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Everything Flower Mound is known for
Songs written about the waterways and highways that run near Flower Mound.
Several notable individuals have connections to this community.
This area is home to a diverse range of talented individuals.
Farmers Branch wasn't always the peaceful suburb it is today, though that sense of community has been here from the start. Back in 1842, folks were drawn to this area by the promise of rich, fertile soil. The land along Farmers Branch Creek was ideal for farming, and that's exactly what they did. Imagine those early settlers, working the land, building their lives from scratch, drawn to this specific spot within the vast Trinity River watershed. A replica of that first log cabin schoolhouse stands as a reminder of their commitment to building a future here, generation by generation. The town's location eventually proved just as important as its soil. Lying right along what became the Dallas-Fort Worth Turnpike, Farmers Branch was strategically placed for growth. That early road, connecting two burgeoning cities, brought trade, travelers, and new opportunities. Even today, with many residents working in professional and technical fields, that spirit of hard work and neighborly connection echoes back to those first families who saw the potential in this little patch of Texas, 463 feet above sea level.
(within area encompassed by) A reservation of land made under an Empresario contract by the Republic of Texas, 1841. Its purpose was to introduce colonists into this area. Under the first of four contracts, W. S. Peters and 19 partners agreed to introduce 600 families in three years, to furnish each with seed, shot, and a cabin, and also to survey the land. Each family was to receive 640 acres of land free and each single man, 320 acres. Of this, the company could take half for its services. Three later contracts altered terms somewhat, and although the land company underwent several internal upheavals, by 1848 there were approximately 1,800 colonists and their families in the area. Resentment over the company's share of land climaxed in 1852 when settlers drove out the unpopular agent, Henry O. Hedgcoxe, in the so-called "Hedgcoxe War." Because of its success in opening a large area of the frontier and its later effect on Texas land and immigration policy, the law establishing this colony was one of the most important in the Republic. In spite of unusual tumult and hardship, the final Peters Colony area today extends over five counties and encompasses one-fourth of the state's population, including its largest combined metropolitan area. (1970)
Flower Mound, south of Denton and northwest of Dallas in south central Denton County, is a residential suburban community of 20,000 acres on the shore of Grapevine Lake. It was established soon after Sam Houston settled a tribal dispute in 1844 and Indian raids in the area ceased. Permanent settlers moved in, attracted by the quality of the soil, which was suitable for raising cotton, corn, and wheat. The Peters colony named the town for a fifty-foot-high mound covered with Indian paintbrush; the mound was once used by Indians as a holy place. Unlike many pioneer settlements in Denton County that were bypassed by the railroads in the late nineteenth century or unable to survive the Great Depression , Flower Mound maintained a steady population throughout the first four decades of the twentieth century and became a substantial farming and cattle-raising community. In the mid-1950s the town began to grow. The increase in the number of residents was a result of the construction by the United States Corps of Engineers of Grapevine Lake, which was completed on July 2, 1953. The lake stimulated the economy of the community and attracted workers who preferred to live outside the central Dallas area. Flower Mound was incorporated on February 27, 1961. The town had an estimated population of 275 in 1966 and 664 in 1968. Flower Mound was chosen one of thirteen communities to be affected by the 1968 New Communities Act (Housing and Urban Development Title IV) as the site of a new planned community that would offer model social and environmental conditions to residents. The act, amended in 1970, provided $18 million of a total $294 million in federal loan guarantees for new towns, for developers Raymond D. Nasher, former UN General Assembly delegate, and Edward S. Marcus, chairman of Neiman-Marcus , to set up four village centers or neighborhoods, each with schools, parks, and shopping and recreational facilities, on 6,156 acres on the north shore of Grapevine Lake. Flower Mound New Town, designed as a satellite town to limit the growing urban sprawl of Dallas and Fort Worth, was expected to house some 60,000 to 70,000 persons comprising a mixture of racial and income groups, and to provide such services as cable television, rapid transit to the new Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, and environmental protection for the area. Residents of the original town of Flower Mound, however, fought tax increases proposed to accommodate the new development. The dispute resulted in replacement of the city's five aldermen with two city commissioners. The population of Flower Mound was 1,685 in 1970. Construction began on the new town in 1972, but federal red tape, the 1973-75 economic recession, slow land sales, changing federal policy, and the relative isolation of the site brought failure of the project, despite an additional HUD grant of $170,000. In the spring of 1974 Nasher sold out to Marcus, who in turn sold his half interest to Tinnie Mercantile Company, owned by Robert Anderson, chairman of Atlantic-Richfield. By September 1976, with other new towns failing and Flower Mound experiencing financial difficulty, HUD foreclosed on its model Texas experiment in public-private cooperation. The development, which by then numbered 300 persons and 100 homes, subsequently attracted builders and was renamed Timber Creek Community. In 1980 the town's population was 4,402. In 1990 Flower Mound reported a population of 15,527, and by 2000 the population had risen to 50,702.
The 1843 Bird's Fort Treaty between the Republic of Texas and several Native American tribes opened this area for new immigrants. In the ensuing years, a number of families from Platt County, Missouri and other parts of the United States migrated to this area and established the Cross Timbers community (now Grapevine). In February 1846, residents living on the northern edge of the community organized the Lonesome Dove Baptist Church in the fall of that year. In 1847, members built a long log structure approximately four miles northwest of Grapevine in the Eastern Cross Timbers. The Lonesome Dove School also began in 1846, and the Rev. John Allen Freeman served as schoolteacher as well as church pastor for ten years. In 1849, the state legislature created Tarrant County, with Birdville as county seat, and the U.S. Army established Fort Worth as a frontier fort. The small village of Dove developed by the 1870s. A general store and post office operated at the intersection of Dove and Lonesome Dove roads, and the community became a prosperous farming center for cotton, melon and dairy production. Included as part of the community were Lonesome Dove Cemetery just north of the church site, the Dove Branch swimming hole, used for recreation as well as baptisms, and Dove School, which consolidated with other area schools to form the Carroll Common School District in 1919. The federal government completed Lake Grapevine in 1952, requiring a number of families to relocate from the northern portion of the Dove Community. In 1979, the City of Southlake annexed Dove, but evidence of the early area community remains. (2006)
Settlers of the Peters Colony named this smooth, dome-shaped hill for the abundant wild flowers that grow on it. Rising fifty feet above the surrounding prairie, Flower Mound, long has been a point of interest in the area. According to local legends, no structure was ever constructed on top of the mound, nor has any tree grown here. Before W. S. Peters began bringing settlers to the land issued him by the Republic of Texas Congress, Wichita Indians inhabited the area. During the 1840s, Peters colonists began moving to the prairie in search of good farmland. In 1844, John R. Wizwell was granted 640 acres of land that included the mound. His widow, Edy, later remarried and sold this land to George L. Beavers. Flower Mound remained in the Beavers family well into the twentieth century. Although the hill has remained in private ownership, it historically has been identified with the community that grew up around it. Flower Mound Presbyterian Church was the first to officially use the name in 1854. Once a sprawling agricultural community, Flower Mound has begun to expand with the urban growth of nearby Dallas and Fort Worth, leaving this formation as a historic reminder of its pioneer days. (1984)
The Texas International Pop Festival was the first major rock festival in Texas. Held August 30 through September 1, 1969, at the Dallas International Motor Speedway in Lewisville, the event was produced in part by Angus Wynne III of Wynne Entertainment. The Texas festival was held only two weeks after the legendary Woodstock festival in Woodstock, New York. It was unusual in the wide variety of musical acts it attracted and in its atmosphere. With a budget of only $120,000, the promoters booked twenty-six of the biggest names in blues , rock-and-roll , and psychedelic rock. Janis Joplin , Sam and Dave, Sly and the Family Stone, Santana, Canned Heat, the Grass Roots, B. B. King, Chicago Transit Authority, Tony Joe White, Spirit, Johnny Winter, Sweetwater, Ten Years After, Freddie King , and a virtually unknown British band, Led Zeppelin, all performed during the three-day festival. The musical acts were not paid much to perform; Led Zeppelin and Janis Joplin were paid the most—$10,000 each. Some major groups that wanted to perform could not get in to play. A band from Michigan, Grand Funk Railroad, was allowed to perform only after the members agreed to play free and pay their own expenses. The festival was extensively advertised through radio and newspapers and was promoted at Woodstock. Consequently, music enthusiasts from all over the United States, and from numerous foreign countries, poured into Lewisville to pay the admission fee of $6.50 a day. Although the promoters anticipated a crowd of over 200,000, actual attendance for the three days was more like 120,000. The festival lost money, but was generally considered a success by those who attended. The promoters created a "carnival-like" atmosphere that featured booths catering to "flower-children." Astrologers, painters, artists, craftsmen, and leather workers; sellers of incense, T-shirts, jewelry, and candles; and food vendors all peddled their wares. Most who attended the festival camped on the adjacent 10,000-acre lakefront. At night, many of the performers joined the campers and played without charge. Initially, police and local authorities were concerned about drug usage and traffic problems on nearby Interstate 35. Although there were a few drug overdoses and problems associated with the intense heat, in general the festival ran very smoothly. The primary complaint from local residents was that the festival participants swam naked in Lake Lewisville. Interest in the Texas International Pop Festival remained years after the event. Various bootleg albums were released from live recordings of the performances, and decades later, bootlegs surfaced as sale items on the Internet. Got No Shoes, Got No Blues , a video of some of the musical acts at the festival, was also available, as well as reproductions of festival posters and programs. A Texas Historical Marker commemorating the event was erected near the site of the festival in 2010.
