On Palo Pinto Street (U.S. 180) at South Waco Street, on the right when traveling east on Palo Pinto Street.
The construction of this city hall created many jobs for the unemployed in Weatherford during the hard times of the Great Depression. Weatherford citizens passed a bond election to provide funds for a new city hall and fire station in 1933, and . . . — — Map (db m187277) HM
On West Church Street at South Waco Street, on the right when traveling east on West Church Street.
Bishop Alexander C. Garrett of Dallas visited Weatherford in June 1875. He organized a mission church here the following February with five communicants. The congregation called the Rev. Edwin Wickens, then serving at a mission at Fort Worth, to . . . — — Map (db m187275) HM
World War II
1942 - 1945
Southwest Pacific
Cold War
1954 - 1956
Vietnam War
1967 - 1971
Southern I Corps
First Army unit to go on offensive against the enemy in WWII
Only Army Division to have a name and not a number in . . . — — Map (db m175064) WM
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 Garner-Adell Road 0.1 miles south of New Authon Road when traveling west.
Named for the nearby Authon Community, located on the Fort Worth-Fort Belknap Military Road, this site first served as a cemetery for the family of Kentucky native Isom Cranfill (1831-1902). The earliest burial here was that of his 15-year-old son, . . . — — Map (db m270068) HM
On Baker Cut Off Road at Baker Road, on the right when traveling east on Baker Cut Off Road.
Settlement in this part of Parker County began in earnest in the 1850s and the county was formally established in 1855. Josiah and Nancy Catherine "Kate" Baker, their four children, Josiah's parents and Kate's mother came to this area in 1854. The . . . — — Map (db m270221) HM
On Farm to Market Road 113 south of Oxen Lane, on the right when traveling north.
Settlers in the 1860s called this area Dry Creek but renamed it Bethesda Community in 1876 after they built a schoolhouse used for Methodist worship. John G. Leach (1846-1930) and John Marshall Coalson (1826-1897) gave land near the school for a . . . — — Map (db m270070) HM
Born a slave in Mississippi, Bose Ikard came to Texas as a child with the family of his owner, Dr. Milton L. Ikard. He remained as an employee of Dr. Ikard following his emancipation, but in 1866 joined a cattle drive to Colorado led by Charles . . . — — Map (db m224177) HM
On East Anderson Street at Peach Drive, on the right when traveling east on East Anderson Street.
In the early twentieth century, medical care in Parker County was restricted to practices of individual doctors. That changed in 1924, when Dr. E.D. Fyke purchased the twenty-eight room G.M. Bowie family home in the 600 block of North Main Street . . . — — Map (db m226539) HM
On South Main Street 0.1 miles south of West Owens Street, on the right when traveling south.
This congregation was founded in 1894 by sixty-five former members of the First Christian Church (now South Main Church of Christ). Known in its early years as Central Church of Christ or Central Christian Church, the congregation's first pastor was . . . — — Map (db m226542) HM
On North Main Street (Farm to Market Road 51) at Dallas Avenue, on the right when traveling south on North Main Street.
James Robertson (J.R.) Couts (1833-1904), a native of Tennessee, brought his family to Texas in 1858. Soon after the end of the Civil War, in which he served with a Texas frontier guard unit, Couts embarked on a long cattle drive to California. . . . — — Map (db m298979) 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 Granbury Hwy (State Highway 51) at Spring Creek Road on Granbury Hwy.
Seminole Florida War, 1836. Captain in Mexican War, 1846. Lt. Colonel Confederate Army, 1862. Born in Tennessee, June 22, 1817. Died February 28, 1883. — — Map (db m268786) HM
In the 1870s, French interests entered the region through the railroad, eventually forming the Franco Texan Land Company. Through this company, a number of Frenchmen arrived in Texas, including Marie Clèment Paul, Comte de Bresson (b. 1867). In . . . — — Map (db m270300) 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
At Holland's Lake · A monument to the pioneers of Parker County · The east room with bullet scarred walls shows where George McCleskey was killed by Indians in 1873 · The west room was Dan Waggoner's headquarters ranch house built in 1855 · Adopted . . . — — Map (db m226529) HM
On South Alamo Street at Palo Pinto Street (U.S. 180), on the right when traveling north on South Alamo Street.
Originally called United Missionary Baptist Church of Christ at Weatherford, this church organized in 1856 under Reverends Noah T. Byars, J.C. Powers and John Turner. A sanctuary was completed in 1873 on the corner of West College and Jordan Streets . . . — — Map (db m187276) HM
Near Palo Pinto Street at N Alamo St, on the right when traveling west.
