On Frankford Cemetery Road south of Muirfield Drive, on the left when traveling west.
The site of the former town of Frankford consists of the three-acre wagon yard, five-acre Frankford Church area and three-acre cemetery. The town of Frankford grew around Indian Springs after W.C. McKamy and his family moved to Texas in 1852. They . . . — — Map (db m93072) HM
On Muirfield Drive south of Spyglass Drive, on the right when traveling south.
The White Rock Masonic Lodge Hall served as a schoolhouse and church building for the early Frankford community. Among the worshipers were a group of Methodists who were organized as part of a circuit in 1885. In the 1890s, this frame church . . . — — Map (db m183199) HM
Near Pemberton Hill Road south of Lake June Road, on the left when traveling south.
Big Spring, a natural water feature located in the White Rock Creek Valley near its mouth on the Trinity River in Dallas County, was claimed in 1842 by John Beeman, the patriarch of the first family to settle permanently in the county. Prior to . . . — — Map (db m170308) HM
On Cedar Springs Road, on the right when traveling north.
Although settlement of the town of Cedar Springs did not begin until after 1843, the area had been surveyed during the late 1830s by Colonel G. W. Cooke in preparation for construction of a military road from Austin to the Red River. In 1843, Dr. . . . — — Map (db m152227) HM
On East Lawther Drive, on the left when traveling west.
Soon after President Franklin D. Roosevelt took office in 1933, he established what would become the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), a New Deal program designed to address hardships during the Great Depression. In addition to providing wages, . . . — — Map (db m151501) HM
On Midway Road, on the right when traveling south.
This cemetery began in 1853 with the burials of Sarah Jane and William M. Cochran, the infant daughter and husband of Nancy Jane Hughes Cochran. Among the many Dallas County pioneers buried here are four of Nancy Jane's sisters and their husbands . . . — — Map (db m149328) HM
On Midway Road, on the right when traveling south.
On first Dallas County site deeded (1856) for a Methodist Church. Donor was a widow, Nancy Jane Cochran. First edifice (30' x 40') was built by church men, of lumber hauled by wagons from Jefferson (150 mi. E.) and dedicated in 1858. The Sunday . . . — — Map (db m149327) HM
On Main Street at South Houston Street, on the left when traveling east on Main Street.
This site was purchased by Dallas County in 1913 for a new jail and courts building. Designed by local architect H. A. Overbeck (1861-1942), the steel-framed building, finished in 1915 at a cost of $585,982, is clad with granite, terra cotta, and . . . — — Map (db m219767) HM
A native of Greensboro, Kansas, Everette Lee DeGolyer (1886 -1956) participated in major oil exploration successes in Mexico while still a student at the University of Oklahoma. Returning to complete his degree, he married Nell Virginia Goodrich . . . — — Map (db m151505) HM
The twentieth-century age of electronics can trace its roots to the 1906 invention of the triode vacuum tube, which marked the birth of modern radio. The invention of the transistor after World War II ushered in a new era of solid-state . . . — — Map (db m162240) HM
This burial ground served the pioneer families who settled in the area. Graves here date from the 1870s. The land for the cemetery was donated to the community by James G. Garvin (1830-1897), a former Dallas merchant, his wife Eliza, and brothers . . . — — Map (db m149255) HM
On Towns St. at Bellafonte Dr., on the right when traveling west on Towns St..
Located ten miles north of downtown Dallas, the African American community of Hamilton Park began as the White Rock Farming Settlement. In the 1940s and 1950s, racial violence in the South Dallas community of Queen City and the discriminatory . . . — — Map (db m104246) 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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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 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 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
This cemetery represents the last remaining physical reminder of the community of people who worked and lived on a vast commercial farm here known as the Dallas County Trinity Farms from about 1915 to 1946. The farm covered about 3,000 acres of . . . — — Map (db m152235) HM
On Harry Hines Boulevard, on the left when traveling south.
Constructed in 1909 as a 15 million gallons per day primary pumping station for the city water supply, this brick industrial building was designed by Dallas architect C. A. Gill. Its location on high ground afforded protection from floods that had . . . — — Map (db m148943) HM
Early Dallas County settler George W. Glover acquired this land in 1844. The property was first used as a cemetery for the interment of five-year old Sarah Beeman who died on Mar. 22, 1857. In 1872 Glover deeded the property to his son William . . . — — Map (db m158727) HM
On Garland Road, on the right when traveling south.