Quinn Ewers, Southlake Carroll (Carroll Senior HS, grades 11-12). Sophomore 2019: ~4,000 pass yds, 45 TD, 3 INT, team 13-1, District 5-6A unanimous MVP. Junior 2020: 2,442 yds, 28 TD, missed ~6 games (core-muscle injury), reached 6A Div I state title game (lost to Westlake). Career (22 games): 6,445 pass yds, 73 TD. No. 1 overall recruit, class of 2022. Reclassified Aug 2021, skipped senior season, enrolled early at Ohio State for NIL (deal reported ~$1.4M). Sources: Wikipedia, MaxPreps, WFAA, 247Sports, CBS Sports, ESPN, USA Today HSS.
Where Lee Harvey Oswald fired from. The JFK assassination site at Dealey Plaza.
On November 22 1963 President John F Kennedy rode through Dealey Plaza in an open Lincoln convertible and was shot from the sixth floor window of the Texas…
Daily cattle drives down the street. Honky-tonks and rodeos in the old West.
Billy Bob's opened in 1981 in an old cattle barn in the Fort Worth Stockyards and at one hundred twenty-seven thousand square feet it is the largest honky-tonk…
Joe T opened his little family restaurant behind the packing plant in the Fort Worth Stockyards in 1935. There was no menu. His wife Jessie served whatever she…
A 1884 iron bridge outside Denton haunted by the ghost of a murdered goat farmer.
Dallas' best BBQ. The beef rib alone is worth the drive.
For decades Azle was just another quiet crossroads where not much happened and nobody was in a hurry. Then in 1932 they started building a dam on the West Fork…
Most recent: 49-21 over Lindale · 2020 4A Division 1 final
Argyle High School, representing Flower Mound, stands as a prominent figure in Texas Class 4A football. The Eagles have established a strong tradition, marked by their dedicated athletes and community support. Their program consistently strives for excellence on the field, reflecting the competitive spirit found across the Lone Star State.
The school's football achievements include a significant state championship title. This accomplishment highlights a period of peak performance for the Argyle Eagles, bringing pride to Flower Mound. The team's hard work and strategic play culminated in a memorable victory at the state level.
In 2020, Argyle High School secured the 4A Division 1 state championship by defeating Lindale with a score of 49-21.
Most recent: 2021 4A
Argyle High School, nestled in Flower Mound, Texas, stands out in Class 4A boys basketball. The Eagles have a UIL state championship to their credit, a significant achievement for any program. This success reflects the dedication found within the school's athletic programs.
The community in Flower Mound has supported its Eagles through various seasons. While specific individual alumni who went pro or major-college are not listed, the program's consistent effort in Class 4A competition is a point of pride for the area.
The Argyle Eagles boys basketball team claimed the Class 4A state championship in 2021.
Most recent: 2026 5A Division 2
From Flower Mound, Argyle High School's girls' basketball program stands out in Texas high school sports, boasting a remarkable record of state championships. Competing in UIL Class 5A, the team secured a 5A Division 2 title in 2026. This adds to their impressive run in Class 4A, where they previously claimed state championships in 2019, 2018, and 2017.
The Eagles' consistent performance reflects a strong tradition within the community. While no specific alumni are listed as having gone on to professional or major-college careers, the program's multiple state titles speak to a culture of excellence on the court, making Argyle a recognized name in Texas high school basketball.
The 2026 5A Division 2 state championship marked another significant achievement for Argyle High School.
Most recent: 2019 4A
Argyle High School, nestled in Flower Mound, has established a strong tradition in Class 4A baseball. The Eagles have proudly claimed two state championships, securing back-to-back titles in 2018 and 2019. This consistent performance highlights the program's enduring strength on the diamond.
The community in Flower Mound has supported its Eagles baseball team through these successful campaigns. While no specific alumni are listed as having gone professional or to major colleges, the team's UIL state championship record speaks to a solid foundation and competitive spirit within Class 4A baseball.
The 2019 Class 4A state championship marked a significant achievement for Argyle High School baseball.
Most recent: 2023 6A
Flower Mound High School, a Class 6A institution in Flower Mound, Texas, has established a notable presence in high school baseball. The Jaguars proudly claimed a state championship in 2023 at the 6A level. This achievement reflects a period of strong performance on the diamond for the program.
The baseball program continues to be a point of pride for the community, drawing support from local fans. While specific alumni professional or major-college careers are not listed, the program's success is a highlight for Flower Mound. The focus remains on competitive play within the state's challenging Class 6A landscape.
The Flower Mound High School baseball team secured a Class 6A state championship in 2023.
Most recent: 2018 6A
Flower Mound High School, a Class 6A powerhouse in Texas volleyball, has established a strong tradition on the court. The Jaguars have a UIL state championship to their name, a testament to their consistent performance within one of the state's most competitive classifications. Their program continues to be a point of pride for the Flower Mound community.
The school's athletic achievements are a significant part of the local identity, reflecting dedication and teamwork. While no specific alumni are listed as having gone on to professional or major-college careers from this program, the success of the Flower Mound High School volleyball team resonates deeply with fans and residents across the town, from neighborhood courts to the big stage.
The Flower Mound High School volleyball team secured the Class 6A state championship in 2018.
398 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.
Settlers of the Peters Colony named this smooth, dome-shaped hill for the abundant wild flowers that grow on it. Rising fifty feet above the surrounding prairie, Flower Mound, long has been a point of interest in the…
Flower Mound, south of Denton and northwest of Dallas in south central Denton County, is a residential suburban community of 20,000 acres on the shore of Grapevine Lake. It was established soon after Sam Houston settled…
You're driving past the site of the very first Presbyterian church in Denton County. Organized way back in 1854 by Reverend Matthew B. Donald, worship here began in people's homes. They built their first log church…
You're driving past Flower Mound Cemetery, a place that started with a farmer's generous gift. Matthew Doyle arrived in 1854 and immediately set aside ten acres for a church, campground, and this cemetery. He even…
The 1843 Bird's Fort Treaty between the Republic of Texas and several Native American tribes opened this area for new immigrants. In the ensuing years, a number of families from Platt County, Missouri and other parts of…
You're driving past McCombs Cemetery, a quiet resting place that holds stories from the earliest days of this area, even before Denton was the county seat. Back in the 1850s, Nehemiah Wade Boyd died suddenly of…
You're driving through the area that was once the Bethel community. Settlers arrived here in the 1850s, with pioneer families like the Smiths, Nowlins, Crawfords, and Lusks establishing farms. By the 1870s, the…
Edward S. Marcus High School in Flower Mound, Texas — coincidentally sharing his name — is where Marcus Smart won two state titles on a team that went 115-6 over three seasons. He was Big 12 player of the year as a…
You're driving past the Absalom H. Chivers Cemetery, established for a prosperous farmer who arrived from Mississippi around 1852. Chivers, with the help of his five slaves, farmed this land along Dove Creek until his…
You're driving through Grapevine, a town with a name that might surprise you. Back in 1854, this place was known as Dunnville. That's when James Tracy Morehead, who’d arrived in Texas just two years prior, became the…
You're driving through Bartonville, a town that owes its existence to a general store and a couple of brothers. Back in 1881, Bentley and James Barton bought land right along an old wagon trail. They set up shop,…
(within area encompassed by) A reservation of land made under an Empresario contract by the Republic of Texas, 1841. Its purpose was to introduce colonists into this area. Under the first of four contracts, W. S. Peters…
You're driving past a piece of Texas history right here in Copper Canyon. This place started way back in 1846 as a nondenominational church for Peters Colony settlers. They met in a log building, and services were held…
You're driving past Grapevine Cemetery, a resting place for many of this area's pioneers. Brothers Samuel and Allen Coble settled here in the 1850s. Then, in 1878, they donated land for this public cemetery. The oldest…
You're driving through Southlake, and this marker tells the story of Carroll School. It began way back in 1847 as one of Tarrant County's earliest schools, initially called Dove School. Fast forward to 1919: residents…
You're driving past Grapevine, where in 1844, families from Platte County, Missouri, decided to put down roots. They called themselves the 'Missouri Colony' and were among the very first permanent settlers in all of…
You're driving past the site of the Dorris-Brock House, a testament to Grapevine's early settlement and growth. <break time="400ms"/> Dr. William E. Dorris, a Civil War veteran whose first wife died during the conflict,…
You're cruising past Chinn's Chapel Cemetery, a place that started with a land donation back in 1853. Elisha and Mary Stowe Chinn gave up ten acres for this hilltop resting place. Early settlers held services in a log…
You're driving through Grapevine, near the old Morgan Hood Survey. Look for a small cemetery, abandoned for over a century. Its single visible grave is marked with stones, a common pioneer method from the 1850s to…
Several notable individuals have connections to this community.
