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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Dallas County, Texas
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| | Educated in Tennessee as a lawyer, J. K. P. Record became the District Attorney for Dallas in 1860. He left that office to serve in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, but returned here after the conflict. In 1866 he became a state senator . . . — — Map (db m159805) HM |
| | Kentucky native James Martin Patterson arrived in Dallas in 1846. Patterson and John W. Smith opened one of the first stores in Dallas using their pooled resources of $700. They built a flatboat and attempted to ship cotton down the Trinity River . . . — — Map (db m159717) HM |
| | Latimer was born in New London, Conn. Moved to Texas, with family, in 1833. Founder and editor first newspaper in Dallas, 1849. Known originally as "The Cedar Snag" then as "Dallas Herald." Incorporated into "Dallas Morning News" in 1885. . . . — — Map (db m159706) HM |
| Near S. Malcolm X Boulevard. |
| | Practiced law in Kentucky before coming to Texas in 1845. Was agent for Peters' Colony located in Dallas and adjacent counties. First attorney to practice law here. He founded Bar Association; fought in the Mexican War; was outstanding civic . . . — — Map (db m156130) HM |
| On Main Street near S. Record Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | President John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963) was assassinated in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963. This event changed the city – and the world – forever. As a tribute to this extraordinary man, John F. Kennedy Memorial Plaza was . . . — — Map (db m4672) HM |
| Near West Northwest Highway, on the left when traveling east. |
| | The son of a Methodist minister, John Goodwin Tower was a veteran of World War II and a political science professor before entering politics. He joined the national political scene in 1960-1961 when he won the special election to fill Lyndon B. . . . — — Map (db m150009) HM |
| On Cedar Springs Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Dallas businessman John Hickman Miller (d. 1933) had this house built in 1904 as a wedding gift for his wife Katherine "Kitty" (Melone) (d. 1969). Miller was the son of pioneer area settler William B. Miller, owner of Millermore (in Old City Park). . . . — — Map (db m148929) HM |
| | Mississippi native John Jay Good practiced law in Alabama before moving to Dallas in 1851. He married Susan Anna Floyd in 1854. Good was involved in early local and state government and was a charter member of the local Odd Fellows' Lodge in 1855. . . . — — Map (db m159866) HM |
| | South Carolina native John M. Crockett married Katherine (Kate) Polk in 1837. In 1848 they moved to Dallas where Crockett opened one of the pioneer settlement's first law offices. Crockett served as a State Legislator, Mayor of Dallas, and . . . — — Map (db m159719) HM |
| On Elm Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | In 1839 Tennessee lawyer John Neely Bryan chose this high bluff and shallow ford on the Trinity River as site for a trading post. Finding Indians scarce when he returned in 1844, he platted a town, installed a ferry, and called the place Dallas. . . . — — Map (db m24929) HM |
| On West Red Bird Lane, on the right when traveling east. |
| | 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 |
| On Warren Avenue just north of Atlanta Street, on the right when traveling north. |
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Juanita Jewel (Shanks) Craft (1902-1985) was born in Round Rock and attended schools there and in Austin before earning certificates from Prairie View and Samuel Huston Colleges. She joined the Dallas Branch of the National Association for the . . . — — Map (db m156223) HM |
| | After the deaths of her husband and children in the early 1860s, Juliette Peak Fowler lived in Dallas and was active in local charitable causes. Committed to orphans and elderly women during her life, she provided for their benevolent care in her . . . — — Map (db m159599) HM |
| On Elm Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | A young Missourian, Karl Hoblitzelle in 1904 helped produce the St. Louis World's Fair, where he gained respect for vaudeville. In 1905 he founded Interstate Amusement Company and opened theatres in Dallas, Fort Worth, Waco, and San Antonio. Soon . . . — — Map (db m135772) HM |
| On N. Houston Street (State Highway 354) at Main Street, on the right when traveling south on N. Houston Street. |
| | On November 22, 1963, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, thirty-fifth President of the United States, visited Dallas. A Presidential parade traveled north on Houston Street to Elm Street and west on Elm Street. As the parade continued on Elm Street at 12:30 . . . — — Map (db m4660) 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 |
| Near Elsie Faye Heggins Street. |
