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By Gregory Walker, February 5, 2010
Columbus Waterworks
GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| On Front Street at Spring Street, on the right when traveling north on Front Street. |
| | In 1824 the Mexican government granted to Elizabeth Tumlinson and her heirs the land and water rights to this area in the center of Stephen F. Austin's colony. The town of Columbus developed from a small frontier community. A fire in May 1883 . . . — — Map (db m28807) HM |
| On Travis Street at Spring Street, on the right when traveling north on Travis Street. |
| | Known as first drugstore in Republic of Texas. Founded 1844 by Dr. John G. Logue (1815-1861), who came here after graduation (1842) from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. A partner of his for a time was Dr. John H. Bowers, physician (1836) to . . . — — Map (db m76891) HM |
| On Business State Highway 71 at Robson, on the right when traveling north on State Highway 71Business . |
| | Robert Robson (1804-1878), one of many Scotsmen seeking fortune in North America, came to the Texas Republic in 1839. On land he owned at this site, he built a concrete "castle," using native lime and gravel. It had running water, pumped from the . . . — — Map (db m28325) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 102 0.5 miles south of Carter Walker Lane, on the left when traveling south. |
| | The Sugar Industry, which began in Texas before the Civil War (1861-65), was revived in the late 1800s by cheaper refining methods. One of the leading sugar producers in Colorado County was William Dunovant. In 1898 he and several men from Eagle . . . — — Map (db m30155) HM |
| Near Gruene Road at Hunter Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Built on the site of an earlier grist mill, the Gruene cotton gin was constructed in 1878 by H.D. Gruene. Powered by the Guadalupe River, the gin was steam-operated and served to process the vast amounts of cotton grown in the area. The gin played . . . — — Map (db m71562) HM |
| On Gruene Road south of Hunter Road, on the left when traveling south. |
| | On this green bank, by this soft stream, we set today two votive milestones, that memory may their deeds redeem, when like our sires, our grandsons and daughters too are gone!!
Born in New Braunfels, Henry D. Gruene (1850-1920) was the son of . . . — — Map (db m71558) HM |
| On East San Antonio Street at Main Plaza, on the right when traveling north on East San Antonio Street. |
| | In 1846, one year after New Braunfels was founded, a mercantile company owned by James Ferguson and Henry Hessler opened on the corner of Castell and San Antonio streets. By 1858, both men had died and Ernst Scherff, an employee, purchased the . . . — — Map (db m130113) HM |
| On State Highway 46 at Landa Park Drive, on the right when traveling west on State Highway 46. |
| | Virginia native William H. Meriwether (b. 1800), an early Comal County plantation owner, ran a sawmill, cotton gin and gristmill at this site. As an agriculturalist, he was aware of the need for an economical and practical source of fencing . . . — — Map (db m156486) HM |
| On South Seguin Avenue north of Butcher Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Johann Michael Jahn (1816-1883) came to New Braunfels in 1845 as a colonist with the German Emigration Company. He married Anna Klein Bellmer in 1850. A "Tischlermeister" or master craftsman, Jahn established a business making fine hand-crafted . . . — — Map (db m150980) HM |
| Near Landa Park Drive (California Boulevard) at Monument Drive. |
| | Joseph Landa purchased the land that now encompasses this park in 1859. The Comal Springs, the largest group of springs in the American Southwest, are the focus of the park. Landa used the Comal River to power gristmills, cotton and woolen . . . — — Map (db m156485) HM |
| On West San Antonio Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Victorian embellishments distinguish this structure, built 1893 by noted local contractor Christian Herry.
Owner Louis Henne (1840-1912) worked in the family tin shop next door, expanded to this site. Third generation now conducts this . . . — — Map (db m130131) HM |
| On East San Antonio Street at North Seguin Avenue, on the right when traveling west on East San Antonio Street. |
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Early inhabitants of this area included Karankawa, Lipan, Tonkawa and Waco Indians.