You're driving through what used to be Holford Prairie, named for the Holford families who arrived here in 1844, part of the Peters Colony. They settled west of Big Spring Creek, and by 1855, this community built a…
You're driving past the Torian Log Cabin, a survivor from the earliest days of settlement in Tarrant County. Built by hand from rough-hewn logs, this cabin stood on the edge of the Cross Timbers, near the pioneer…
You're driving through Grapevine, a town named for the wild mustang grapes that once grew here in abundance. Ambrose and Susannah Foster were among the first settlers back in 1845, arriving from Missouri. Their land…
You're driving past the McCurley Cemetery, a resting place with a story of relocation. The McCurley family arrived in Denton County from Illinois back in 1852. George Collins McCurley designated this land for burials, a…
You're driving through Southlake, passing the site of the Thomas Easter Cemetery. Thomas Easter, a Virginia native, settled here by 1848, patenting over 600 acres. After his death in 1862, a portion of his land became…
You're driving past the site of the Grapevine Sun, a newspaper that served this town for nearly a century! It all started in 1895 with Benjamin Wall, who was just nineteen when he launched the weekly paper. It changed…
You're driving through Grapevine, and right here, you're passing the site of the First Baptist Church. Baptists were meeting in homes as early as 1846, long before this town was officially on the map. Worship services…
You're driving past the old Tarrant County State Bank building in Grapevine. Originally built in 1897 as retail space, it got a new life in 1921 when the Tarrant County State Bank moved in. Imagine the deals made and…
Development began in 1999 on land known as Rayzor Ranch. Republic Property Group broke ground in March 2000, with Larkspur and Sandlin being the first neighborhoods. The first residents moved in on July 31, 2001. This…
You're driving past Medlin Cemetery, a resting place with roots stretching back to the earliest days of Denton County. In 1847, Charles Medlin and his wife Matilda led a wagon train from Missouri, seeking land grants on…
You're driving past the site of a business that's been serving Grapevine for over a century. Back in 1880, John E. Foust arrived and opened a general store that happened to stock coffins. Over time, the coffin business…
You're driving past the Hood Cemetery, established on the farm of Peters colonist Thomas M. Hood. He arrived in Texas around 1845. The earliest marked grave here belongs to Urias Martin, who died in 1855. While unmarked…
You're driving through Dallas, and right here is where Richard Montgomery Gano made his mark. He wasn't just a doctor and a minister; Gano was a Confederate general during the Civil War. He fought alongside John Hunt…
You're driving through Grapevine, Texas, a town that got its name from the prairie it sits on. Back in 1844, settlers from Missouri called this place the 'Missouri Colony.' They chose this spot on the Grapevine Prairie,…
You're driving through Tarrant County, the heart of Texas's frontier defense during the Civil War. Right here, William Quayle, a man born on the Isle of Man, found himself leading the charge. Though he opposed…
You're driving through North Texas, and right here near Grapevine, you might have passed a tower that was once the tallest man-made structure in the Southwest. This was the shared transmitter for two rival radio…
You're driving past what was once the Nash Farm, established way back in 1859. This was one of the last 19th-century farms in North Texas, a real relic from a time when this whole area was dotted with homesteads. Thomas…
You're driving through Tarrant County, near Grapevine, where Archibald Franklin Leonard settled in 1845. He wasn't just a farmer; he helped lay out this very town and served as postmaster and justice of the peace. When…
You're driving through Grapevine, Texas, a town that owes much of its early 20th-century character to Dr. Charles Edwin Walker. After graduating medical school in 1898, he returned here, setting up a unique "horse and…
You're driving near Grapevine Lake, a massive reservoir created by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Construction on the dam, located on Denton Creek, began back in January of <say-as interpret-as="date"…
You're driving past White's Chapel Cemetery, a quiet resting place that began with a tragedy on the Texas frontier. Local legend says it started around 1851, when a child traveling in a wagon train died and was buried…
This area is home to a diverse range of talented individuals.
You're driving past the site of White's Chapel United Methodist Church, founded by settlers who arrived by wagon train all the way from Georgia in 1871. They first met in the home of S. B. Austin, who then donated land…
You're driving past the Milliken House in Lewisville. Built in 1878 by William Dickerson Milliken, this home was constructed using native oak for its framing. Can you imagine? The siding, however, had to be hauled all…
Quinn Ewers, Southlake Carroll (Carroll Senior HS, grades 11-12). Sophomore 2019: ~4,000 pass yds, 45 TD, 3 INT, team 13-1, District 5-6A unanimous MVP. Junior 2020: 2,442 yds, 28 TD, missed ~6 games (core-muscle…
You're driving past the site of Lane Chapel C.M.E. Church, a testament to resilience in Lewisville. <break time="400ms"/> Founded in 1882 by Anthony Hembry and six former slaves, this congregation was more than just a…
You're driving through Tarrant County, a place that was once part of the massive Peters Colony. Back in 1841, W.S. Peters and his partners struck a deal with the Republic of Texas to bring settlers to this very region.…
You're driving near Westlake, a town with a history as dramatic as any Hollywood script. It all started in 1956 when Dallas attorney Glen Turner founded the Circle T Ranch. Later that year, ranchers and homeowners…
You're driving through what used to be Holford's Prairie, settled by the Halford brothers in the mid-1800s. Look around Lewisville, a town platted by Basdeal Lewis in 1853. Thomas and Elizabeth Smith bought land here in…
You're driving past the Roanoke I.O.O.F. Cemetery, a resting place with a few surprising tales. The Independent Order of Oddfellows bought this land in 1897 for burials, but it was always open to everyone. The first…
You're driving past Grapevine Springs Park, a spot that's been drawing people for over two thousand years. Imagine President Sam Houston himself camping right here back in eighteen forty-three, during treaty talks with…
Annie Webb Blanton started her teaching career at just 17, and by the time she reached North Texas State Normal College, she was a force. For 17 years, she taught there, promoting unity and publishing grammar books used…
You're driving past the site of Lewisville's prehistoric past. Back in 1950, construction on the Lewisville Dam unearthed ancient artifacts. Archeologists rushed in for a closer look, digging for years before the waters…
You're driving through Coppell, Texas, a town born from a railroad stop. Back in 1843, President Sam Houston himself camped right here on Grapevine Creek, trying to get local Indian tribes to help defend the Republic of…
The Texas International Pop Festival was the first major rock festival in Texas. Held August 30 through September 1, 1969, at the Dallas International Motor Speedway in Lewisville, the event was produced in part by…
You're driving through Lewisville, a city that exploded in population thanks to the nearby Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. But before the highways and the suburbs, this area hosted a legendary music festival.…
You're driving through North Texas, near Lewisville, where Dr. Benjy Frances Brooks was born. In 1958, she returned to Texas after extensive training, becoming the *first* woman to practice pediatric surgery in the…
You're driving through Southlake, and just ahead is the site of Jellico, a town that boomed and busted. Robert Emmett Wilson and his family settled here in the 1880s, opening a general store. By 1898, they had a post…
You're driving past Lewisville Lake, a massive body of water with a history as complex as its name. It actually sits on the site of an earlier reservoir, Lake Dallas, built in 1928 primarily for the city of Dallas. But…
You're driving through Denton County, not far from Lewisville, where a successful businessman named Charles Graham Thomas made his mark. After building a lumber business, Thomas turned to politics, serving three terms…
You're driving through North Texas, and right here, in Roanoke, was born Marvin C. Nichols, a man who shaped the very water resources of this state. After earning his engineering degrees, Nichols joined a Fort Worth…
You're driving through Roanoke, a town with a history of moving for progress. It started back in 1847 as Medlin Center, settled by families near Denton and Henrietta Creeks. But those creeks flooded! So, in 1879, they…
You're driving through Roanoke, and right here is the site of the Roanoke Lodge No. 668, chartered way back in 1888. This Masonic Lodge actually replaced an earlier one in Elizabethtown. For years, members met in rented…
Argyle High School (Flower Mound, TX): Most recent: 49-21 over Lindale · 2020 4A Division 1 final.