Early Dallas residents relied on natural springs, Artesian Wells and the Trinity River for their water. By the early 1900s, these sources began to prove inadequate for the growing city. In 1909, under Mayor Stephen J. Hay, the city began acquiring . . . — — Map (db m151483) HM
On South Glasgow Drive, on the left when traveling south.
Built in 1927-28 to serve the growing student population in east Dallas, this was the seventh high school in the city. An important example of the period revivals which characterized architecture of the 1920s, this structure reflects the . . . — — Map (db m151393) HM
On South Buckner Boulevard, on the right when traveling north.
Founded out of concern for dependent, orphaned children, this institution opened in 1879 under the guidance of the Rev. Robert Cooke Buckner (d. 1919). Originally known as Buckner Orphan's Home, the first structure on this site was built in 1880 . . . — — Map (db m158643) HM
On South Ewing Avenue at 13th Street, in the median on South Ewing Avenue.
To the memory of Colonel William G. Cooke and forty other members of the Regular Army Republic of Texas who camped in this vicinity in October, 1840 while locating the Central National Highway. The importance of this military road in the history . . . — — Map (db m153631) HM
Near East Clarendon Drive, 0.2 miles west of South Marsalis Drive, on the right.
The Dallas Zoo traces its history to 1888, when the city purchased two deer and two mountain lions and placed them in pens in the City Park. In the 1890s, with the support of Dallas citizens, the City Council provided funds for the zoo, and . . . — — Map (db m175228) HM
On East 9th Street at North Cliff Street, on the right when traveling east on East 9th Street.
Following Emancipation, formerly enslaved people often formed their own communities, schools and churches. Within these communities, churches acted as vital spiritual, cultural, economic and social resources for African Americans. In Oak Cliff's . . . — — Map (db m211932) HM
In 1870 Samuel Sloan (1811-92) and E. A. Gracey (1837 - 1915) donated five acres of land near the center of the pioneer town of Lisbon, now part of Dallas, as a church and cemetery site. The oldest known grave is that of James J. Dowd, who died . . . — — Map (db m162174) 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
The Overton Cemetery is located near the site of William Perry Overton's home, built in 1853-54, on land originally a portion of the Dugold MacFarland survey No. 985 of 1280 acres. MacFarland received the bounty land from the Republic of Texas for . . . — — Map (db m162127) 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
Near Fannin Trace north of Elm Fork, on the left when traveling north.
Named for Browder family originally owning this site. Springs played key role in founding of Dallas and were principal source of water before a pumping system with city mains was installed. During drouth of 1909-10, springs were reopened to supply . . . — — Map (db m165152) HM
Ninety Cherokee Indians, led by Chief Bowles, immigrated to this area from Arkansas Territory in 1819, but were driven out 2 years later by hostile Indians who resented the intrusion. Remnants of group signed Treaty of Sept. 29, 1843, agreeing to . . . — — Map (db m164952) HM
J. T. Morehead built this dogtrot cabin near Grapevine in Tarrant County in 1854. Later two rooms and a loft were added and the logs covered with siding. In 1857 the property was sold to R. M. Gano (1830 - 1913), a doctor, minister, and Confederate . . . — — Map (db m165563) HM
Built 1847 of cedar logs hewn by hand adzes, pegged in place and caulked with clay. Floored with hand-hewn cedar boards. Chimney stones were quarried near Mountain Creek. First Texas home of Wm. B. Miller (1807 - 1899), who built ante-bellum . . . — — Map (db m165200) HM
William Brown Miller (1807 - 1899) moved from Missouri to Texas in 1847 with his family. In 1855-62 he built this house on his farm east of Dallas. His twelfth child, Minerva (1865 - 1960), inherited the house and named it Millermore. Her husband, . . . — — Map (db m165331) HM
On Gano Street at Main Street, on the right when traveling south on Gano Street.
Indian tribes were once attracted to this park site by a series of natural springs, which became known as Browder Springs after Edward C. Browder (1825 - 1875) acquired the property in 1845. The springs figured in legislation which made Dallas the . . . — — Map (db m164944) 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
On South Houston Street north of Commerce Street, on the right when traveling north.
After Reconstruction, white southerners began adopting laws and codes, known as Jim Crow laws or black codes, that affected everyday life for African Americans. One instrument of enforcement was the threat of violence as well as actual violence, . . . — — Map (db m229630) HM
On Commerce Street, on the right when traveling east.