Between 1844 and 1846, the Verein Zum Schutze Deutscher Einwanderer in Texas (Society for the protection of German immigrants in Texas) sent more than . . . — — Map (db m111232) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 1102 at Malone Street, on the right when traveling east on Road 1102. |
| | Rileys Tavern, Hunter's oldest business, is housed in a circa 1895 building that was the Galloway Saloon and later home to the Bernardino Sanchez family. In 1933, Texas was the 23rd state to vote for the repeal of Prohibition. Shortly thereafter, . . . — — Map (db m150961) HM |
| On Main Plaza at North Seguin Avenue (Business State Highway 46), on the right when traveling south on Main Plaza. |
| | First portion - of local cedar and limestone - was built about 1851 by Rudolph Nauendorf. Early German immigrant Jacob Schmitz bought building in 1858 as new location of his "Guadalupe Hotel."
Old World atmosphere of the inn-stagestand was . . . — — Map (db m130115) HM |
| On South Castell Avenue 0.1 miles south of West San Antonio Street, on the right when traveling south. |
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The traditions of spaß (fun) and gemütlichkeit (fellowship) came with the German immigrants to the Texas frontier in 1845.
From the time of their arrival, settlers had to rely on their own skills and ingenuity to provide the necessities of . . . — — Map (db m111255) HM |
| On Grand Avenue west of Houston Street, on the right when traveling west. |
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Army engineers laid out a military road in this area in 1850. By 1855 thirty to forty families had settled in the vicinity. Comanche County was created in 1856, and Comanche became the second county seat in 1859. Its citizens, who entertained . . . — — Map (db m72309) HM |
| On Houston Street north of Central Avenue (U.S. 67/377), on the left when traveling north. |
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In 1874 there were 2 buildings located at this site, a grocery store owned by J. B. Green and a saloon owned by M. T. Overstreet. In 1889 W. M. Reese established the William Reese Drug Company, described as the largest drugstore between Fort . . . — — Map (db m72305) HM |
| On Houston Street at Grand Avenue, on the left when traveling north on Houston Street. |
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The original title to this property was given to John Carnes by Comanche County in Feb. 1860. The first structure appearing around 1873 deeded to George L. Wright then to W.J. McLean. From McLean to John Elliott and B.F. Wright in Dec. 1876. The . . . — — Map (db m72308) HM |
| On Houston Street north of Central Avenue (U.S. 67/377), on the left when traveling north. |
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William Martin and D. C. Byrne constructed this building in March of 1881. It was sold in September of 1881 to Hill, Moore and Co. for $2000.00. W. R. Slider sold the property to Harry Brin in 1914 for $5000.00 in cash. Mr. Brin established the . . . — — Map (db m72306) HM |
| On Houston Street south of Central Avenue (U.S. 67/377), on the left when traveling north. |
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The original building on this site was erected in May 1873. A deed of trust from Martha and G L Wright was given to a Mr. Crow from Stephenville, TX. In February 1874 James Buchanan paid G L Wright $850.00 in gold coins for the property. The . . . — — Map (db m72307) HM |
| On East California Street (State Highway 51) at South Rusk Street, on the left when traveling west on East California Street. |
| | The development of barbed wire fencing had a revolutionary impact on the economy and settlement pattern in Texas. In 1874, Joseph Glidden of Illinois received a patent for his barbed wire. By 1875, Henry B. Sanborn had come to North Texas as . . . — — Map (db m96753) HM |
| On West California Street (Farm to Market Road 51) west of Frontage Interstate 35 Frontage Road, on the right when traveling west. |
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Cooke County
C.S.A.
Military, defense center in Civil War. Cooke voted 231 to 137 anti-secession, yet nine military units served Confederacy from here. In constant danger of Federal or Indian attack. Col. Wm. . . . — — Map (db m121778) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 1278 0.8 miles east of Farm to Market Road 451. |
| | Drought conditions in the early 1900s prompted local rancher W. Q. Richards in 1903-04 to subdivide land in this area into small farms complete with water wells. A farming community known as "Richards Colony" or "Dutch Colony" developed here. In . . . — — Map (db m155163) HM |
| On Ranch to Market Road 1440 8.4 miles west of U.S. 62, on the left when traveling west. |
| | The CV cattle brand was first registered in 1850 in McLennan County by Claiborne Varner. In 1856 his brother in law, J. Wes Sheek, and Sheek's stepbrother Charles Goodnight took the CV herd westward. Sheek bought Goodnight's portion of the herd in . . . — — Map (db m155167) HM |
| On U.S. 385 7.4 miles north of Texas Highway 329, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Since 1839 Texas has set aside her public lands to finance education. The University of Texas at Austin acquired the land at this site in 1883, after the first owner, a railroad company, returned it to the state as worthless. For years McElroy Ranch . . . — — Map (db m85571) HM |
| On West 6th Street (State Highway 329) east of South Sue Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | A natural salt deposit, known and used for the past 300 years. On land grant from Mexico to Juan Cordova; name, misread on maps, is now unique to lake.