| | L. Butler Nelson Memorial Park includes two historic cemeteries, the oldest of which was previously unnamed. Its earliest marked grave (1896) is that of Cherry Lawler, an 85-year-old grandmother. In 1911, William B. West, John P. Starks and . . . — — Map (db m156058) HM |
| Near West Colorado Boulevard near Anniels Drive, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Site of the French Colony La Reunion, settled 1854. — — Map (db m152481) HM |
| On Fish Trap Road, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Burial place of French, Belgian, and Swiss settlers brought here 1855-58 by company for European American colonization in Texas. This site was on road from La Reunion to Willow Fish Traps set by the colonists in the Trinity. Early burials in this . . . — — Map (db m153688) HM |
| On Ferndale Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Opening in 1955, Lake Highlands Elementary School has served this area for more than 50 years. Prior to 1955, public education in the area was limited to Little Egypt School for black students and Rogers School, which closed in 1929 when it was . . . — — Map (db m151559) HM |
| On Commerce Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Huddie Ledbetter, better known as Leadbelly, was one of the most famous African American folk singers in American history. Born in Caddo Parish, Louisiana (near Shreveport), Leadbelly grew up on a small farm owned by his sharecropping parents. He . . . — — Map (db m152098) HM |
| | A native of France and a veteran of the Crimean War, Clement LeTot (b. 1836) settled in northwest Dallas County in 1874. He was the founder and leading citizen of the town of Letot, which was established in 1881 along the rail line. As was the . . . — — Map (db m149248) HM |
| On South Malcolm X Boulevard, on the right when traveling north. |
| | In 1937, the Dallas school board appointed a building committee to find land for a new high school for African Americans. The committee chose eleven acres at this location. Lincoln High School was one of the largest campuses in the city, with . . . — — Map (db m156017) HM |
| On Main Street just east of North Record Street, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Most colonists first settled in this "Three Forks" area of the Trinity River as members of the Peters Colony after 1841. Immigrants from such states as Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, and Tennessee brought with them a tradition of building . . . — — Map (db m43436) HM |
| On Herb Kelleher Way at Aviation Place, on the right when traveling north on Herb Kelleher Way. |
| | Believing the city’s 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 |
| On Herb Kelleher Way at Aviation Place, on the right when traveling north on Herb Kelleher Way. |
| |
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 . . . — — Map (db m97713) WM |
| On San Jacinto Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | In 1884, Rev. A. R. Griggs (d. 1922) and Jane Johnson Calloway Endsley (d. 1933) organized the Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church to serve the African American Baptist community of Dallas. After a series of relocations starting in 1907, the . . . — — Map (db m149086) HM |
| On Elm Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | In his determination to provide entertainment for the entire family, theatre pioneer and innovator Karl St. John Hoblitzelle (1879-1967) built this structure in 1921 to house Dallas' Majestic Theatre. The five-story, five-bay, Beaux Arts structure . . . — — Map (db m135695) HM |
| On Maple Avenue, on the right when traveling north. |
| | One of twelve subdivisions of the North Dallas Improvement Company, Maple Avenue was developed after a streetcar line was extended to this area north of the growing city of Dallas in 1884. Many leading citizens built elegant Victorian mansions . . . — — Map (db m148984) HM |
| On Mockingbird Lane, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Designed by Mark Lemmon in 1924 for his own family, this house reflects an interest in Norman architecture he developed while serving in France during World War I. Lemmon and his wife Maybelle (Reynolds) supported many civic organizations in . . . — — Map (db m148975) HM |
| Near Audelia Road south of Estate Lane, on the left when traveling south. |
| | The first land for this cemetery was granted by Mahulda Bonner McCree in 1866. At least two burials, for John Henry Jones (d. 1862) and Elizabeth McCullough (d. 1864), occurred before the graveyard was formally deeded. Over the years, the cemetery . . . — — Map (db m107099) HM |
| On Merrell Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Elder Eli Merrell (1787-1849), minister of the Disciples of Christ Church, came with his wife, Mary, in 1844, to settle 640 acres near Bachman's Branch in what was then Nacogdoches County. This cemetery is on a part of his acreage, and his was the . . . — — Map (db m149270) HM |