A.H. Belo Corporation traces its roots to a small company that founded the Galveston "Daily News" on April 11, 1842. The company began publishing the "Texas Almanac" in 1857. Alfred Horatio Belo (1839-1901) bought the company in 1876 and founded . . . — — Map (db m158273) HM
On Ross Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
Prominent newspaper publisher Alfred Horatio Belo (1839-1901) was born in North Carolina. He attained the rank of colonel in the Confederate army and came to Texas at the close of the Civil War (1861-65). He went to work for the "Galveston News" . . . — — Map (db m157388) HM
On Elm Street at North Houston Street, on the right when traveling west on Elm Street.
Dallas dressmaker Abraham Zapruder stood on top of this pedestal (properly called a plinth) with his receptionist, Marilyn Sitzman, standing behind to steady him. He was the only photographer known to have filmed the entire assassination and his . . . — — Map (db m209040) HM
On Commerce Street, on the left when traveling east.
Dallas businessmen persuaded Adolphus Busch (1839-1913), co-founder of the Anheuser Busch Brewing Co., to build the original section of this hotel in 1911-1912. Constructed on the site of the 1880s Dallas City Hall and designed by the St. Louis . . . — — Map (db m157862) HM
On Commerce Street just west of South Houston Street, on the right when traveling east.
Alexander Cockrell came to Dallas area in 1845. After serving in the war with Mexico (1846-47), he filed on 640 acres in the Peters Colony, and married Sarah Horton on Sept. 9, 1847. Cockrell operated a freight line to Houston, Jefferson, and . . . — — Map (db m157958) HM
Near Marilla Street at Young Street, on the right when traveling east.
Alexander Harwood came to Dallas in 1844 from Tennessee. After the death of his first wife Isabella Daniel Harwood in 1851, he married Sarah Peak in 1855. Harwood was elected county clerk six times between 1850 and 1880. He was senior warden of . . . — — Map (db m160335) HM
Kentucky native Barton Warren Stone came to Dallas from Tennessee in 1851. He prospered at farming and the practice of law. In 1852 he helped lead a rebellion against Peters Colony agent H. O. Hedgecoxe. Though initially opposed to Texas' . . . — — Map (db m159629) HM
Adolphus Busch had this building constructed in 1913 as a complementary retail and office facility for his nearby Adolphus Hotel. It was acquired by the Kirby Investment Company in 1919. Designed by the St. Louis architectural firm of Barnett, . . . — — Map (db m157445) HM
On Munger Avenue at Market Street, on the right when traveling west on Munger Avenue.
During the early days of the Republic of Texas, settlers and pioneers coming from the United States entered Texas by crossing the Red River in Northwest Red River County. On the north side of that crossing was the terminus of a U.S. Military . . . — — Map (db m28828) HM
On Young Street at Browder Street, on the right when traveling east on Young Street.
Pioneer John Neely Bryan (1810 - 1877) settled on the banks of the Trinity River just west of this site in 1841. A town he called Dallas grew up around his cabin. Chosen as county seat four years after the creation of Dallas County in 1846, the . . . — — Map (db m160234) HM
The unincorporated town of Dallas was designated as a postoffice by the Republic of Texas in 1843. The County of Dallas was created by the first Legislature of Texas on March 30, 1846 from portions of Robertson and Nacogdoches counties. Both city . . . — — Map (db m158020) HM
Designed by the prominent Dallas architectural firm of Lang and Witchell, this Gothic Revival style building was erected in 1927-28 to house Dallas County records, offices, and courtrooms. First known as the Hall of Records, the current name was . . . — — Map (db m43461) HM
On Harwood Street at Young Street, on the right when traveling north on Harwood Street.
Samuel P. Cochran (1855 - 1936), a prominent Mason and community leader, headed the committee that initiated plans for this building in 1902. Masonic officials assembled for the cornerstone laying in March 1907 and for the dedication ceremony in . . . — — Map (db m159898) HM
On Houston Street (State Highway 354) at Main Street, on the right when traveling south on Houston Street.
Within this small park was built the first home, which also served as the first courthouse and post office, the first store and the first fraternal lodge.
Dedicated to the pioneers of civic progress by order of the Park Board. — — Map (db m4675) HM
Dealey Plaza has been designated a National Historic Landmark.
This site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America.
1993, National Park Service - United States Department of the Interior. . . . — — Map (db m4677) HM
On North Ervay Street at Patterson Street, on the right when traveling north on North Ervay Street.
