The first school building in Iowa Park was erected in 1888, soon after the town was platted. Iowa Park was in Wichita County Rural School District No. 7 until it became an independent school district in 1899. The school grew to four rooms but soon . . . — — Map (db m287440) HM
The town of Iowa Park was platted in 1888 on the route of the Fort Worth and Denver City Railroad. A Masonic lodge was also being organized in Iowa Park, and in 1891 a warrant of dispensation was granted by the Grand Lodge of Texas, Ancient Free and . . . — — Map (db m287460) HM
Wichita County's first oil refinery was built in 1914 at Iowa Park by the Wichita Valley Refining Company. Established on a small scale, the company soon expanded and by 1918 owned 53 tank cars, had 12 miles of pipeline, and was producing 2,500 . . . — — Map (db m287444) HM
The son of noted rancher Burk Burnett for whom the nearby town of Burkburnett (18 Mi.NE) was named Tom L. Burnett (b. 1871) became one of the leading area cattlemen. Trained on his father's 6666 (Four Sixes) Ranch, Tom later owned the local Triangle . . . — — Map (db m288878) HM
Prominent cattleman and civic leader Tom Lloyd Burnet (b. 1871) had this house built in 1924. The Colonial Revival residence was designed by the Wichita Falls architectural firm of Voelcker and Dixon. After Burnett's death in 1938, the house . . . — — Map (db m303641) HM
One of many small towns that sprang up ahead of the railroads as they crossed Texas in the 1800s. Located on the Fort Worth & Denver City Line, this town was first named Daggett's Switch in 1885 for a prominent rancher and railroad official. F.W. & . . . — — Map (db m287442) HM