| On North Hampton Road at W Jefferson Boulevard, on the right when traveling north on North Hampton Road. |
| | John Merrifield (1792 - 1873) was the patriarch of a Kentucky family who migrated to the Dallas County area in the late 1840s. In 1851 he purchased a farm here which included this site. It was first used as a cemetery in the late 1860s. The only . . . — — Map (db m152482) HM |
| Near W. Northwest Hwy (TX 12). |
| | A magnificent New York Yankee, true teammate and Hall of Fame centerfielder with legendary courage. The most popular player of his era. A loving husband, father and friend for life. — — Map (db m120805) HM |
| On Flora St. at Arts Plaza on Flora St.. |
| | In 1928, the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) of Dallas recognized a growing need for expanded facilities across the city. In the African American neighborhood of North Dallas, citizens raised $75,000 ($25,000 more than their goal) in . . . — — Map (db m81308) HM |
| On Valley View Lane east of Valley View Place, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Pioneer settlers used this site for burials as early as the 1840s. The oldest known grave is that of Amanda L. Houx (1829-1847). In 1868 William Huffhines donated a two-acre tract, which included the early graves, to Mount Calvary Baptist Church. A . . . — — Map (db m93134) HM |
| On Preston Road (State Highway 289) at Spring Valley Road, on the right when traveling north on Preston Road. |
| | Mount Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church, affectionately known as “The Rock,” and established in 1864, is the oldest African American Church in Dallas County. The church was named for the mountain peak from which Moses viewed the . . . — — Map (db m155810) HM |
| On Munger Avenue, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Located near the railroad tracks on Central Avenue, Galilee Baptist Church was organized in 1894 by the Rev. A. H. Smith and a small group of charter members. In an attempt to block out noise and distractions from nearby taverns, members hung . . . — — Map (db m149049) HM |
| On Greenville Avenue at North Munger Boulevard, on the left when traveling south on Greenville Avenue. |
| | Organized in 1914, this church has served the Munger Place and East Dallas communities with a variety of programs. A neighborhood landmark, this sanctuary was built in 1925 during the pastorate of the Rev. George M. Gibson. Designed in the English . . . — — Map (db m151420) HM |
| On South Ervay Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | In 1907 Herbert Marcus, Sr., his sister Carrie Marcus Neiman and her husband A. L. Neiman founded the prestigious Neiman-Marcus retail establishment. After the firm's first store at Elm and Murphy streets burned in 1913, a new store was . . . — — Map (db m157623) HM |
| | Soon after arriving in Texas in 1838, Nicholas Darnell was elected to the Republic of Texas Congress, where he served as Speaker of the House. A delegate to the 1845 Statehood Convention, he later represented Dallas and Tarrant counties in the . . . — — Map (db m159598) HM |
| On North Haskell Avenue, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The city's fifth high school opened in 1922 on the far north edge of Dallas. At the time, there were three high schools for Caucasian students (Bryan Street, Oak Cliff and Forest) and one for African Americans (Booker T. Washington). The school . . . — — Map (db m148928) 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 |
| | Founded in 1890 with seventeen charter members, this church has served the community with a variety of worship, educational, outreach, and missionary programs. Meeting in facilities first at Ninth and Patton streets and later at Tenth and Madison . . . — — Map (db m154715) HM |
| On North Marsalis Avenue at East Jefferson Boulevard, on the right when traveling south on North Marsalis Avenue. |
| | This congregation was formed in 1887 when the Shelton and Oliver families began meeting with circuit rider C. G. Shutt in the Shelton home under the name St. Mark's Methodist Church. The Olivers began Sunday School meetings in 1888. The first . . . — — Map (db m139165) HM |
| On Oak Lawn Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | An Oak Lawn settler, the Rev. Marcus H. Cullum (1822-85), preached in a grove on Turtle Creek until citizens built a school-church house here on site given by the Dickason-Sale family. At opening of that building, Sept. 20, 1874, the Rev. M. H. . . . — — Map (db m148922) HM |
| On Herb Kelleher Way at Aviation Place, on the right when traveling north on Herb Kelleher Way. |
| | 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 |
| On East Tenth Street at North Patton Avenue, on the right when traveling west on East Tenth Street. |
| | On November 22 1963, at this intersection, Dallas police officer J.D. Tippit was murdered by Lee Harvey Oswald, 45 minutes after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dealey Plaza. After the assassination, Oswald fled to his rooming house in . . . — — Map (db m139141) HM |