Founded in 1880, this is the fifth oldest federally chartered bank operating in Texas. It was started under the direction of Samuel H. Milliken (1846-1931), a Parker County industrialist and civic leader and a founder of the railway company that . . . — — Map (db m270077) HM
On South Main Street at East Columbia Street, on the right when traveling north on South Main Street.
Organized in 1857, this congregation built a meetinghouse in 1867 at Walnut and Church Street. In 1886 a tornado destroyed the first sanctuary. This structure was begun three years later under the leadership of the Reverend James Mackey. The . . . — — Map (db m226534) HM
On Pamela Kay Lane south of New Authon Road, on the right when traveling south.
In 1854 William B. Fondren (1811-1863) and his wife Susannah (1816-1888) settled along nearby Dry Creek and the military road from Fort Worth to Fort Belknap. This family graveyard was established in the John W. Williams Survey, adjacent to . . . — — Map (db m270626) 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
Fred Rider Cotten was born to James Taylor and Sarah Ida (Rider) Cotten in Weatherford. In 1917, he completed a law degree at the Univ. of Texas. After returning to his hometown with his wife, Mary Virginia (Akard), and two children, Cotten ran the . . . — — Map (db m187281) HM
On South Alamo Street near West Simmons Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
A South Carolinian, Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham volunteered at age 15 and fought 1861-65 in the Civil War. In 1866 he married Sarah Beona Meng and moved to Texas. The Lanhams taught school, first in Bowie County, then in Weatherford. Admitted to the . . . — — Map (db m226535) 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 Greenwood Road at Greenwood Cutoff Road, on the left when traveling east on Greenwood Road.
Greenwood formed by the 1880s on land sold to T.D. Wythe and W.J. Fain, developing as a farming community. There were a number of vital institutions here, including the general store owned by Millard Cleveland, a sheriff from Missouri; the Greenwood . . . — — Map (db m226536) HM
A teacher in his native Kentucky, G.A. Holland came to Parker County in 1882, settling in Poolville. In addition to teaching school, Holland also served as Postmaster and Justice of the Peace. He later served as County Tax Collector, Weatherford . . . — — Map (db m188177) HM
On Hiner Road south of Old Dennis Rd, on the right when traveling east.
According to local tradition the community of Hiner was established mainly through the efforts of James J. Barnett who settled in Parker County in 1857. Area family legends and accounts of Barnett helping newcomers with transportation and temporary . . . — — Map (db m270226) HM
On White Settlement Road at East Lake Drive, on the right when traveling east on White Settlement Road.
To the memory of
Isaac Parker
Pioneer, soldier and law maker.
Born April 7, 1793 in Elbert County
Georgia. Came to Texas in 1833.
Served in Elisha Clapp's Company
in 1836. Member of Congress of
the Republic of Texas, 1839-1845; . . . — — Map (db m186745) HM
A native of Georgia, Isaac Parker came to Texas in 1833 as part of the pioneer family that built Ft. Parker in Limestone County. He fought in the Texas Revolution and served in the Republic of Texas Congress, representing part of East Texas. He . . . — — Map (db m270606) 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
On East Water Street at North Rusk Street on East Water Street.
A native of Tennessee and a veteran of the Civil War, James Robertson Couts brought his family to Parker County in the mid-1860s. With proceeds from a cattle drive to California, he opened a bank in Weatherford (now Citizens National Bank). An . . . — — Map (db m224180) HM
On Cold Springs Road south of Old Authon Rd, on the right when traveling north.
The earliest marked grave in this cemetery, that of Elizabeth Moore, dates to 1857. She was buried on part of a 160-acre tract of land settled by the Thomas B. Martin family in 1853 and patented to Martin by the state of Texas six years later. The . . . — — Map (db m270623) HM
On North Main Street (Farm to Market Road 51), on the right when traveling north.
Chartered on January 22, 1889, as the Merchants and Farmers National Bank of Weatherford, this institution opened for business on March 15, 1889, with capital of $100,000. In 1909 the bank's directors voted to apply for a state charter, and the . . . — — Map (db m187274) HM
On Dubellette Street south of West Oak Street, on the right when traveling south.
Built in 1919 on a site donated in 1886 by J.R. Couts, the Weatherford Colored School was the only African American School in the city. The school, which was renamed Mount Pleasant Colored School in 1936, was a two-room brick building. An . . . — — Map (db m174467) 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 . . . — — Map (db m62676) HM
Near Fort Worth Highway (U.S. 180) at E Spring Street, on the right when traveling west.