Apaches were encountered here by explorers in 1683. From days of early settlers, Mexicans . . . — — Map (db m118270) HM |
| On 11th Street (Loop State Highway 466) at Avenue E (State Highway 163), on the right when traveling west on 11th Street. Reported missing. |
| | A native of Illinois, E. M. Powell was a surveyor and railroad engineer in Kentucky before moving to Texas in 1874. He worked as a surveyor during the railroad construction boom in Texas in the 1870s, taking parcels of land in payment for his . . . — — Map (db m143982) HM |
| On 9th Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Built about 1893. From its early days, boarded teachers, visiting athletic teams and business callers in city.
Noted guests of 1919-1921 were geologists and lease men seeking to develop the now-significant oil fields of Crockett . . . — — Map (db m116349) HM |
| On Avenue E south of 9th Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Constructed 1905 for county's first financial institution.
Organized by cattle and sheep ranchers and the town's doctor.
During construction of native stone building, banking was done next door in store of L. B. Cox, vice-president. J. W. . . . — — Map (db m116315) HM |
| On State Highway 163, on the left when traveling north. |
| | By the 1920s many ranchers in Crockett County had fenced their land, preventing their neighbors from driving sheep and cattle to the railroad shipping point in Barnhart (23 miles north of here). A solution to the problem was offered by the . . . — — Map (db m116311) HM |
| On Water Works Drive, on the right when traveling north. |
| | This site was selected for the Crockett County seat in 1891 because of a producing water well (200' northwest). Joe Moss, who drilled for water throughout the area, dug the well for E. M. Powell (1847-1925), railroad surveyor, financier, and land . . . — — Map (db m116593) HM |
| On State Highway 163 18.1 miles south of Interstate 10, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Flagstone ruins nearby mark site of early 1900s stage stand, first stop on passenger and mail line connecting Ozona with Southern Pacific railhead at Comstock — 80 miles distant.
When stage pulled in about 8:30 A.M. (having left Ozona at . . . — — Map (db m79331) HM |
| On State Highway 290 8.8 miles south of Interstate 10, on the left when traveling west. |
| | First known to civilized men in the 18th century, when, according to legend, Franciscan Padre Alvarez prayed for water to ease his thirst, put down his staff, and saw a spring gush forth from the ground. This landmark of western travel was named for . . . — — Map (db m85005) HM |
| On State Highway 290 8.8 miles south of Interstate 10, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Route of march and troop supply on Texas frontier. Followed in part pre-Columbian Indian trails and "Old Chihuahua Trail" that ran from San Antonio to El Paso and Mexico. In 1840s this was extended to Gulf Coast Port of Indianola where imported . . . — — Map (db m126683) HM |
| On West Main Street at North Berkshire Avenue, on the right when traveling west on West Main Street. |
| | Site of Crosbyton's first bank. In 1909, First State Bank (soon named First National) opened in a new two-story concrete block and stone building, erected by C. B. Livestock Company. For bank, office use.
In 1917, Citizens National Bank (est. . . . — — Map (db m105215) HM |
| On West Main Street at South Berkshire Avenue, on the right when traveling east on West Main Street. |
| | First to set up a post office and to farm in Crosby County; first to break land and drill a water well on High Plains.