| On North Akard Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | One of the first brick schools in Dallas system, this Victorian building was constructed in 1888 on the site of a pre-Civil War school organized by Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Dallas. In early decades this school drew pupils from several . . . — — Map (db m157350) HM |
| On Shady Trail, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Old Letot Cemetery Established 1870s. Historic Texas Cemetery 2002 — — Map (db m149244) HM |
| | Once a buffalo trail, Scyene Road was one of the earliest roads in Dallas County. It linked the community of Scyene with Dallas, one day's journey by wagon to the west, and with Jefferson and Shreveport to the east. Named for a town in ancient . . . — — Map (db m147580) HM |
| On Elm Street at N. Field Street, on the left when traveling west on Elm Street. |
| | On September 10, 1907, the first Neiman-Marcus store opened at this site. Established by Herbert Marcus, Sr., his sister Carrie Marcus Neiman and her husband A.L. Neiman, it was founded on the principles of innovative marketing concepts and . . . — — Map (db m157394) HM |
| On Elm Street, on the left when traveling west. |
| | One of the first companies in the nation granted franchise rights for the distribution of Coca-Cola in bottles, the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Dallas produced the city's first bottle of Coca-Cola on this site on June 10, 1902. J.T. Lupton of . . . — — Map (db m152107) HM |
| | Dallas first opened a city hospital on Lamar street in 1874, moving to Maple Avenue in the 1890s. In 1913, a new state of the art facility was erected, reflecting a nationwide movement toward modern medical care. The new building was the source of . . . — — Map (db m152453) HM |
| On Oak Lawn Avenue, on the right when traveling east. |
| | The effort for pediatric orthopedic care in Dallas began when the Shriners (Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine) organized a board with the idea of creating a system of charity hospitals across the U.S. Samuel P. Cochran, . . . — — Map (db m149047) HM |
| | Pierre Dusseau (1800-1867) was born in Carcassone, in southern France. With a strong interest in the science of gardening, he joined the European American Society of Colonization in 1854 and set out for Texas to be the gardener for Victor Prosper . . . — — Map (db m159596) HM |
| On Harry Hines Boulevard, on the left when traveling north. |
| | The city of Dallas purchased this site in 1912-13 for a neighborhood park. Developed as Summit Play Park, it served a predominately Mexican-American community. By the 1920s, the park name was changed in 1927 to honor a former park board . . . — — Map (db m148985) HM |
| | The area now known as Pioneer Cemetery is composed of the remnants of four early graveyards. The graves, dating from the 1850s, include many of Dallas' early settlers and civic leaders. Two of the graveyards that now make up Pioneer Cemetery . . . — — Map (db m159652) HM |
| On Pleasant Drive, on the right when traveling north. |
| | This congregation evolved from a rural Union Church which met as early as 1875 in a nearby cabin. The Ladies Aid Society was formed in 1906 and began raising funds for a separate church facility. Built in 1908 on this site, the one-room structure . . . — — Map (db m158803) HM |
| On S Buckner Boulevard at Scyene Road, on the right when traveling south on S Buckner Boulevard. |
| | In 640-acre survey of James Jackson Beeman (1816-88), uncle by marriage of John Neely Bryan, first settler in Dallas. Beeman came here from Illinois in 1840, helped cut first road in Trinity bottoms; name Turtle Creek, 1841; and plat city of . . . — — Map (db m158831) HM |
| Near S Buckner Boulevard. |
| | 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 |
| On Bruton Road, on the left when traveling east. |
| | This congregation traces its history to a Union Church in Scyene, a small farming community once located at the present intersection of Scyene and St. Augustine Roads in Dallas. The first church in the community was a two-story community meeting . . . — — Map (db m158822) HM |
| Near N Stemmons Fwy at Wycliffe Avenue. |
| | RMS Lusitania was a British ocean liner built in 1906 and operated by the Cunard Line. The ship entered passenger service in August 1907 and continued on the line’s heavily traveled Liverpool, England to New York City route. During World War I, . . . — — Map (db m117031) 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 |
| On Losa Drive, on the right when traveling north. |
| | 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 |
| Near Oakland Circle 0.2 miles east of South Malcom X Boulevard. |
| |
In Morgan's raids, KY, Tenn.
Commanded Gano's Brigade Texas Cavalry, in ARK.
Captured Union train with
$1,500,000 stores.