You're driving through Roanoke, and you might notice an old steel tower piercing the sky. That's the Roanoke Water Tower, built back in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1936</say-as>. It wasn't just a water tank;…
You're driving through Roanoke, a town that owes its very existence to the railroad. In 1881, the Texas & Pacific Railroad laid its tracks here, establishing this very community. It was named by a surveyor who hailed…
You're driving through Argyle, Texas, a town with roots stretching back to the mid-1800s. But what gives this place its name? It wasn't settlers who named it, but a railroad surveyor. In 1881, as the Texas and Pacific…
You're cruising past the site of the 1969 Texas International Pop Festival! Just two weeks after Woodstock, this massive event brought an estimated 150,000 music lovers, hippies, and bikers to Lewisville, a town of only…
You're driving through Coppell, not far from the Elm Fork of the Trinity River. Back in the 1840s, James Parrish and his wife Eliza Jane settled here. Before James died in 1853, they set aside a piece of their farm for…
You're driving through Coppell, where the Parrish family has put down roots. James and Eliza Parrish settled here in 1853, but James died later that same year. Eliza then set aside this land for a family cemetery. More…
You're driving past Parker Memorial Cemetery, a resting place with roots stretching back to the mid-19th century. The first burial here is believed to be Christina Driskill, who died in 1862. Her son-in-law, Isaac Green…
You're driving past Old Alton Cemetery, a graveyard that's watched Denton County grow for over 170 years. The first burial here was Rebecca Daugherty in 1852, on her family's land. Over time, neighbors joined her, and…
You're driving through Keller, and right here is the site of Mount Gilead Baptist Church. This congregation officially formed in 1850, making it the very first church established after Tarrant County itself was created…
You're driving past Mount Gilead Cemetery, a final resting place for some of the earliest settlers in this part of Tarrant County. These families arrived all the way from Missouri in 1847, part of the Peters Colony.…
As you drive through pioneer cemeteries around Texas, you might spot unusual stone structures. These are pioneer burial cairns, built by early settlers to memorialize their dead. These surface structures, made of native…
You're driving past the site of Pleasant Run Baptist Church. This congregation got its start way back on April 7, 1877. For its first few years, the members gathered in borrowed spaces – first a lodge hall, then the…
You're driving through Argyle, a town that owes its existence to the railroad and a Galveston developer. Back in the 1850s, pioneers began settling this area as part of the Peters Colony. But it wasn't until 1881, when…
You're driving through Lake Dallas, a community with a name change story as unique as its location. Originally settled in 1852 and known as French Settlement, it later became Garza. The real transformation came in the…
You're driving through Denton County, and right here is Lake Dallas, where William Tip Hall, Jr. served as minister for the Church of Christ for the rest of his life. But Hall wore many hats. He was a math teacher, a…
You're driving through Colleyville, but just a few miles back, you passed the site of Bransford. It started as a post office in the late 1800s, named for Felix Grundy Bransford. In 1889, the post office moved to a new…
You're driving through Colleyville, a suburb of Fort Worth. This town owes its name to Dr. Hilburn Howard Colley, who moved here from Missouri in 1880. He practiced medicine in this area for forty years. A community…
You're driving through Van Zandt County, and right here is the site of Corinth, Texas. Originally settled as Hatton, this spot was a crucial stage stop between Marshall and Dallas for over twenty years. But Corinth is…
You're driving past the Swisher Cemetery, a final resting place for folks who settled this part of North Texas. It started on land granted to H. H. Swisher for fighting in the Texas War for Independence. The oldest…
You're driving past the Graham-Argyle Cemetery, a quiet reminder of a community that once thrived right here. After the Civil War, settlers built the town of Graham around a school and a Baptist church. The first known…
You're passing Minter's Chapel Cemetery, a place that holds a story of faith and resilience. Around 1854, Lay Minister Green Minter helped start the Minter's Chapel Methodist Church right here. His son-in-law donated…
You're driving past the site of Minters Chapel Methodist Church, a community cornerstone established way back in 1854. Four pioneer families banded together, holding early services in a log cabin on land donated by…
You're driving past the site of Pleasant Run School, a place that educated Tarrant County kids for nearly a century. Early settlers remember a log schoolhouse here as early as 1870. By 1877, 45 students were learning,…
You're driving past Keller, where Methodists have been gathering for worship since the late 1800s. In 1897, Pastor W. K. Simpson officially organized the Keller Methodist Church. For years, they shared spaces with other…
You're driving through Colleyville, and right here is the site of the Pleasant Glade Baptist Church, organized way back on September 19, 1923. Fourteen members, all from the older Pleasant Run Baptist Church, started…
You're driving through Corinth, and you're passing the site of a county seat that didn't quite make it. Denton County was formed in 1846, and the first county seat, Pinckneyville, lasted less than two years. In 1848,…
You're driving through Keller, Texas, a town that owes its name to a railroad official. Back in 1879, settlers were moving their homes closer to where the Texas and Pacific Railway was expected to build. They called…
Keller, TX placed on the Texas high school baseball PLAYOFF HITS leaderboard for the 2026 postseason: Cole Koeninger (16 hits, #15 in TX).
Keller put 3 players on the statewide leaderboards of the 2026 Texas high school baseball playoffs. Cole Koeninger had 56 strikeouts (2nd in the state), 16 hits (15th in the state), 15 runs (17th in the state), 3 home…
You're driving past the Witten Cemetery, a final resting place for a family with deep Texas roots. Samuel Cecil Holiday Witten arrived in Texas in 1854, becoming a successful landowner and serving as Justice of the…
You're driving past the Bidault House in Colleyville, built by a French immigrant with a unique vision. Anthlem Bidault, a farmer and winemaker, designed and constructed this home himself using molded concrete blocks.…
You're driving past the namesake of Colleyville! This town owes its name to Dr. Lilburn Howard Colley, a Civil War veteran who moved his family from Missouri to Texas in 1880. They settled near what would become…
You're driving past the site of a vital Texas gathering spot. Back in 1884, this was designated a religious campground by the Prairie Mound Methodist Church. The key feature? Johns' Well, named for former owner Hardin…
You're driving past Bourland Cemetery, a final resting place that started as a family plot. Aurelius Delphus Bourland, a Civil War veteran and Primitive Baptist preacher, bought this land in 1873. He first used this…
You're driving past Argyle, Texas, where this United Methodist Church has been a cornerstone for over a century. It was chartered way back in 1894 with just twenty-seven members. Can you imagine? Their first pastor, a…
You're driving past Prairie Mound Cemetery, a resting place for many pioneer settlers in the Argyle-Justin area. The earliest marked grave belongs to Edgar Myers, who died in 1878. The original church sanctuary was…
You're driving past the last vestige of Elizabeth, a town that boomed between 1860 and 1862. It was a real trade center, with businesses, churches, a school, and even a Masonic lodge. Legend says William Perry Harmonson…
You're driving past the site of Spring Garden, a community that started in 1854 when Samuel Cecil Holiday Witten arrived from Missouri. He and Milton Moore built a schoolhouse in 1865, naming it for his hometown. This…
You're driving past the site of the First Baptist Church of Keller. It all started back in 1882, when twenty members from Mt. Gilead Baptist Church decided to form their own congregation. They met first in a…
You're driving past Corinth Shiloh Cemetery, a chronicle of area settlers. It started in 1865 when physician Thomas Ball and his wife Nancy settled here after the Civil War. They donated land for a graveyard to the…
You're driving through Keller, a town born from the railroad. Look around, and imagine a time when the Texas & Pacific Railroad was the lifeblood of this region. Back in 1881, a druggist named H.W. Wood laid out 40…
You're driving through Carrollton, and we're passing a marker that tells the story of Korean Texans. While a few Korean immigrants were here as early as the 1920s, the big wave came after the Korean War. Many U.S.…
You're driving through Bedford, Texas, where a little schoolhouse once stood, serving the children of early settlers. In the fall of 1865, Samuel Witten, Levin Moody, Milton Moore, and Caleb Smith came together to build…
Ranchview (Irving, TX) placed on the 4A Texas high school baseball stat leaderboards for the 2026 season: Jacob Harms (0.511 avg, 1 HR).
You're driving through Colleyville, past the site of Riley Cemetery. Legend says this burial ground began around 1856 when Jonathan Riley, who received this land grant in 1863, gave permission to bury a thief killed…
You're driving past Bear Creek Cemetery, a burial ground that's been serving eastern Tarrant County since the late 1800s. The earliest marked grave here is that of Hiram Jackson Farris, who died in 1858. Isham Crowley,…
You're driving past the Carrollton Black Cemetery, a precious record of the city's early African-American history. Many of the first settlers here were former slaves who helped build this community. By 1871, Scott…
You're driving past the site of Oak Grove Methodist Church, founded back in early 1886. Named for the trees that surrounded it, this church started with 30 members and was part of the Keller Circuit. They even built a…
Euless is at the intersection of State highways 10 and 183, on the southwest side of the Dallas-Fort Worth Airport, north of the West Fork of the Trinity River in Tarrant County. Bird's Fort was established at a site…
Timber Creek (Fort Worth, TX) placed on the 6A Texas high school baseball stat leaderboards for the 2026 season: Zach Wanoreck (3 HR).
