Tarrant

Arlington, TX

Reverend Andrew Shannon Hayter (1818-1900) was one of the earliest settlers in this area, and is considered by many to be the "Father of...

Haltom City, TX

A native of Pennsylvania, Archibald Franklin Leonard (1816-1876) moved to Missouri in the 1830s where he married Mary Ann Foster...

After working as a Pullman porter for the Santa Fe Railroad, James Nathan Baker, Sr. decided to open a funeral home in 1917 for...

Arlington, TX

THE BANKHEAD HIGHWAY, OFTEN REFERRED TO LOCALLY AS THE “DALLAS PIKE” EAST OF CENTER STREET AND THE “FORT WORTH PIKE” WEST OF THAT ROAD,...

Colleyville, TX

A post office with the name Bransford opened in this vicinity in the late 19th century.

Headquarters, 36th Division, United States Army, 1917-1919.

During World War I, the 36th nfantry division included Choctaw Nation soldiers training at Fort Bowie.

Arlington, TX

The city of Arlington developed along the juncture of two distinct ecological regions, the Blackland Prairie and the Eastern Cross Timbers.

Until 1908, The Annual Fort Worth Fat Stock Show was held in a variety of locations.

Euless, TX

Launched in Euless by pioneer nurserymen, commercial horticulture has been vital to the area's economy since the 1800s.

Dalworthington Gardens, TX

THE CITY OF DALWORTHINGTON GARDENS BEGAN AS A RESULT OF PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT’S DEPRESSION-ERA POLICIES.

Southlake, TX

The 1843 Bird's Fort Treaty between the Republic of Texas and several Native American tribes opened this area for new immigrants.

Colleyville, TX

A veteran of the Union Army during the Civil War, Dr. L. H. Colley (1843-1924) and his wife, Martha Sabrina (Fowks) (1860-1914), migrated...

This native stone, dug from the Trinity River Valley, marks the route of the Eastern Cattle Trail, where cattle were driven north on Rusk...

Euless, TX

Elisha Adam Euless (1848-1911) migrated to Texas in 1867 from Bedford county, Tennessee and settled in Tarrant county.

Canadian born Ephraim Merrill Daggett was reared on a farm in Indiana.

The Fairmount-Southside Historic District is a predominately residential area in the center of Fort Worth's Historic Southside.

Founded during 19th century Christian Restoration Movement, by Joseph Addison Clark (1815-1901) and sons Addison (1842-1911) and Randolph...

Founded June 6, 1849, as frontier post of Co. F., 2nd Dragoons, 8th Dept., U.S. Army.

Seeking funds for a public library, local woman asked the philanthropist, Andrew Carnegie, to donate "the price of a good cigar".

Fort Worth Main Post Office Building The Fort Worth post office was established in 1856 with pioneer settler Julian Feild serving as...

Oklahoma City developer John J. Harden had this commercial structure built in 1930 to provide market space for local farmers, vendors,...

Early attempts by the Fort Worth Union Stock Yards Corporation, established in 1887, to persuade Texans to produce more hogs proved...

The oldest continuous Zoo site in Texas, the Fort Worth Zoological Park has provided its visitors with many recreational and educational...

By the 1870s remote areas of the frontier not served by the railroads needed mail delivery routes.

Engineer John B. Hawley, designer and builder of Fort Worth's first city water system in 1892, was joined by Simon W. Freese in 1927 and...

South Carolina native Edward H. Tarrant enlisted in the Kentucky Militia in 1814 and served under Gen. Andrew Jackson in the Battle of...

A native of South Carolina, Thomas Neville Waul (1813?

During the War of 1812, William Jenkins Worth, a native of Hudson, New York, was aide-de-camp to Generals Morgan Lewis and Winfield Scott.

This California style craftsman bungalow was built in 1915 by A.H. Richter and his wife, Violet (Murdock) Richter, in what is now the...

Grapevine, TX

Wild mustang grapes growing profusely in this area inspired the name "Grapevine" for this community.

This was the first home built in a 1907 subdivision opened by D.T. Bomar and John W. Broad.

A notorious red light district known as Hell's Half Acre developed in this section of Fort Worth after the arrival of the Texas and...

A native of Georgia, Henry W. Williams (d. 1925) was the founder of the H.W. Williams Wholesale Drug Company and a prominent Fort Worth...

White Settlement, TX

A Georgian. Came to Texas 1851.

White Settlement, TX

Born in Tennessee. Came to Texas 1939.

In 1882, the Fort Worth school system opened its first free public school for black students, called "East Ninth Street Colored School.