Erected by the State of Texas 1965 — — Map (db m156362) |
| On La Vista Drive, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Mississippi native Robert Campbell Stubbs (1869-1927) moved to Dallas in 1887 and established a paving business with his father, George W. Stubbs. In 1897, R. C. Stubbs married Marie M. Henke (d. 1957) of Berlin, Germany. Dallas' economic growth . . . — — Map (db m151480) HM |
| Near Turtle Creek Boulevard. |
| | The land in this area was once part of a Republic land grant awarded to pioneer William Grigsby. The Dallas Consolidated Electric Street Railway Company bought twenty acres of the property in 1903, and in cooperation with developers Oliver P. . . . — — Map (db m149087) HM |
| On Rylie Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | 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 |
| On Haymarket Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | 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 |
| On N Zang Boulevard at E Colorado Boulevard, on the right when traveling north on N Zang Boulevard. |
| | Samuel David Dealey, Jr., born on September 13, 1906, to Samuel David and Virgie Downing Dealey of Dallas, became one of the most audacious and successful submariners in the navy serving in the pacific during World War II. After his father died in . . . — — Map (db m152515) HM |
| On Dolphin Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | In 1886, the state of Texas approved a charter for congregation Sharis Israel (meaning remnant of Israel) and cemetery. The new congregation was organized by Dallas-area Jews, who first met for services in a grocery store and then in other . . . — — Map (db m156159) HM |
| On Commerce Street just west of South Houston Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | First ferry on the Trinity River at Dallas was started here, 1842, by John Neely Bryan (1810 - 1877), the founder of Dallas. Alexander Cockrell (1820 - 1858), early builder and developer, replaced ferry with wooden toll bridge, 1854. This crossing . . . — — Map (db m43435) HM |
| On Military Parkway, on the right when traveling west. |
| | 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 |
| On Elm Street at North Lamar Street, on the left when traveling west on Elm Street. |
| | The first Sanger Brothers Department Store in Dallas opened in 1872 in rented space on the courthouse square. Earliest Sanger Bros. stores in railroad towns such as Bryan, Calvert, and Corsicana soon were closed. In Dallas the five German Sanger . . . — — Map (db m157819) HM |
| On Highway 352/Scyene Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | In the 1840s, settlers held public meetings under a tree at this site. Beginning in the 1850s, several successive 2-story frame buildings stood here and housed Masonic Lodge, church, elections, and social activities. Scyene Meeting Place housed . . . — — Map (db m155816) HM |
| On Elm Street, on the left when traveling west. |
| | The national fraternal organization, Sons of Hermann, organized in New York in 1840 to help preserve German traditions while easing the transition of German immigrants into American society. The Grand Lodge of Texas formed in 1890 in San Antonio . . . — — Map (db m152105) HM |
| On South Boulevard at Atlanta Street, on the left when traveling north on South Boulevard. |
| | This neighborhood is one of the few remaining intact residential districts which reflect the early twentieth century suburban development of Dallas. Construction of homes in this vicinity began soon after the Jewish Temple Emanuel El was moved . . . — — Map (db m156165) HM |
| | This school was established on May 5, 1943, by Southwestern Medical Foundation to serve Dallas and north Texas. The Foundation, organized in 1939 by Dr. Edward H. Cary, E. R. Brown, Karl Hoblitzelle, and Dr. Hall Shannon, promoted quality medical . . . — — Map (db m152452) HM |
| On Preston Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | St. Mark's School has its foundation in three 20th-Century preparatory schools, each of which contributed to its high standards and national reputation for academic excellence. Founded in 1906 by educators Menter and Ada Terrill, the Terrill . . . — — Map (db m148917) HM |
| Near North Garrett Avenue, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The Rev. George Rottenstein held the first Episcopal service in Dallas in a storehouse on May 25, 1856, and organized this parish on St. Matthew's Day, Sept. 21, 1857. The Rt. Rev. Alexander Gregg, first bishop of Texas, visited Dallas in 1860 and . . . — — Map (db m151391) HM |
| On Routh Street at Wade Street, on the right when traveling north on Routh Street. |
| | In 1873, several inhabitants of Freedman's Town, a community of recently freed people just north of the Dallas city limits, met with Methodist Ministers Rev. H. Oliver and Rev. William Bush under a brush arbor to organize the area's first African . . . — — Map (db m80034) HM |
| On East Lovers Lane, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Established on December 1, 1889, this congregation began with five charter members. Led by the Rev. H. Siegfried, the church was organized with the help of Fort Worth pastors Thomas L. Mueller and C.F. Bauman. The congregation was originally named . . . — — Map (db m150017) HM |