In the beginning on the vast prairies of Texas, first came cattle, then horses, then the cowboy, and the combination of the three created, out of necessity, the cutting horse to shape the herds either for select breeding or for the markets. Even . . . — — Map (db m270613) HM
On Forth Worth Highway (U.S. 180) at South Main Street (Texas Highway 171) when traveling east on Forth Worth Highway.
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 m174464) HM
On South Main Street at College Avenue, on the right when traveling north on South Main Street.
In honor of the United Confederate veterans of Parker County
1861 - 1865
Reverse: Erected by the
United Daughters of the Confederacy
1915 — — Map (db m174471) WM
On Austin Avenue at North Main Street, on the left when traveling west on Austin Avenue.
Scene of many noted trials. Built 1884-86. Cost $55,555.55. Fourth courthouse in history of county, organized 1856. An oak on Ft. Belknap Road was court site that year. In this building practiced S.W.T. Lanham, who was governor of Texas . . . — — Map (db m308318) HM
On Thrush Street 0.1 miles north of Mockingbird Lane, on the right when traveling north.
U.S. Army General William Hood Simpson
19 May 1888 - 15 Aug. 1980
Born near Weatherford, he earned an appointment to the U.S. Military Academy in 1905, and graduated in 1909. While often overlooked in the history of the European Theater of . . . — — Map (db m175061) WM
On Tin Top Road 0.3 miles south of W BB Fielder Rd, on the left when traveling south.
Created in 1883, a farm near this site housed the county's indigent citizens. Farm residents and some county convicts worked to grow crops and raise livestock. Although entire families were once housed at the farm, by the 1930s the residents were . . . — — Map (db m270301) HM
On Cleburne Highway (State Highway 171) east of Doyle Road, on the right when traveling north.
For more than 100 years, this was the site of the Parsons community, which developed around the homestead and ranch of Amsley Parsons, who came to the area with his family in 1854. Another early settler was Sam B. Kutch; the Kutch and Parsons . . . — — Map (db m270314) HM
On Mineral Wells Highway (U.S. 180) at Newberry Road, on the right when traveling west on Mineral Wells Highway.
Robert Scott Porter (1795-1877), first Parker County judge, dedicated this land near his cabin as a family cemetery in 1867 after the death of his 3-year-old granddaughter Syrene E. Newberry. Judge Porter's grandson Elbert T. Doss (1847-1869) and . . . — — Map (db m226045) HM
On West Oak Street north of S Lamar Street, on the right when traveling east.
In the 1840s and 1850s, the Methodist Church in America experienced several splits over the slavery question. When the newly formed Methodist Episcopal Church, South, affirmed its commitment to race-based chattel slavery, many African Americans . . . — — Map (db m270612) HM
Near Martin Drive north of College Park Drive, on the left when traveling north.
This bell forged in 1879 hung in the belfry of WC’s original "Old Main” Campus.
It was rung to signify curfew and other special occasions.
The stone arch stood as part of the entryway of the original building. Thousands of students walked . . . — — Map (db m246203) HM
On West Spring Street at North Brazos Street, on the right when traveling west on West Spring Street.
Druggist R.W. Kindel (1847-1931) built this Second Empire-style Victorian home about 1881. The 20-inch-thick native stone walls were topped by a concave mansard roof. A coal furnace in the cellar with vents leading into each room provided an early . . . — — Map (db m226541) HM
Born in England, 1800 Member of Legislature, 1858-1861 Died May 20, 1893 Jane Yergins Jordt Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Yergins Wife of H.E. Jordt Born in what is now Oklahoma August 20, 1836 Died April 8, 1896 In Memory of Mary . . . — — Map (db m226530) HM
On East Water Street at North Rusk Street on East Water Street.
S.W.T. Lanham was born on July 4, 1846 to James and Louisa (Tucker) Lanham in South Carolina. He joined the Confederate Army in 1861, serving in the Third South Carolina Infantry, and was wounded at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, 1864. He . . . — — Map (db m224178) HM
On Thrush Street 0.2 miles north of Mockingbird Lane, on the right when traveling north.
Confederate soldiers are said to have camped here in the 1860s because of the inviting spring. In 1890, veterans used the site for their 25th reunion. During the next year, 55 acres were set aside as "Soldier Spring Park". Chautauqua programs . . . — — Map (db m175063) HM
On Granbury Highway (State Highway 51) at Spring Creek Road, on the right when traveling north on Granbury Highway.
