Founded in 1866 by Judge W. F. Carter, Henry C. Vardy, and Thomas Parkinson, Cartersville was a thriving community for many years. At its height, the town boasted two main thoroughfares, Main Street and College Avenue. Local businesses included . . . — — Map (db m270247) HM
Carter Mill was built in 1866. U.S. Postoffice was established Oct. 3, 1867. Later changed to Carter, Texas. This memorial is a tribute to the memory of the pioneers of this settlement who, by their foresight and perserverence, have left us a noble . . . — — Map (db m270299) HM
In 1856, Captain Joseph Ward, a native of New Jersey, settled on a creek fed by numerous springs seventeen miles northeast of Weatherford. In 1859, Ward designed the town square and named the plate Littleton's Springs after a pioneer family. The . . . — — Map (db m192416) HM
Dr. George Martin Jones (1867- 1943), the third of six children of Joseph M. and Sarah Elizabeth (Gibbs) Jones, came to Springtown with his family in 1876. they settled on a farm about a mile south of town. George attended college hill institute . . . — — Map (db m192275) HM
Eureka Lodge No. 371, A. F. & A. M. The Eureka Masonic Lodge entered into an agreement with W. L. Hutcheson to build this two-story structure in 1897. Over the years, while the first floor housed a variety of businesses, including Hutcheson's . . . — — Map (db m192278) HM
The Allen C. Hill family moved to 160 acres about a mile southwest of Springtown in 1855 as early settlers of the community. Hill (1814-1873) was a farmer and stock raiser with wife Ladusky "Dusky" (1826-1873) and eight children. Although Allen . . . — — Map (db m269670) HM
This well-traveled route, known locally as Jay Bird Lane, dates from the early 1860s. In 1883 land-owners donated three acres to preserve the nearby Jay Bird camp meeting grounds. Residents soon built a frame building, officially serving the Union . . . — — Map (db m192271) HM
This cemetery first served the area's pioneer settlers. In use before the Civil War and before the founding of Springtown, it was included in land patented to Mary Leonard in 1859. The site was later conveyed to the Springtown Methodist Church, . . . — — Map (db m192434) HM
Springtown Square is home of the historic 1930s tabernacle, which has become a gathering place for Springtown and surrounding residents. Initially in 1906, the square developed by moving an 1884 College Hill Institute building to the site to house . . . — — Map (db m192428) HM
Settled in 1852. Here was established in 1858 by William G. Veal (1831-1891), a leading spirit in all public improvements of the region, an outstanding school of Parker County which functioned more than a half-century. — — Map (db m268788) HM
The community of Veal's Station developed by 1851 in northeastern Parker County, and became a stop on the stagecoach line running from Fort Worth to Fort Richardson. The settlement took the name of William G. Veal, and thrived as an educational . . . — — Map (db m192531) HM
William (Bill) Woody (1824-1915), one of the first Anglo settlers in Parker County, was born in Roane County, Tennessee. While living in the eastern Tennessee hills bordering North Carolina, he married Elisabeth Lydia Farmer (1822-1879) in 1846. . . . — — Map (db m192530) HM
