Parker
Baker Community
Weatherford, TX
Baker Community Settlement in this part of Parker County began in earnest in the 1850s and the county was formally established in 1855.
Citizens National Bank
Weatherford, TX
James Robertson (J.R.) Couts (1833-1904), a native of Tennessee, brought his family to Texas in 1858.
City of Aledo
Aledo, TX
In 1849, the U. S. Army built Fort Worth to establish a line of defense against Indian raids and also to protect Indian lands from...
City of Springtown
Springtown, TX
In 1856, Captain Joseph Ward, a native of New Jersey, settled on a creek fed by numerous springs seventeen miles northeast of Weatherford.
First National Bank of Weatherford
Weatherford, TX
Founded in 1880, this is the fifth oldest federally chartered bank operating in Texas.
Franco-Texan Land Company Building
Weatherford, TX
In the late 19th century, this building was a center for political and economic life for the town of Weatherford and for Parker County.
Isaac Parker
Weatherford, TX
(Apr. 7, 1793 - Apr. 14, 1883) A native of Georgia, Isaac Parker came to Texas in 1833 as part of the pioneer family that built Ft....
James Claude Wright House
Weatherford, TX
On September 20, 1898, Robert P. Lowe and his wife purchased the property at this site.
Lawson Daniel Gratz
Born on September 15, 1839 in Mason County, Kentucky on the plantation of Benjamin Gratz, Lawson Gratz worked as a farmer for his owner...
Oliver Loving
Weatherford, TX
Founder of three major cattle trails, Oliver Loving came from Kentucky to Texas in 1845 and to Parker County about 1855.
Original Plant of Acme Brick Company
Millsap, TX
(4.3 miles northwest) First manufacturer in Texas to make high grade pressed brick.
Parker County, C.S.A.
Weatherford, TX
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...
Samuel Willis Tucker Lanham
Weatherford, TX
S.W.T. Lanham was born on July 4, 1846 to James and Louisa (Tucker) Lanham in South Carolina.
Spring Creek Community
Weatherford, TX
Settlement of this area of Parker County began in 1854, with the arrival of the T.J. Shaw family from Tennessee.
Weatherford
Weatherford, TX
Founded 1856. Named for Jefferson Weatherford, state senator and a confederate soldier.
Weatherford Post Office
Weatherford, TX
A postal station was first established in Weatherford in 1856.
Weatherford, Mineral Wells and Northwestern Railway
Cool, TX
In 1852, years before the nation's first transcontinental rail line was completed in 1869, the Texas Legislature chartered what would...
Woolfolk-Mc Call House
Weatherford, TX
One of the first brick homes in Weatherford, this structure was begun in late 1860s and occupied by Joseph A. Woolfolk (1836-1918), one...