Settlement of this area of Parker County began in 1854, with the arrival of the T.J. Shaw family from Tennessee. They built a log cabin on the south branch of Spring Creek and the community which built up in the area was named for the creek. . . . — — Map (db m268794) HM
On East Bankhead Drive at Jennifer Court, on the right when traveling west on East Bankhead Drive.
The Texas Grand Lodge of the Knights of Pythias considered building a home for dependent widows and children as early as 1886. In 1897 the Grand Lodge Convention started a fund to establish such a home. Both the Knights and the Pythian Sisters of . . . — — Map (db m226533) HM
On East Water Street at North Rusk Street on East Water Street.
A native of England, Thomas C. Snailum came to Texas in 1834, settling in Bastrop. He enlisted in the Texas Army in 1836, served during the Texas Revolution, and settled in Nacogdoches after the war. In 1840 Snailum married Mary Ann Rogers . . . — — Map (db m224179) HM
On Tucker Drive 1.3 miles north of Farm to Market Road 730, on the left when traveling north.
Moses Tucker (1833-1890) came to Texas from Kentucky with his twin brother, Aaron, in 1853. A log cabin was built on this land. After serving in the Civil War, Tucker returned to Parker County and to his wife, Martha Elizabeth (Cockburn) . . . — — Map (db m270235) HM
On Tucker Drive 1.3 miles north of Frontage Farm to Market Road 730 Frontage Road, on the left when traveling north.
V.J., a cotton farmer who turned to dairy farming after losing his crops to a hailstorm in the 1920's, lived in this house from about 1890 until his death in 1946. Here Virgil and his wife, Emma Allen, raised their five children Fay, Mose, . . . — — Map (db m270236) HM
On South Main Street at East Lee Avenue, on the right when traveling north on South Main Street.
On February 8, 1900, a group of twenty-nine Weatherford
women organized the Twentieth Century Club. The club was
federated as an affiliate of the Texas Federation of
Women's Clubs later that year. Since its inception, the
club's membership has . . . — — Map (db m226538) HM
This monument is to honor the 74 sailors who lost their lives aboard the US Navy Destroyer USS Frank E. Evans (DD 754) on 3 June 1969. USS Frank E. Evans (DD 754) was on the gun line off the coast of Vietnam when she was ordered out of the . . . — — Map (db m175065) WM
On Palo Pinto Street (U.S. 180) at South Main Street (Farm to Market Road 51), on the left when traveling east on Palo Pinto Street.
Founded 1856. Named for Jefferson Weatherford, state senator and a confederate soldier.
Frontier people found protection here from constant Indian threat during Civil War. Long the only town between Fort Worth and El Paso.
Home of . . . — — Map (db m187280) HM
This wing, Old Weatherford Masonic Institute, always has been part of a school. Masons en route to lay the cornerstone, July 5, 1869, were delayed by a skirmish with Indians. Incorporated into Main Building of Weatherford College 1895. Has educated . . . — — Map (db m226544) HM
On Fort Worth Highway (U.S. 180) at North Elm Street, on the right when traveling west on Fort Worth Highway.
A postal station was first established in Weatherford in 1856. Facilities were located in several early buildings before this structure was completed in 1914. Judge J.M. Richards was postmaster at the time. Built on the site of a gasoline service . . . — — Map (db m187279) HM
On South Waco Street at West Oak Street, on the right when traveling south on South Waco Street.
One of the first brick homes in Weatherford, this structure was begun in late 1860s and occupied by Joseph A. Woolfolk (1836-1918), one of two attorneys who defended Indian Chiefs Satanta and Big Tree, charged in 1871 wagon train massacre. In 1879 . . . — — Map (db m226540) HM
Near Tucker Drive 1.3 miles north of Farm to Market Road 730.
Built by Norvin Tennial Wright, to honor past generations of his family. Norvin said, "I always wanted to build a miniature Church." Construction began in June 1993 and was completed in January 1994. The chapel stood in the front yard of Norvin and . . . — — Map (db m270237) HM
On Johnson Bend Road at Zion Hill Rd (Farm to Market Road 2421), on the right when traveling west on Johnson Bend Road.
Zion Hill was named by early settler Samuel Wolfenburger who deeded 4-acres here for a school/church and cemetery in 1877. Zion Hill School, established in 1868, operated until 1927 when it merged with the Peaster School system. The school building . . . — — Map (db m270616) HM