You're driving through Carrollton, a city with roots stretching back to 1842 when William and Mary Larner became the first settlers. It's likely named after Carrollton, Illinois, the hometown of many early arrivals.…
You're driving past Chapel Cemetery in Fort Worth. It began in 1856 with the burial of Eliny Raibourn, with land later donated by her brother-in-law, John Fanning. The site was known as Fanning burying grounds until…
Trinity High School in Euless, Texas is where Myles Turner was rated the number-two prospect in the country and a McDonald's All-American, averaging about 18 points, 12 rebounds, and 7 blocks as a senior. He played at…
You're passing Furneaux Cemetery, a final resting place for some of the earliest English immigrants to North Texas. William Furneaux arrived from England in 1857, and his wife's family came even earlier as part of the…
You're driving through Bedford, Texas, a town with roots stretching back to the 1870s. It all started when Weldon Bobo moved here from Tennessee and opened a general store and gristmill. He and some local farmers…
You're driving through Bedford, and right around here, education has a fiery past. The first school in this area met in a log building way back in the early 1860s. After the Civil War, classes moved to a frame building,…
You're driving through Bedford, and right here is the site of the Bedford Church of Christ. It started around 1874, born from the Spring Garden Church of Christ. Originally called New Hope, the first meetinghouse went…
You're driving through Euless, a town named after the man who settled here in 1867. Elisha Adam Euless bought land in this area, and a community grew up around his farm, a cotton gin, and a grange hall. That hall, built…
You're driving through Bedford, where settlers from Tennessee arrived in the 1870s. They quickly established New Hope Church in 1874, which also served as a school. By 1882, they even founded Bedford College, a private…
You're driving past the spot where Alfred Madison Hightower settled in Smithfield back in 1858. He arrived from Illinois with his family and quickly became a rancher. When the Civil War broke out, Hightower, despite…
You're driving past the site where Eli Smith, a Missouri native, settled with his family in Tarrant County back in 1859. He married Sarah Hightower in 1868. But Eli's real legacy began around 1876, when he donated part…
You're driving past Smithfield Cemetery, a final resting place with roots stretching back to the 1870s. It all started when Eli Smith, who came to Texas from Missouri around 1859, donated part of his farm for this…
You're driving past the site of the very first Baptist church in Dallas County. Organized on May 10, 1846, in a humble pioneer cabin, it was led by Reverend David Myers. The original members were a handful of settlers,…
You're driving past the historic Perry Cemetery, the very first burial ground officially associated with the town of Carrollton. It opened its gates in 1896 with the burial of Sarah Huffman Perry. Just a year later, in…
You're driving past the site of the Smithfield Masonic Lodge, a fraternal organization that started right here in 1875. Originally called the Grand Prairie Lodge, they met in a church until they built their first lodge…
You're driving past the site of Smithfield Methodist Church, but its story starts way back in 1856. William and Mary Turner settled here, and legend says William built simple log benches at his home for neighbors to…
You're driving past the site of Smithfield Baptist Church. It got its start way back in 1895 with just 12 charter members and Reverend G.W. Green at the helm. They built their first sanctuary right here in 1902, thanks…
You're driving past the Smithfield Church of Christ, a congregation with roots stretching back to October 25th, 1888. That's when J.E. and Mary E. Turner deeded land to trustees for a new Christian Church in the…
You're driving through Justin, a town named for a railroad engineer, but its story starts much earlier. This land was once home to Native American tribes. Then, in 1841, a pioneer named John B. Denton was killed in…
You're driving past the site of the Alex W. and Sarah Perry Homestead, a place that's been in the same family for generations. They arrived in Texas in 1844, joining the Peters Colony and settling on this land. They…
You're driving through The Colony, a modern suburb north of Dallas. But right here, in 1852, this was the site of the Hedgcoxe War. Armed settlers raided and burned the offices of the Texas Emigration and Land Company.…
Northdale, Texas, isn't exactly on the way to anywhere. It sits just north of Dallas, where the Blackland Prairie starts to give way to more rolling hills. You might think it’s just another suburb, but there’s a reason…
You're driving past the site of Florence School, which began in 1890 as 'Green Glade.' In 1903, a trustee donated land for a new schoolhouse. This one-room building served grades one through eight and even hosted…
The Colony (The Colony, TX) placed on the 5A Texas high school baseball stat leaderboards for the 2026 season: Trey Rangel (6 HR).
You're driving through Euless, a town whose economy has been deeply rooted in growing things since the 1800s. It's all thanks to the sandy soil, perfect for nurseries. Back in 1879, Ambrose Boyd started Tarrant County…
You're driving through North Richland Hills, a city that owes its existence to a farmer's vision. Back in 1950, Clarence Jones decided to develop his farmland into a residential area. He named it North Richland Hills,…
You're driving through Euless, and right here is the site of the original Euless School. Back in 1913, folks in the area decided to combine three small school districts into one: the Euless Common School District. They…
You're driving through Denton County, right where a land dispute turned into a full-blown conflict known as the Hedgcoxe War. It all started back in 1841 with the Texas Emigration & Land Company, which was allowed to…
You're driving past the Hitch Cemetery, once part of a vast farm. William Henry Hitch brought his family here from Tennessee in 1855, settling this land. The oldest marked grave belongs to his young son, Haden, who died…
You're driving past the town named for William Letchworth Hurst, a man who saw action in the Civil War. He fought near Vicksburg with the Sixty-First Tennessee Infantry. After his unit surrendered, he rejoined and was…
You're driving through Irving, Texas, a city that owes its existence to a couple of railway surveyors. Back in 1902, O. Schulze and Otis Brown were laying tracks for the Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf Railway between…
Farmers Branch wasn't always the peaceful suburb it is today, though that sense of community has been here from the start. Back in 1842, folks were drawn to this area by the promise of rich, fertile soil. The land along…
You're driving through Irving, near the University of Dallas and Las Colinas. Right here is the home of the Cistercians in Texas, a monastic community dedicated to God and service. These monks came from Hungary, fleeing…
You're driving through Las Colinas, a planned community that's become a hub for business and residents. It all started in 1973, when developers Ben Carpenter and Dan Williams announced their ambitious plan to transform…
You're driving through Irving, near Dallas, and right here is the University of Dallas. Its story starts way back in 1910, when Vincentian Fathers called their Holy Trinity College by this new name. That charter went…
You're driving through Denton County, and right here, beneath the waters of Lake Lewisville, lies a site that sparked a national controversy. Back in 1951, during construction for the lake, scientists found something…
You're driving near Hurst, Texas, a place with a pioneering spirit, thanks in part to Erma Jean Chansler Johnson Hadley. Born in Leggett, she was the first African American from her hometown to graduate college. But her…
You're driving through Denton County, the namesake of a man who lived a wild life. John Bunyan Denton started as an orphan, then a river deckhand, and even an itinerant preacher. But in Texas, he found his calling in…
You're driving through Denton County, not far from where Elizabethtown once stood. Settled by Peters Colony members around 1850, this community served as a vital supply station for cowboys driving cattle north. By 1859,…
You're driving through Texas, and right here, in what is now Denton County, a young man named Ebenezer Hanna was settling with his family back in 1846. But Abe, as he was known, would soon trade the Texas soil for the…
You're driving through North Texas, a land Peter Harmonson helped settle. He came here in 1850, part of Peters Colony, accepting a land grant in what is now Denton County. As one of the first settlers, Harmonson helped…
You're driving through what used to be Bolivar, a Texas community founded in 1859. Originally called New Prospect by a Methodist minister and doctor, it was renamed Bolivar in 1861. A local farmer, who'd moved from…
You're driving through Hurst, Texas, a community with roots stretching back to the 1840s. But this town really got its start thanks to a railroad and a man named William L. Hurst. When the Rock Island line came through…
You're driving through Denton County, a place that owes its existence to a land grant from the Texas Congress back in 1841. This grant, part of the Peters Colony, was intended to bring settlers to North Texas. The…
You're driving through North Texas, an area that saw action during the Civil War. Right here, Robert H. Donald served as a sergeant in Colonel James G. Bourland's Border Regiment. He saw action along the northern Texas…
You're driving through Denton County, near the Collin County line, and you're passing through the story of Good Hope. It started in 1854 as Rue Settlement, named for Ben Rue who donated land for a church and school. The…
You're driving through northeastern Denton County, and right here is the story of Green Valley. It started as Toll Town, a name earned from its spot at the crossroads of important stage lines. But the teacher at the…
A 1884 iron bridge outside Denton haunted by the ghost of a murdered goat farmer.
You're driving through Farmers Branch, right where Texas Methodism got its start. Back in the winter of 1843, Isaac Blackman Webb and his family settled here in Peters Colony. Webb appealed for a missionary, and on…
You're driving through Watauga, a community named by settlers who brought the word from Cherokee settlements in Tennessee. Watauga itself is a Cherokee word meaning 'village of many springs.' This area wasn't much of a…
You're driving through North Texas, not far from Justin, where a French revolutionary named Adolphe Gouhenant tried to start a utopian community. He was a follower of Étienne Cabet, a French communist, and in 1848,…
You're driving past the site of the first agency for the Texian Land and Emigration Company, generally known as Peters' Colony. Back in 1841, William S. Peters secured a contract from the Republic of Texas to bring…
You're driving through Denton County, just northwest of Grapevine Lake, and you're passing through a place that started as a dream from across the ocean. Back in 1848, a group of French colonists arrived, establishing…
You're driving past the site of the First Baptist Church of Farmers Branch. It all began back in 1842 when Thomas and Sarah Keenan settled here. They buried their infant son on this spot in 1843, creating the family…
Ryan High School (Denton, TX): Most recent: 59-14 over Cedar Park · 2020 5A Division 1 final.
You're driving past the site where David Myers, a Baptist preacher, brought his family to Texas on Christmas Eve, 1845. They left Kentucky and Illinois seeking free land and a new start. Myers quickly became a spiritual…
You're driving past Keenan Cemetery, the final resting place for some of Dallas County's very first settlers. Look for the marker detailing the story of Thomas and Sarah Keenan. They arrived in the 1840s as part of the…
You're driving through Farmers Branch, and right here, you're passing the resting place of the very first child born to settlers in the area that would become Dallas County. John Keenan was born and passed away in…
You're driving past Shelton's Bear Creek Cemetery, a final resting place with a story stretching back to the days of slavery. African Americans settled here after the Civil War, forming a community. In 1879, Minnie…
You're driving through Denton, and we're passing the site of a community that no longer exists. Quakertown was a vibrant African American neighborhood, founded in the mid-1880s. But in 1922, the city decided to buy up…
You're driving past the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Denton, a resting place with roots stretching back to 1859. That's the year Denton Lodge No. 82 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows was chartered, including John S.…
You're driving past the site of Denton's Button Memorial United Methodist Church. The Methodist congregation here began in Little Elm back in 1853. The church moved in the 1950s for Lewisville Lake construction, and in…
You're driving past Oakwood Cemetery in Denton, established way back in 1857, not long after this town became the county seat. The land was donated by Hiram Cisco, who also helped lay out the town. The very first burial…
You're driving past the Gilbert House, a rare survivor from early Texas. Dr. Samuel Gilbert arrived in Texas around 1850, and by 1857, he'd built this native limestone home. Beyond his medical practice, he ran a farm…
You're driving near the Haley Memorial Cemetery. It was established in 1875 when Lucinda Haley died and a one-acre site on the family farm was set aside. The cemetery was later enlarged, and it serves as a reminder of…
You're driving past the Arwine Cemetery, a final resting place for early Tarrant County settlers. Daniel Arwine, a former deputy U.S. Marshall, arrived here from Indiana in 1865. In 1879, he deeded land for a school,…
You're driving through Carrollton, near where the Warner family settled in 1852. This family graveyard was started in 1873 with the death of Robert Warner, Jr. Ten graves are marked here, mostly Warner family members,…
Hebron (Carrollton, TX) placed on the 6A Texas high school baseball stat leaderboards for the 2026 season: Landon Bonner (0.423 avg, 2 HR); Jordan Day (3 HR).