Organized 1868; first building (1871) on this site was one-room frame structure, which members financed by weaving rugs, making hominy, preserves, and cheese to sell at fairs near Dallas, then a frontier town of 2,500. Section of Victorian-style, . . . — — Map (db m157484) HM
On South Record Street just south of Main Street, on the right when traveling south.
Although the ratification of the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted women the right to vote in 1920, women were not permitted to serve on juries in Texas until 1954. Efforts to add women to jury lists began soon after passage of the . . . — — Map (db m157921) HM
On Ross Avenue at N Harwood Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Ross Avenue.
Methodism in Dallas traces its roots to as early as 1846, when the small village was a stopping point for Methodist circuit riders. The first organized group of Methodists met in November 1850, and continued for almost 20 years without a building of . . . — — Map (db m135399) HM
On Elm Street (State Highway 354) at North Houston Street (State Highway 354) on Elm Street.
This site was originally owned by John Neely Bryan, the founder of Dallas. During the 1880s French native Maxime Guillot operated a wagon shop here. In 1894 the land was purchased by Phil L. Mitchell, President and Director of Rock Island Plow . . . — — Map (db m4661) HM
On Jackson Street, on the left when traveling west.
Designed by the noted Dallas architectural firm of Lang and Witchell, this building was constructed to house the dry goods manufacturing and distributing business of the Higginbotham - Bailey - Logan Co. (known as Higginbotham - Bailey after . . . — — Map (db m157826) HM
On North Market Street north of Ross Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
Constructed in 1909, this building was first occupied in 1910 by the Hobson Electric company. The warehouse was next leased to the Maroney Hardware Company, which was bought in 1926 by Rufus W. Higginbotham and Hyman Pearlstone, owners of the . . . — — Map (db m166665) HM
Near North Harwood Street at Main Street, on the left when traveling north.
Designed by the architectural firm of Lang and Witchell, this hotel was built in 1925 for Conrad Hilton, and was the first to bear the Hilton name. The hotel advertised comfortable guest rooms and superior service at moderate prices. The . . . — — Map (db m138148) HM
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
On Main Street near S. Record Street, on the right when traveling east. Reported permanently removed.
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 dedicated on . . . — — Map (db m4672) HM
President John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963) was assassinated in Dallas, two hundred
yards from this location, on November 22, 1963. This event changed the city-and the
world-forever. Dedicated on June 24, 1970, the John F. Kennedy Memorial . . . — — Map (db m244629) 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
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 . . . — — Map (db m24929) HM
Kentucky native John W. Lane (1835-1888) was a member of Tannehill Lodge No. 52 AF&AM. Trained as a printer, he came to Dallas in 1859 and worked for the Dallas Herald newspaper. He married Elizabeth Crutchfield in 1860 and the next year joined . . . — — Map (db m160398) 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
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
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
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
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 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 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 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
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
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 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 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 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 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
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 South Akard Street, on the right when traveling north.
Erected in 1921-22, this building housed the offices of Magnolia Petroleum Co., later Mobil Oil Co. It was designed by Sir Alfred C. Bossom (1881 - 1965), noted British architect, and built at a cost of $4 million. The tallest structure in Dallas . . . — — Map (db m157855) HM
Designated as public land in John Neely Bryan's 1844 city plat, this was the site of a log courthouse built after Dallas County was created in 1846. When Dallas won election as permanent county seat in 1850, Bryan deeded the property to the county, . . . — — Map (db m157874) HM
Georgia native Trezevant Calhoun Hawpe, a widower, moved from Tennessee to Dallas County with his son. He married Electa Underwood Bethurum in 1848. Elected Dallas County sheriff in 1850, he served two terms. He later was justice of the peace and . . . — — Map (db m159784) HM
On South Houston Street, on the right when traveling south.
By the early 1900s, Dallas needed a single rail terminal for the numerous railroads serving the city. In 1912 seven rail lines formed the Union Terminal Co. They hired Chicago architect Jarvis Hunt, who designed this Neo-classical building with an . . . — — Map (db m157823) HM
On Elm Street at N Houston, on the right on Elm Street.
This is Dealey Plaza, known as "The Front Door of Dallas” since its
dedication in 1936 but remembered today as the assassination site
of President John F. Kennedy in 1963. Dealey Plaza was the end of
the presidential motorcade prior to . . . — — Map (db m208925) HM
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