Benbrook, TX

In 1876 Indiana native James M. Benbrook brought his family to this settlement, then known as Marinda.

Arlington, TX

Founder of World-Famous Cattle Trail Jesse Chisholm (1805-1868) Represented the Republic of Texas and President Sam Houston in many...

Mansfield, TX

This structure was built in 1877 as a residence for the founder of Mansfield Male and Female College, John C. Collier (1834-1928).

Haltom City, TX

(1822 - 1882) In 1855 Benjamin F. Barkley, a Kentucky physician, with his wife Malinda Elizabeth Duncan (1827-1917) and their children...

Keller, TX

After Texas & Pacific Railroad came through this area, H.W. Wood, a druggist, set aside 40 acres on July 19, 1881, for this townsite.

(1836-1930) Tennessee native Khleber Miller Van Zandt moved to east Texas as a child.

Pioneer architects Haggart and Sanguinet designed this brick, sandstone and cast iron building with rounded arched windows and other...

Mansfield, TX

Julian Feild (1825-1897) and Ralph Mann (1825-1906) became acquainted in Harrison County, Texas, about 1850.

Arlington, TX

An Indian habitat in the 1700s or earlier, Marrow Bone Spring in 1843 was visited by President Sam Houston's envoys seeking peace.

(Nov. 11, 1880-Mar. 1, 1955) A botanist, musician, author and clubwoman, Fort Worth native Mary Daggett Lake played a prominent role in...

Grapevine, TX

In 1844 related families from Platte County, Missouri, settled in this area.

Grapevine, TX

NASH FARM ESTABLISHED IN 1859, THE NASH FARM CONSTITUTES ONE OF THE LAST REMAINING AGRARIAN SITES FROM THE 19TH CENTURY IN NORTH TEXAS IN...

(October 28, 1891 - August 2, 1920) (grave site 65 feet east) A native of Greenville, Texas, Ormer Leslie Locklear moved to Fort Worth...

Halton City, TX

The community of Birdville, named for pioneer Jonathan Bird, became the first seat of Tarrant County in 1851.

At the time of this home's c. 1920 construction, the Mistletoe Heights neighborhood was emerging as a desirable subdivision for merchants...

Comanche chief Quanah Parker was a son of two cultures.

Mansfield, TX

A native of South Carolina who came to Texas in the 1850s, Ralph Sandiford Mann (1825-1907) was one of the founders of Mansfield.

In 1917, during World War I, the U.S., British, and Canadian governments entered into a reciprocal agreement to train military pilots for...

In the 1880s Fort Worth was a thriving railroad town.

Arlington, TX

Established in 1840 by Jonathan Bird on the Military Road from Red River to Austin.

In 1853 Scottish-born Robert Watt Tannahill (1821-1885) and his wife Mary Catherine (Smallwood) came here from Mississippi.

On February 15, 1877, a large number of stock raisers from northwest Texas assembled in the Young County Courthouse in Graham to address...

These authentic log cabins, built by pioneers 100 years ago, recall a way of life in early Texas when great courage was required to meet...

Arlington, TX

Flags of six different countries have been raised over Texas.

A native of North Carolina, Thomas Bailey Saunders (1816-1902) migrated to Texas in 1850 and started a cattle ranch near Gonzales.

Timothy Brian Cole, born in Brenham in 1960, served in the U.S. Army and attended Texas Tech University in Lubbock.

Arlington, TX

Top O' Hill Terrace Beulah Adams Marshall bought land here along the Bankhead Highway in the early 1920s and opened a tea room, hosting...

Built in 1860s on stage road to Weatherford, and for generations a haven to travelers during Trinity River floods, this was the country...

Arlington, TX

Archeological excavations along the course of this Trinity River tributary have unearthed evidence of several prehistoric villages.

Founded by Amon G. Carter, noted publisher of the "Fort Worth Star-Telegram", the first progam--a public appearance, Sept. 27, 1948, by...

The Roy A. and Gladys Westbrook House is a 2 1/2 story Tudor Revival style home constructed in 1928.

(Sept. 11, 1819 - May 28, 1904) A native of England, William Sanderson came to Texas in 1841.

Hurst, TX

(1833-1922) A native of Tennessee, William Letchworth "Uncle Billy" Hurst (1833-1922) served in the Confederate army during the Civil War.

Azle, TX

William M. Rice first came to Texas in 1834 and settled in what is now Nacogdoches County, where he was involved in frontier defense and...

Women from eleven social and study groups, some formed before 1900, joined in 1923 to create the Woman's Club of Fort Worth.