You're driving past the site of Denton's first African Methodist Episcopal Church, Saint James AME. In 1875, Black pioneers from Dallas settled here, calling their new home Freedman Town. They started with prayer…
You're driving past the Taylor Family Cemetery, a resting place for some of the earliest settlers in the Oak Point area. Samuel and Martha Taylor arrived here from North Carolina in 1859, bringing their sons and…
You're driving through northeastern Lavaca County, heading towards Hackberry. This community started in 1847 when L. E. Neuhaus settled here. He soon added a steam sawmill and gristmill, and a cotton gin. German…
You're driving through Denton, and right here is the site of the First Methodist Church, organized way back in 1857. That's the same year the town of Denton itself was formed! Services started in the log courthouse,…
You're driving through Ellis County, near Farmers Branch, where a groundbreaking medical discovery was made. Right here, Dr. Robert Ernest House, a local physician, stumbled upon what became known as "truth serum" in…
You're driving past the Denton County Courthouse, a grand structure built between 1896 and 1897. This is the fifth courthouse for the county, with earlier ones located in Alton and Pinckneyville. The third courthouse,…
You're driving past the namesake of Denton, Texas! John B. Denton arrived here in January of 1836, a Methodist circuit rider. He served as a preacher, a lawyer, and a soldier. Tragically, Denton was killed in the…
You're driving through Denton, a city named for John B. Denton, a minister who died defending frontier settlers. The area was first settled in the 1840s, and by 1856, this spot was chosen as the county seat. Imagine…
You're driving through Denton, and right here is the site of the Lacy Hotel. Charles Christian Lacy, who helped plat this town back in 1855, opened what's believed to be Denton's first hotel on this spot. It stood from…
You're driving through Farmers Branch, a city that owes its very name to the fertile land that drew settlers here over 180 years ago. Back in the 1840s, this area was known as Mustang Branch, named for the wild grapes…
You're driving through Denton County, carved out of Fannin County way back in 1846. It was organized with Denton as its seat, named for John B. Denton, a preacher, lawyer, and Indian fighter who died in 1841. The first…
You're driving past the oldest building on the North Texas campus, built way back in 1912. It started life as a library and gym, but by 1925, it was home to a fascinating museum. History professor Joseph Lyman Kingsbury…
You're cruising through Farmers Branch, and right here is Rawhide Creek. Ever wonder where that name came from? It's all thanks to R. J. West, an early settler who arrived in Texas back in 1845. By 1846, West had set up…
You're driving past the site of Little Elm, a community born from a massive land grant in 1841. Look for the area about a mile southwest where John and Delilah King settled in 1844. Their son, Kit, was so important he…
You're driving through Farmers Branch, right here in Dallas County. Back in 1949, forty men gathered in Dallas, inspired by Vernon M. Newland, with a mission: to create a Bible college. Just a year later, in 1950, their…
You're driving past the site of the First Baptist Church of Hebron. This congregation got its start way back in 1883, meeting at Willow Springs School. Back then, it was called the Big Valley Baptist Church. A Sunday…
The hole in the roof of Texas Stadium became the most recognizable feature in American sports architecture, and the joke was that God needed it to watch His team play. The Dallas Cowboys moved into the Irving stadium in…
You're driving through Denton, past the site of what was once Quakertown, a vibrant African American community that thrived here in the early 1880s. It was a self-supporting neighborhood with homes, churches,…
You're driving past the site of a true Texas pioneer in women's sports and education. Beulah Harriss arrived in Denton in 1914, becoming the very first women's physical education teacher at North Texas State Normal…
You're driving through Denton, and right here, way back in 1890, a brand new college kicked off classes on the second floor of a hardware store. Imagine that! Texas Normal College and Teacher Training Institute opened…
You're driving through Denton, and right here is a house that tells a story of changing tastes in Texas architecture. Built in 1885 by grocer Robert Scripture, the original section was pure Victorian. But look at it…
You're driving past the birthplace of a major Texas university! Back in 1890, Joshua Chilton opened his Texas Normal College and Teacher Training Institute in downtown Denton. The very next year, the city built this…
You're driving past the Rayzor-Graham House in Denton. Built in 1912 by local builder M.T. Goodwin for business leader J. Fred Rayzor, this home showcases classic American Foursquare architecture with charming bungalow…
You're driving past Calloway Cemetery in Euless. The earliest marked graves here belong to brothers Richard and Joseph Calloway, who owned this land in the 1860s. Richard's widow deeded land in 1886 for a public burial…
You're driving through Denton right now, home to a world-changing musical first. Back in 1947, North Texas State Teachers College, now the University of North Texas, did something no other university had ever done: it…
Richland High School in North Richland Hills, Texas qualified for the 2026 UIL state softball championships, reaching the state tournament (final four) in Class four A, Division One.
Watauga is a place where the quiet hum of suburbia meets the echoes of Friday night lights. It's easy to drive through and see just another comfortable residential area, but there's a story woven into these streets – a…
You're driving through Denton, home of the legendary One O'Clock Lab Band. Right here, back in 1959, Leon Breeden took over the jazz program at North Texas State College. He transformed it from a simple 'dance-band'…
You're driving through Denton, Texas, the hometown of Ann Sheridan, the "Oomph Girl" of the 1940s. Born Clara Lou Sheridan in 1915, she got her start right here, attending North Texas State Teachers College. Her sister…
You're driving through Denton, Texas, the hometown of Kearie Lee Berry, a man whose life spanned incredible military service and athletic achievement. Born in 1893, Berry was a star athlete at the University of Texas,…
You're driving through Denton, Texas, a place that became home to a pioneering photographer, Carlotta Corpron. Arriving in 1935 to teach at Texas State College for Women, she began experimenting with her camera, not…
You're driving through Denton, and right here in Quakertown Park, a massive celebration of music and art unfolds every spring. It started in 1980 as the 'Spring Fling,' and by 1985, jazz had its own dedicated festival.…
You're driving through Denton, Texas, the birthplace of Edward Walter Eberle, a man who shaped the modern U.S. Navy. Born in 1864, Eberle graduated from the Naval Academy in 1885 and spent nearly fifty years innovating…
You're driving through Denton, Texas, the birthplace of Herschel Evans, a jazz saxophone legend. Born in 1909, Evans learned his craft in the legendary jam sessions of Kansas City, eventually switching to tenor sax at…
You're driving through North Texas, maybe near Denton, where architect O'Neil Ford got his start. He never finished college, but that didn't stop him. He learned by doing, working with Dallas architect David R. Williams…
You're driving through Texas, maybe near Houston, and you're passing by the legacy of Charles Inge Francis. Born in Denton in 1893, Francis wasn't just a lawyer; he was a player in Texas's booming oil and gas industry.…
You're driving through Denton right now, and you're passing the campus of Texas Woman's University. Back in the day, from 1924 to 1954, this place was led by President Louis Herman Hubbard. He was a big deal in bringing…
You're driving through Denton, Texas, home to the stunning Little Chapel in the Woods. This architectural masterpiece wasn't built by professionals alone. Students, faculty, and even members of the National Youth…
You're driving through Denton, Texas, a town that owes much of its African American community's development to Frederick Douglas Moore. Born right here in 1875, Moore was a self-taught scholar, a talented musician who…
You're driving through Denton, home of a flour mill that put Texas on the map! It started in 1886 as a farmers' cooperative, the Farmers' Alliance Milling Company. They hoped to be like successful co-ops in the Midwest.…
You're driving through Denton, Texas, and right here, in what is now the heart of the city, you're passing through the former site of Quakertown. This vibrant African-American community began forming in the mid-1870s,…
You're driving through Denton, home to Texas Woman's University. Did you know this school started because of a huge push from women's groups like the Grange and the WCTU? They wanted a place where young women could get…
You're driving through Denton, Texas, a town that owes a lot to Otis G. Welch. He arrived here in 1852, a lawyer from Maine who'd graduated from Yale. Welch wasn't just any lawyer; he helped lay out this very city and…
You're driving through Denton, and just ahead is the Simmons-Maxwell House, built in 1915. It's a beautiful example of Arts and Crafts Mission Style architecture, designed with an open floor plan, stucco walls, and…
You're driving through Denton, a town that owes much of its early development to men like Dr. James P. Blount. Born in Mississippi in 1849, Blount moved to Denton as a boy and became a pillar of the community. He wasn't…
You're driving through Denton, Texas, a place that owes its very layout to Joseph Alexander Carroll. Born in Missouri in 1832, Carroll arrived in Denton County in 1853. He wasn't just a lawyer and judge; he was also a…
You're driving through Denton, Texas, home to a vibrant celebration of music! Right here, the Denton Blues Festival transforms Quakertown Park every September into a hub for blues lovers and aspiring musicians. It…
You're driving near Denton, and right here, Denton Field played a crucial role in training pilots for World War II. From 1940 to 1945, this was the North Texas base for the Civilian Aeronautics Authority's…
You're driving through Denton, and right here is where a newspaper shaped the town's identity for over a century. Back in 1882, the Denton Chronicle started, and by 1899, it merged with another paper to become the…
