On West Trinity Street near South Bois D'Arc Street, on the right when traveling east.
On October 5, 1899, Edward H. R. Green drove his newly-acquired "St. Louis" automobile from Terrell to Dallas. Accompanied by the car's manufacturer, George B. Dorris, Green passed through Forney on his historic journey. The five-and-one-half-hour, . . . — — Map (db m95469) HM
On East US Highway 80 east of North McGraw Street, on the right when traveling east.
Following the arrival of the Texas and Pacific Railroad in the village of Brooklyn in 1873, the town name was changed to Forney in honor of John Wein Forney, a director of the railroad. The local Masonic Lodge was organized the same year, using the . . . — — Map (db m95786) HM
On South Bois d'Arc Street south of Elm Street, on the right when traveling south.
Built in 1910, this home dates from a period of economic boom enjoyed by the town of Forney from 1873 until 1929. It was constructed for Georgia native Dick Parmenas Moore (1869-1943), a merchant who owned a large amount of cotton acreage in the . . . — — Map (db m95787) HM
On South Bois d'Arc Street at West Main Street, on the right when traveling south on South Bois d'Arc Street.
In the early 20th century, soon after the development of the automobile, travelers, city officials and others began planning for a network of paved overland routes. In the era before the advent of the interstate highway system, road associations . . . — — Map (db m95788) HM
Near Farm to Market Road 1641, 0.3 miles east of Nicole Lane, on the right when traveling east.
This church was created by the merger of two congregations. Before the town of Brooklyn was renamed Forney, the Brooklyn Church of the Presbytery of Bacon of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church was organized in 1872. A second congregation, the Forney . . . — — Map (db m95790) HM
On South Bois D'Arc Street near East Main Street, on the right when traveling north.
A Native American trail, sometimes referred to as the Kickapoo Trace, and early Anglo-American roads traversed this area prior to the settlement of the pioneer families of Isaac Briscoe and Jacob Sheltman in the mid-1840s. By 1871 a village called . . . — — Map (db m95466) HM
On College Street at South Bois d'Arc Street, on the left when traveling west on College Street.
Forney's first schoolhouse was built here about 1868, and its first general store was built nearby by pioneer settler John C. McKellar in 1871. This building was erected by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1938-39. Designed by WPA . . . — — Map (db m95791) HM
On South Bois d'Arc Street at College Street, on the right when traveling south on South Bois d'Arc Street.
Public education began in Forney (then named Brooklyn) about 1868 when a 16' x 16' room was built, serving as both a schoolhouse and Union church. Forney School District No. 9, formed in 1876, was part of a county-wide school system. In 1889 the . . . — — Map (db m95793) HM
On West Broad Street (Farm to Market Road 688) 0.1 miles west of Pinson Road, on the left when traveling west.
After the community of Brooklyn was relocated and renamed Forney when the Texas and Pacific Railroad was built through here in 1873, its early burial ground was no longer convenient to the town. In 1878, a committee of civic leaders organized the . . . — — Map (db m95794) HM
On South Center Street, 0.1 miles north of East Church Street, on the right when traveling north.
Originally built in 1873 by landowner and merchant John Alexander McKellar (1813-1875), this house was remodeled to its current appearance by his son, B. Yancy McKellar (1859-1916) about 1902. Features of the colonial revival structure include . . . — — Map (db m95795) HM
On West Broad Street (Farm to Market Road 688) at Burgett Street, on the left when traveling west on West Broad Street.
The Forney Messenger is the oldest newspaper in continuous operation in Forney. Founded in 1896 by M.J. Cox, the first issue was printed on April 16 and contained a personal column, school news, a local church directory, and news from surrounding . . . — — Map (db m95796) HM
On East Main Street at Elm Street, on the left when traveling east on East Main Street.
A native of Kaufman County, Walter Dickson Adams (1872-1961) came to Forney in 1887. In 1893 he purchased the F.M. Adams Drugstore, a successor of the R.C. Dansby Drugstore established in 1878. He was the town's most prominent druggist for the next . . . — — Map (db m95798) HM
Near South Center Street at East Brooks Street, on the right when traveling south.
Designed by Dallas Architect Charles Alexander Gill and built on a lot received as a wedding gift from Yancy McKellar, this was the home of local business and civic leaders William A. and Blanche Brooks and their family. Built in the Queen Anne . . . — — Map (db m95800) HM
On Elm Street at East Main Street, on the left when traveling south on Elm Street.
William Madison "Gooseneck Bill" McDonald was born in 1866 near Johnson Point, a small community southeast of Terrell. His parents, former slaves, were George McDonald, born in Tennessee, and Flora Scott McDonald, born in Alabama. His mother died . . . — — Map (db m95801) HM