| Near Parry Avenue at Exposition Avenue, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Founded in 1886, the State Fair of Texas now ranks as the most largely attended state fair in the U.S. It was begun as a private, nonprofit corporation for civic purposes by Capt. W.H. Gaston and other pioneer business and civic leaders of Dallas. . . . — — Map (db m121657) HM |
| On Herschel Avenue, on the right when traveling west. |
| | This site commemorates a significant civic and business leader. Georgia native Stephen J. Hay (1864-1916) migrated to Dallas in 1887 and became an executive of the Texas Paper Company. He served eight years on the Dallas Board of Education and in . . . — — Map (db m148841) HM |
| On West Jefferson Boulevard east of North Tennant Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Designated as a city of Dallas landmark and the sixth oldest high school in Dallas, Sunset High School has served the Oak Cliff Community for 90 years. The buildings were imbued with the talent of some of the best creative Texas minds of their . . . — — Map (db m152493) HM |
| On Swiss Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | This wide boulevard was a muddy country lane in 1857, when Swiss immigrant Henri Boll named it in honor of his native land. Swiss Avenue was lengthened and paved as part of Munger Place, an exclusive 140-acre residential area developed in 1905 by . . . — — Map (db m151396) HM |
| On Howell Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Established by Temple Emanu-el congregation in 1884, this was the second Jewish cemetery in Dallas. The first burials which occurred here were those of Russian immigrants Aaron L. Levy and Jacob Rosenthal. Both men were born in Russia on June 2, . . . — — Map (db m148987) HM |
| On East Eighth Street at Anthony Street, on the right when traveling east on East Eighth Street. |
| | 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 |
| On Esplanade Place north of 1st Avenue, on the left when traveling north. |
| | As plans began to take shape for the Centennial celebration of Texas Independence, a group of Dallas businessmen led by R.L. Thornton, Sr., Fred Florence, and Nathan Adams, joined together to promote the city as the host of the major Centennial . . . — — Map (db m121782) HM |
| On Jefferson Boulevard, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Constructed in 1931, the Texas Theatre was designed by architect W. Scott Dunne. The "Texas," the largest suburban theater in Texas when it was built, is an "atmospheric" theater, a genre designed to enhance the fantasy and exoticism of the . . . — — Map (db m147391) HM |
| On Herb Kelleher Way at Aviation Place, on the right when traveling north on Herb Kelleher Way. |
| | 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 |
| On Swiss Avenue, on the right when traveling north. |
| | West Texas rancher William J. Lewis, a native of Maryland, and his wife Willie (Newberry) of Dallas had this residence constructed in 1915-17. Designed by architects Hal Thompson and Marion Fooshee, it features influences of English Georgian and . . . — — Map (db m151387) HM |
| On Seale Street at Sylvan Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Seale Street. |
| | In 1915, when public transportation was non-existent in the western part of Dallas, Victor Clifford Bilbo (1894-1968) began operating a jitney (small bus) line from downtown to Cement City, Gates, Sowers, Irving, and other outlying communities. . . . — — Map (db m152451) HM |
| | Despite Dallas's reputation as one of the state's more conservative cities, its LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer) community was among the first in Texas to organize politically and socially. In 1947, the city became home to one of . . . — — Map (db m125945) HM |
| On Commerce Street, on the right when traveling east on Commerce Street. |
| | On Oct. 1, 1885, "The Dallas Morning News" began publication as the North Texas extension of A. H. Belo's "Galveston News." The two publications were linked by telegraph to exchange information, and they maintained a statewide network of . . . — — Map (db m158286) HM |
| On Flora Street at North Pearl Street, on the left when traveling east on Flora Street. |
| | Early efforts to establish a symphony orchestra in Dallas began in 1899 with the formation of the Dallas Symphony Club. It was a short-lived effort, but in 1911 the city's first professional orchestra was established under the Dallas Symphony . . . — — Map (db m135505) HM |
| On Elm Street, on the right. |
| | Journalist Merriman Smith, riding in the motorcade five cars behind President Kennedy reported seeing Dallas Police run up this hill, which he called a grassy knoll. Some witnesses believed shots came from the knoll area, but police found no . . . — — Map (db m116916) HM |
| On Welch Road at Hockaday Drive, on the right when traveling north on Welch Road. |
| | Ela Hockaday (1875 - 1956) received her early education in the public schools of Bonham, Texas. After graduating from the Denton Normal School (now University of North Texas), she pursued graduate studies at both Columbia University and the . . . — — Map (db m94482) HM |
| On South Cockrell Hill Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | First permanent structure built on the west side of the Trinity River in Dallas, this cabin of hand-hewn logs was erected in 1845 by Judge William H. Hord (d. 1901), Dallas County Judge, 1848-50, who brought his family here by covered wagon from . . . — — Map (db m153633) HM |
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