drive, on the right when traveling west on East Oak Street. |
| | Aledo United Methodist Church began in April 1878 when Methodists acquired an interest in a small frame structure named Alma Hall in Alma, an 1870s-era settlement considered the precursor to Aledo. With the advent of the Texas & Pacific Railway line . . . — — Map (db m152961) HM |
| On East Bankhead Highway at Farm to Market Road 1187, on the right when traveling east on East Bankhead Highway. |
| | Commonly referred to as the "Broadway of America," the Bankhead Highway linked cities and towns throughout the nation as one of the first transcontinental highways of the 1920s. In the wake of the First World War, the American government sought to . . . — — Map (db m94354) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 1187 at Elm Street, on the right when traveling north on Road 1187. |
| | In 1849, the U. S. Army built Fort Worth to establish a line of defense against Indian raids and also to protect Indian lands from settlement. By 1855, farms, ranches and small settlements dotted eastern Parker County and the frontier encroached . . . — — Map (db m152962) HM |
| On Elm Street at East Oak Street, on the right when traveling south on Elm Street. |
| | This congregation was organized on September 25, 1879. The first church building was located on land (2.5 mi. SE) donated by a Mr. Middleton, who asked that the structure be named Alma Hall in memory of his daughter. The hall was shared with a . . . — — Map (db m152963) HM |
| On Holders Chapel Road 0.7 miles north of Mineral Wells Highway (U.S. 180), on the left when traveling north. |
| | Born on a farm near Garner (4 mi.N.) Jack L. Knight enlisted in the Texas National Guard in 1940. Mobilized for service during World War II, his unit was posted to Southeast Asia to help open the Burma Road between India and China. During one of the . . . — — Map (db m62771) HM |
| On North Church St., on the right when traveling west. |
| | In February 1885, six members of the Goshen Methodist Episcopal Church, South, in the eastern part of Parker County, left to form a Methodist church in the farming community of Poolville. The Reverend J. Davis Crockett was called to serve as their . . . — — Map (db m121431) HM |
| Near Charles Street 0.2 miles east of South Bowir Drive, on the left when traveling north. |
| | On the night of August 17, 1945, two B-29 "Heavy Bombers" collided above this site killing 18 of the 20 airmen aboard. The spectacular event could be seen as far away as Gainesville, Greenville, and Cisco as both planes exploded in fire.
The . . . — — Map (db m57589) HM |
| On Friendship Road 1.3 miles south of Old Springtown Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | A common burial ground for early pioneer settlers who camped along the Clear Fork of the Trinity River, the Clark Cemetery consists of many burial sites from the 1830s. In December of 1853, Reverend John William Godfrey (1825-1897) and his wife, . . . — — Map (db m71542) HM |
| On Houston Street at West Church Street, on the left when traveling north on Houston Street. |
| | In the late 19th century, this building was a center for political and economic life for the town of Weatherford and for Parker County. It was built around 1870. James Robertson Couts and John A. Fain established the first bank west of Dallas in . . . — — Map (db m71499) HM |
| On Mockingbird Lane at South Bowie Drive, on the left when traveling east on Mockingbird Lane. |
| | Three congregations, the earliest founded in 1859, joined forces in Parker County to create Grace First Presbyterian Church. The Cumberland Presbyterian Church, the oldest of the three congregations, focused on education as an important ministry to . . . — — Map (db m73470) HM |
| On West Oak Street at South Waco Street, on the right when traveling west on West Oak Street. |
| | On September 20, 1898, Robert P. Lowe and his wife purchased the property at this site. The commonly held belief is that the house was built by Robert Lowe, who retired from Mobile and Ohio Railroad in 1894 and settled his family in Weatherford. He . . . — — Map (db m71471) HM |
| | This cemetery was formerly established by the Weatherford Town Council in 1863 when lots were surveyed and the exact cemetery location was staked. Previous interments were made in the unmarked streets of the town. The Mayor directed those remains to . . . — — Map (db m62676) HM |
| On Palo Pinto Street (U.S. 180) at South Maine Street (Texas Highway 171) when traveling east on Palo Pinto Street. |
| | Part of a colonial grant to S.M. Williams and Stephen F. Austin, father of Texas, but with no permanent settlers before 1850, this county was created in 1855 and named for Isaac Parker, its legislative sponsor. By 1860 it had 4,213 people and in . . . — — Map (db m54279) HM |
| | Founder of three major cattle trails, Oliver Loving came from Kentucky to Texas in 1845 and to Parker County about 1855. During the Civil War (1861-65), he supplied beef to Confederate forces. With Charles Goodnight as partner on a drive to New . . . — — Map (db m26538) HM |
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