At start of Civil War, he was miner at Pinos Altos, New Mexico and joined in moves to take gold and silver mines for South. . . . — — Map (db m105193) HM |
| On U.S. 180/62, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Dedicated to the Airmen who, like the stage drivers before them, challenged the elements through this pass with the pioneer spirit and courage which resulted in a vast system of airline transport known as "American Airlines". . . . — — Map (db m30349) HM |
| On Broadway Street east of Addison Road, on the left when traveling east. |
| | This building was completed in 1913 to house the Addison State Bank, which had been organized the previous year to serve the new railroad community of Addison. After the bank's demise in 1926, the brick commercial structure served as a mercantile . . . — — Map (db m105158) HM |
| On South Coppell Road at West Bethel Road, on the right when traveling north on South Coppell Road. |
| | This Park commemorates the rich history of the town of Coppell, which began here in the late 1870s along present Bethel and Coppell Roads. This was downtown Coppell, the location of general stores, a post office, a bank, a drug store, blacksmiths, . . . — — Map (db m151084) |
| On South Coppell Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | This building was Coppell's first fire station, built by J. T, Maynard in 1958. A siren beside it would sound when someone called the department's phone number. Anyone around at the time would hurry to answer the phone while the town's volunteer . . . — — Map (db m151093) HM |
| On West Bethel Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | The businesses on this road formed the heart of Coppell (formerly known as Gibbs) beginning in the late 1870s. To the left were a general store and a dry goods store. One housed the town's first post office, and the other eventually was used as a . . . — — Map (db m151090) HM |
| On West Bethel Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | The building on the right was a small house - formerly used as a telephone operator's office - when Floyd and Clayta Harwell bought it in 1932. They expanded it and added a large room on the west side which served as Floyd's barbershop. In 1956, . . . — — Map (db m151091) HM |
| On South Coppell Road north of Hearthstone Lane, on the right when traveling north. |
| | A small grocery store remodeled to resemble the first Minyard store
in East Dallas and moved to Minyard Corporate Offices in Coppell in 1980.
Donated to the City of Coppell by the Minyard family and moved from its original site, 1720 feet due . . . — — Map (db m151088) 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 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. |
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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 |
| On Main Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | 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 North Henderson Avenue at Willis Avenue, on the right when traveling south on North Henderson Avenue. |
| | Charles Stevens Dilbeck (1907-1990) was the son of a builder and lumberman. He grew up in Fort Smith, Arkansas and Tulsa, Oklahoma, learning his trade from his father. He legendarily designed and built his first project, a Tulsa church, at age . . . — — Map (db m159079) 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 |
| On Gaston Avenue, on the right when traveling north. |
| | The first permanent settlement in this area began in the years before the Civil War. Principal among the pioneers were farmer Jefferson Peak, banker and rancher W. H. Gaston, and brothers-in-law Henry Boll and Jacob Nussbaumer, who were natives of . . . — — Map (db m152053) HM |
| On Glory Avenue at Love Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Glory Avenue. |
| | Christopher Columbus Slaughter was the first native born cattle king of Texas. While living on the west Texas frontier he was a ranger, Confederate beef supplier, and trail driver. His ranching empire, including the Long S and Lazy S ranches, . . . — — Map (db m72329) HM |
| On Main Street at S Haskell Avenue, on the left when traveling north on Main Street. |
| | Rapid long distance communications came to Dallas in 1872 when the first telegraph lines arrived with the Houston & Central Texas Railroad. The first telephone line in Dallas ran from the city's water supply at Browder Springs to the firehouse at . . . — — Map (db m152147) HM |
| On Esplanade Place 0.1 miles south of Washington Street, on the right. |
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This historic building was erected as part of Texas' Centennial Exposition of 1936. Funded by the Continental Oil Company, the building was designed by Architect W.R. Brown to emulate a southern colonial mansion, most evident in the grandiose . . . — — Map (db m152148) HM |
| On N. Houston Street (State Highway 354) at Main Street, on the right when traveling south on N. 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 |
| On Chalk Hill Road, on the left when traveling south. |
| | The Eagle Ford Community developed just east of an important early crossing on the west fork of the Trinity River. Among the early settlers of the area was the family of Enoch Horton (1777 - 1851). Arriving in November 1844, they established . . . — — Map (db m153801) HM |