You're driving through Denton, a city that owes its very existence to a desire for a central county seat. Back in 1857, residents wanted a courthouse right in the middle of Denton County. So, three men donated 100…
You're driving through Denton, where William Cunningham Edwards made his mark on local history. In 1899, he took two struggling newspapers, the Chronicle and the County Record, and merged them into the weekly Record and…
You're driving through Denton, a city that became a hub for experimental music thanks to Merrill Ellis. Born in Cleburne in 1916, Ellis came to North Texas State University in 1962 and immediately started pushing…
You're driving through Denton, a town that became the heart of North Texas journalism thanks to Charles W. Geers. After fighting in the Civil War and traveling the South, Geers landed here in 1868. He partnered up and…
You're driving through Denton, the hometown of Fitzhugh Francisco Hill, a lawyer and state representative who served twelve years in the Texas House. Hill was known for his fiery oratory and his tenacity, once described…
You're driving through Denton, Texas, the hometown of George Milton Hopkins, Sr. He wasn't just any local lawyer; Hopkins served Denton County and surrounding areas in the Texas Legislature for years. Back in 1915, he…
You're driving through Denton, a town that was home to Jerome Claiborne Kearby, a man who lived a truly Texas life. He enlisted as a fifteen-year-old "boy soldier" in the Civil War, rising to the rank of major by the…
You're driving through Denton, a city that owes a lot to Alvin Clark Owsley. He arrived here in 1873, starting as a public school teacher. But Owsley wasn't just a teacher; he was a driving force behind education and…
You're driving through Denton, a town that was once home to Alvin Mansfield Owsley. Born here in 1888, Owsley was a lawyer, a decorated WWI veteran, and even served as the national commander of the American Legion. But…
You're driving through Denton, a town that owes a lot to John B. Schmitz. He arrived here in 1878, a young businessman from Illinois. Schmitz didn't just settle in; he dove headfirst into building this community. He…
You're driving through Denton, a town that owes its start to education. Back in 1890, this was a quiet farming community. Joshua Chilton opened Texas Normal College and Teachers' Training Institute, hoping to train…
You're driving through Denton, home to a remarkable archive: The Woman's Collection at Texas Woman's University. Established back in 1932, it's one of the largest and oldest collections dedicated to women's history in…
You're driving through Denton, a city that owes a bit of its educational history to Charles C. Bell. Bell, a farmer and businessman, served two terms in the Texas House of Representatives, representing this very county…
You're driving near Denton, Texas, home to a state school for the intellectually disabled. Back in 1957, the city really wanted this facility. The Denton Chamber of Commerce led a massive campaign, and in just 34 days,…
You're driving through Denton, Texas, home of Fred Minor, a lawyer who reached the pinnacle of Texas politics. After graduating first in his class from the University of Texas law school in 1916, Minor practiced law…
You're driving through Denton, and right here is the site of the former Selwyn School. It started back in 1955 as the Denton Civic Boys Choir School. By 1957, it was reorganized and renamed Denton Preparatory School.…
You're driving through North Texas, maybe near Dallas, and right here, Doris Whiteside Baker was making her mark. She grew up in Denton, graduated from North Texas State Teachers College, and by World War II, she was…
You're driving through Hurst, and just off to the side of the road is the site of Isham Chapel Methodist Church. This congregation got its start back in the 1870s with just eleven members. It was named for its founding…
You're driving through Dallas, and right up ahead, about 500 feet north of here, is a place called California Crossing. Imagine this: it's 1849, gold fever is raging, and thousands of hopeful '49ers are trekking west.…
You're driving past the resting place of Dr. Daniel Webster Gilbert, a Mississippi native who arrived in Texas in 1874. After graduating from medical college, he practiced in Euless and Grapevine before moving to Sowers…
You're driving past the site of a remarkable Irving career! Dr. Franklin Monroe Gilbert wasn't just a doctor; he was a teacher and principal first, before heading to medical school. After interning in New York, where he…
You're driving past the site of Saint John Missionary Baptist Church in Euless. Back in 1874, a small group of former slaves gathered at a home to organize this congregation, originally called Oak Grove Baptist Church.…
You're driving through Haslet, a town born from the railroad. In 1883, the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway pushed its tracks through this part of Tarrant County. A community soon followed, named for the hometown of…
You're driving past the Bridges Cemetery, the oldest in Denton County, established by the W. A. Bridges family. This settlement, a hub for Peters Colony, began way back in 1843. The cemetery itself started in 1855 on…
You're driving through Euless, near where Mosier Valley began. Back in 1870, former slaves Robert and Dilsie Johnson got this 40-acre plot as a wedding gift. Soon, other freedmen settled here, forming a community. By…
You're driving past the site of Watauga Presbyterian Church, though you won't see much here today. This congregation started way back in the 1850s as the Willow Springs Cumberland Presbyterian Church. It was reorganized…
You're driving past Irving, where Dr. D.W. Gilbert built his life and a medical legacy. Born in Mississippi in 1854, he followed his brother to Texas and studied medicine. After graduating in 1881, he married and…
You're driving past the Webb Chapel Cemetery, the resting place for many north Texas pioneers. But this site holds a unique distinction: it's the location of the very first Methodist society organized in Dallas County,…
You're driving past the first building of what is now Texas Woman's University in Denton. Created in 1901, this school was the only university in the United States founded expressly for women. Denton won the bid to host…
You're driving past the marker for the Pioneer Woman, a tribute to the women who settled this land. Imagine them, forging ahead into a pathless wilderness, their courage unswerving. They met every new challenge with…
You're driving through Irving, near where the Bear Creek community took root in the 1850s. After the Civil War, freedmen moved here, reuniting families torn apart by slavery. In 1878, Jim Green became the first African…
You're driving through Farmers Branch, a major Dallas County commercial center today. But way back, this area was known as Mustang Branch. Likely named for wild horses or the native grapes that grew along the creek. It…
You're driving past the site of Bird's Fort, established in 1840 by Jonathan Bird. This wasn't just any outpost; it sat on the Military Road connecting Red River to Austin. More importantly, this area was the site of a…
You're driving through Farmers Branch, and just off the road is Marsh Cemetery. Back in 1844, Harrison Marsh and his wife Mary, with five children, traveled from Missouri to settle right here on Farmers Branch Creek.…
You're driving through Denton, and right here is the site of the First Baptist Church. It started way back in 1858, organized by just twelve people in the old log courthouse. For its first decade, the congregation…
You're driving through Denton, and right here, you're passing a beautiful piece of Texas history. Back in the 1930s, a committee of sharp women at Texas State College for Women – that’s Texas Woman’s University today –…
You're driving past the Peterson Family Cemetery, a quiet resting place for one of Tarrant County's early Swedish settlers. John Peterson arrived in America from Sweden in 1868, and his wife Thilda joined him two years…
You're driving past the Harrington, Cassady, and Clark Cemeteries, three historically African American burial grounds here in Denton County. The Harrington Cemetery holds the remains of early residents, with the first…
You're driving through Denton, and right here is the home of the North Texas State Fair and Rodeo! It all kicked off way back on October 15th, 1885, as the Denton County Blooded Stock and Fair. For decades, it…
You're driving past Shady Grove Cemetery, a place that started as a community hub over a century ago. In 1877, Louis Caster donated land for a graveyard, church, and school. His son-in-law added more land later. For…
You're driving through southwestern Henderson County, and right here is the community of Cross Roads. Its name comes from a brush-arbor camp meeting held in the early 1890s where two important roads met. Before it was…
You're driving past Parker Cemetery in Hurst. This isn't just any graveyard; it's tied to one of the most famous stories in Texas history. The land for this cemetery was donated in <say-as interpret-as="date"…
You're driving past the site of the I.D. Parker Homestead and Cemetery, a symbol of a prominent pioneer family right here in Hurst. Isaac Duke Parker arrived in 1853, settling down with his family. During the Civil War,…
You're driving through Ponder, and right here is Eakins Cemetery. It began around 1855 on land owned by Noah and Susan Eakins, who settled here from Kentucky. The first burial was Angelina Rayburn, who died tragically…
Pull over a minute, because this unassuming house in Irving is tied to one of the most tragic events in American history: the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Lee Harvey Oswald's wife, Marina, lived here with…
You're driving past the site of Bird's Fort, the very first attempt at Anglo-American settlement in what is now Tarrant County. Back in 1841, General Edward H. Tarrant authorized Jonathan Bird to build this military…
You're driving through Arlington, but imagine this landscape over 180 years ago. In the spring of 1838, Captains Robert Sloan and Nathaniel Journey led about 90 frontiersmen north. Their mission: to strike back at…
You're near Parish Episcopal High School in Dallas. Last December, they took down Plano Prestonwood fourteen to seven to win the Texas TAPPS Division I state football championship. They wear that crown until this…