| On Clymer Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | The Southwestern States Portland Cement Company was established in this area in 1909. Many of the company's employees were Mexican immigrants who came to this area to escape the Mexican Revolution. The company name was changed after Trinity . . . — — Map (db m153708) 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 |
| 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 |
| | 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 |
| On Elm Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | 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 |
| | 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 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 |
| 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 |
| On Elm Street, on the left when traveling west. |
| | One of the first companies in the nation granted franchise rights for the distribution of Coca-Cola in bottles, the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Dallas produced the city's first bottle of Coca-Cola on this site on June 10, 1902. J.T. Lupton of . . . — — Map (db m152107) HM |
| On La Vista Drive, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Mississippi native Robert Campbell Stubbs (1869-1927) moved to Dallas in 1887 and established a paving business with his father, George W. Stubbs. In 1897, R. C. Stubbs married Marie M. Henke (d. 1957) of Berlin, Germany. Dallas' economic growth . . . — — Map (db m151480) 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 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 Seale Street at Sylvan Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Seale Street. |
| | In 1915, when public transportation was non-existent in the western part of Dallas, Victor Clifford Bilbo (1894-1968) began operating a jitney (small bus) line from downtown to Cement City, Gates, Sowers, Irving, and other outlying communities. . . . — — Map (db m152451) 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 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 |
| Near McKinney Avenue at Boll Street. |
| | After the Civil War Ahab Bowen acquired this land, then an area of grape vineyards and small farms. In 1891 he sold the lot to J. B. Franklin, who erected this brick structure. James McNab (d. 1924) operated a neighborhood grocery here in . . . — — Map (db m156741) HM |
| On Maple Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Thomas L. Bradford, who built this home by 1907, was a mayor, capitalist and philanthropist. Born in Louisiana in 1869, he moved to Dallas in the 1890s and became an entrepreneur before working in Southwestern Life Insurance company's finance . . . — — Map (db m148972) 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 |
| 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 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 North Good Latimer Expressway, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Pioneer African American architect William Sidney Pittman was born in Montgomery, Alabama on April 21, 1875. Pittman attended segregated public schools in Montgomery and Birmingham before enrolling at the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute . . . — — Map (db m158474) HM |
| On West Jefferson Boulevard, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Promoted as Dallas' ideal suburb, Winnetka Heights was platted in 1908 on a tract of land that was originally included in the midway addition to the city. The neighborhood's developers, outstanding men who made other significant contributions to . . . — — Map (db m152495) HM |
| On North Main Street at E. Davis Street, on the right when traveling north on North Main Street. |
| | This area was first settled in the 1840s and 1850s by pioneer farmers and ranchers. In 1881 the Chicago, Texas & Mexican Central Railroad extended a line here and constructed a switching station. John Duncan, who lived in the vicinity, was . . . — — Map (db m154591) HM |
| On Golfing Green Drive, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Named for enterprise of R. J. West (B. 1811), an 1845 settler and an organizer of Dallas County in 1846. West had tanyard (4/10 MI. SW) on this creek about 1846. To meet demand, half-cured hides came from his vats, giving name "Rawhide" to the . . . — — Map (db m148640) HM |
| On South Fourth Street, on the right when traveling north. Reported missing. |
| | Contributing Structure Garland Downtown Historic District National Register of Historic Places — — Map (db m149746) HM |
| On 6th Street near Main Street. |
| | Settlement of this area began in the 1840s. A small community named Duck Creek was established and by 1846 a log cabin was serving as a community center, school, and Union Church. Early businesses included a general store, grist mill, and cotton . . . — — Map (db m148092) HM |
| On Main Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | In 1920, Garland businessman W. H. Roach and his son Haskell, recently graduated from Baylor University, acquired the retail grocery operation of M. D. Williams' mercantile store and began business on the south side of the town's square as Roach . . . — — Map (db m149751) HM |
| | Constructed in 1901 by the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railroad, and designed by a railroad systems engineer. Replaced an earlier depot built when the city of Garland was founded in 1888. No exterior alterations were made, and only a waiting room . . . — — Map (db m147585) HM |
| On Avion Parkway, on the left when traveling east. |
| | As early as the mid-1940s, housing was scarce in Dallas as well as in other centers of defense production and military activity throughout the nation. The private housing industry was unable to keep up with the demand for shelter in these areas. . . . — — Map (db m153771) HM |
| On West Irving Boulevard west of North Sowers Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Permanent settlement in this part of Dallas County began before the Civil War with the establishment of small farming communities and supply centers. In the early years of the 20th century, while working on the construction of the Rock Island . . . — — Map (db m150535) HM |
| Near West Pioneer Drive west of West Grauwyler Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Mississippi native D. W. Gilbert came to Texas in 1874. Graduated from Missouri Medical College in 1881, he began his practice in Euless and Grapevine. In 1884 he moved to Sowers, purchased 1500 acres of farmland, planted a peach orchard and . . . — — Map (db m150487) HM |
| On Jackson Street east of Gilbert Road, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Jackie Mae Townsell has devoted her life to preserving the rich history of Bear Creek and providing a better way of life for the people who call this community home. Born April 7, 1936, Jackie Howard was 13 years old when her family moved from . . . — — Map (db m95999) HM |
| On East Irving Boulevard at East 6th Street, on the right when traveling east on East Irving Boulevard. |
| | Virginia natives John W. and Jestine Gorbit had a farm in this area by 1850. A settlement known as Gorbit grew up around it and became a stop on a pre-Civil War postal route. In 1855, Jonathan Story moved here from Illinois with his wife and 13 . . . — — Map (db m150557) HM |
| On TX-356 Service Road at North Story Road, on the right when traveling west on TX-356 Service Road. |
| | Mississippi native Daniel Webster "D.W." Gilbert (1854-1930) was one of three brothers who became Texas doctors. At age 20, he joined his brother, Franklin Monroe Gilbert, in Grapevine and began to study medicine under him. In 1879, he enrolled at . . . — — Map (db m150522) HM |
| On West Pioneer Drive east of Fouts Drive, on the left when traveling east. |
| | By 1856, Edmund D. and Freelove Sowers, who came to Texas from Illinois, owned land in this vicinity. Along with their neighbors, including Jacob and Henry Caster, and William and Lucinda Haley, they farmed, hunted game and cut timber. Ed Sowers . . . — — Map (db m150477) HM |
| On East Grauwyler Road, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Attracted to the fertile land along the Elm Fork of the Trinity River, settlers first came to this area in the mid-19th century. William and Virginia Smith, of Pennsylvania, arrived in 1879. Soon thereafter, Charles and Lucy (Santerre) Voirin . . . — — Map (db m150547) HM |
| On 2nd Street west of Center Street, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Lucy Frances Jeffries (1840-1931) of Virginia married Henry Head, and while bringing up their four children discovered her talent for cooking. From 1891 to 1918, in her large home on this site, Mrs. Head operated a boarding house famous for good . . . — — Map (db m150202) HM |
| On North Dallas Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Madison Moultrie Miller (1814-60) came west from Alabama and served under W. W. "Bigfoot" Wallace in 1844-45 as a Texas Ranger. Settling here in 1846 with a motherless daughter and son, he soon married Mary (Polly) Parks Rawlins, daughter of this . . . — — Map (db m152608) HM |
| On South Centre Avenue at E. Main Street, on the left when traveling south on South Centre Avenue. |
| | Founded by A. Bledsoe (1801 - 1882), from Kentucky, joined by his son-in-law, Roderick A. Rawlins (1833 - 1910), and Mrs. Mildred Parks Rawlins (1789 - 1875). The elder Rawlins family came to this locality in 1844. Bledsoe, later to become Texas . . . — — Map (db m152519) HM |
| On Broad Street west of Lancaster Avenue, on the left when traveling west. |
| | In May 1873, Texas & Pacific Railroad engineer A.R. Alcott platted a new depot town named Mesquite. The post office opened the following year. The community developed along the rail line, with businesses initially facing Front Street. As the town . . . — — Map (db m150835) HM |
| On Highway 352 east of Rugel Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Three generations of a Mesquite family made important contributions to the city's commerce, schools and fine arts. Tennessee native Nathaniel A. Holley (1861-1947) came to the area in 1884, farming 40 acres near Balch Springs and raising sugar . . . — — Map (db m147583) HM |
| On Town Centre Drive east of Interstate 635 Service Road, on the left when traveling east. |
| | Confederate veteran Benjamin Franklin Galloway (1833-1912) And his wife Eliza (Fletcher) (1852-1883) came to Texas from Tennessee in 1872. Their son Bedford Forest is said to have been born in a covered wagon at Duck Creek (Garland) in 1873. They . . . — — Map (db m150827) HM |
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