You're driving through Addison, a town that owes its start to the railroad. Back in the 1840s, settlers like Preston and Pleasant Witt were already here, building mills. But it was in 1888 that W. W. Julian and others…
You're driving past the site of the old Cooper Creek School. While families settled this area even before the Civil War, this community school officially organized in 1876, serving 39 students in a one-room building.…
You're driving past Cooper Creek Cemetery, a final resting place that's kept a unique history alive for over a century. Settlers arrived here in the 1860s, and by 1878, this land was formally established as a community…
You're driving through North Texas, not far from Ponder, where Robert Lee Proffer was born. He wasn't just a local educator; Proffer was a driving force behind a major overhaul of the Texas public school system. As a…
You're driving through Ponder, a town that owes its existence to the railroad. Back in 1886, the Santa Fe Railway laid tracks right through this area. The railroad initially called this spot Gerald, but there was…
You're driving through Aubrey, Denton County, near where William Edmunds Bates lived and worked. Born in Virginia in 1812, Bates was licensed as a Methodist minister in Kentucky in 1843. He arrived in Texas in 1851,…
You're driving through Aubrey, and right here is the site of Oak Grove Methodist Church, serving this community since 1880. Imagine worship services and Sunday school held under trees and a brush arbor! The first…
You're driving past the site of Denton's Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. This mission started around 1890, with services held in a local barn! They finally built their first church in 1893, though it was replaced…
You're driving past the old Addison State Bank building, completed in 1913. It was founded just the year before to serve this brand-new railroad community. After the bank closed its doors in 1926, this sturdy brick…
You're driving through Little Elm, a community with roots stretching back to 1844. It all started when Kit King established a settlement right here on Little Elm Creek. In fact, the county's very first post office…
You're driving through Ponder, a town born from the dreams of settlers seeking rich farmland back in the 1850s. Silas Christal and his twelve children were among the first, arriving in 1855. He even built a mill to…
You're driving through Irving, and just off to the side here, you can see the history of St. Luke Catholic Church. Services for Catholics started way back in the 1860s, with mass held in private homes. Then, in 1902,…
You're driving through Frankford, Texas, where this unassuming building has seen a lot of history. Back in 1885, a group of Methodists organized here, part of a traveling circuit. By the 1890s, Captain William McKamy…
You're cruising through Irving, Texas, a city that owes its start to a railroad survey and a barbecue. Back in 1903, railroad surveyor J.O. Schulze and his colleague Otis Brown bought some land from a farmer. They…
You're driving through Plano, and right here is the site of Liberty Baptist Church, the oldest continuously serving Baptist congregation in Collin County. It all started back in 1850, with settlers gathering for worship…
You're driving past the Cox House in Dallas. Farmers Howard and Mary Jane Cox bought nearly 190 acres right here in 1878. They built a house on this spot before 1884, and family lore says parts of that original home are…
You're driving past the Letot Cemetery in Dallas. This quiet resting place holds the story of Clement LeTot, a Frenchman who fought in the Crimean War before settling here in 1874. He founded the town of Letot in 1881,…
You're cruising through Irving, and just ahead is a perfectly preserved piece of its early history. This is the Schulze House, built back in 1912 for Charles P. Schulze, a key figure in the local lumber business and…
You're driving past the Joffre-Gilbert House in Irving. Built in 1919 by A. Fred Joffre, this airplane bungalow was a hub for pioneer doctor Franklin Monroe Gilbert and his wife Dorothy, a nurse. For almost thirty…
You're driving through Grand Prairie, past a small patch of history. This is the Ford Cemetery, a remnant of the old Watson Community. Pinkney Harold Ford and his family arrived here from Kentucky in 1855, settling in…
You're driving through Denton, and right here is the site of a place that changed North Texas farming forever: Agricultural Experiment Station Number 6. Established in 1910, this station wasn't just about growing crops;…
Prestonwood Christian Academy in Plano, Texas is where Julius Randle won three state titles and averaged 32.5 points and 22.5 rebounds as a senior, overcoming a fractured foot. He played one season at Kentucky, was the…
You're driving through Frisco, Texas, and right here is the Baccus Cemetery. This land was first used as a family burial ground back in 1847 by Henry Cook, a War of 1812 veteran who settled here as part of the Peters…
You're driving past the site of Irving's first Baptist church. When this town was founded back in 1903, developers actually set aside land for three different denominations. The Baptist congregation organized in January…
You're driving past the site of Randol Mill, a vital hub for this community back in the day. In 1856, Archibald Leonard built a dam and a grain mill right here. It quickly became more than just a place to grind grain;…
You're driving past the Tomlin Cemetery, a final resting place for some of Arlington's earliest settlers. This ground was first used in the 1870s by the Wilkinson family, marked by simple rock clusters. Look for the…
You're driving through what used to be the Union Bower Community, just outside Irving. Settlers were drawn to this fertile land along the Elm Fork of the Trinity River back in the mid-1800s. The Smiths and the Voirin…
You're driving past the site of the West Fork United Presbyterian Church in Grand Prairie. It all started back in 1870 when Reverend Andrew Shannon Hayter organized a Sabbath school for the local settlers. That first…
You're driving through Irving, and right here is the story of the South MacArthur Church of Christ. Worship services started in this area way back in 1890. A proper sanctuary went up in 1903, on land given by the town…
You're driving past the site of Birdville, Tarrant County's very first county seat! Back in 1849, this spot was chosen, with 80 acres set aside for public use. A courthouse foundation was even laid here. But things got…
You're driving past the site of the Gibbins family homestead, just outside modern-day Arlington. James Gibbins arrived in Texas back in 1857, and by 1863, he'd bought land right here. His son, Thomas Jefferson Gibbins,…
You're driving through Haltom City, right where Texas Baptists were organizing back in the 1850s. On October 12th, 1855, delegates from twelve frontier churches gathered at Birdville. Their mission? To form the West…
You're driving past the site of Birdville Baptist Church. This congregation got its start way back in 1853, organized by five founding members. It hit a bit of a rough patch, lapsing for a few years, but ten dedicated…
You're driving past the site of the Birdville Church of Christ in Haltom City. It all started on February 26, 1852, when twelve charter members held the first service, just after Birdville became the Tarrant County…
You're driving past the Merrell Cemetery, the final resting place for many of Dallas's earliest pioneers. Elder Eli Merrell, a minister, settled here in 1844, claiming 640 acres. His grave was the first marked one in…
You're driving through Haltom City, and right here is the site of Birdville Hill. This spot was the heart of Tarrant County for a few years, serving as its first county seat from 1851 to 1856. But it's also where…
You're driving past Birdville Cemetery, the final resting place for generations of Tarrant County pioneers. Look for the oldest marked grave here: Wiley Wilda Potts, born in <say-as interpret-as="date"…
You're driving past the site of the Hockaday School, a Dallas institution that started with a bold vision for girls' education. In 1913, Ela Hockaday, a seasoned educator with degrees from Columbia and Chicago, took…
You're driving past the site of White Rock Chapel, a testament to resilience and faith. Formed by former slaves in the Upper White Rock community in 1884, this Methodist church started in a log building near White Rock…
You're driving past Old Kit Cemetery, a final resting place for many early settlers in this area. It began in 1896 when a family, passing through, buried their sick child here. Landowner David Chadwell Britain donated…
You're driving through Haltom City, and right here is the site of St. Luke United Methodist Church. It began in 1928 as Birdville Methodist Church, with just seventeen members. For years, services were sporadic, but by…
White Rock Cemetery Garden of Memories in Far North Dallas, Texas, is the resting place of Henry Keller (1817-1911), one of Dallas County's earliest and most influential African American pioneers. Keller was born into…
Lamar (Arlington, TX) placed on the 6A Texas high school baseball stat leaderboards for the 2026 season: Colton Quesada (4 HR).
You're driving through the area that was once Kit, a settlement that grew from a farm belonging to John and Jestine Gorbit around 1850. It became a stop on a postal route and was renamed Kit in 1894 to avoid confusion…
Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas is where Jordan Spieth won multiple state golf titles and, like Tiger Woods, two U.S. Junior Amateur championships. He played at the University of Texas and went on to win…
You're driving through Frisco, and right here is a survivor from the railroad boom. In 1872, the Houston & Texas Central was the first railroad to reach Dallas, kicking off a new era for Texas. Later, in 1903, this very…
You're driving past the P.A. Watson Cemetery, a final resting place with a frontier story. The first burial here was Mrs. Micajah Goodwin in 1846. Her family, new to the area, built her coffin from their wagon bed and…
You're driving through what used to be Renner, a community that organized its Baptist congregation way back in 1890. For eight years, they met in the local schoolhouse, with a list of founding families longer than your…
You're cruising through Dallas County, heading past the site of Mount Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church, also known as 'The Rock.' Established way back in 1864, this is the oldest African American church in the entire…
You're driving past a spot where, not too long ago, the arrival of a carousel was a HUGE deal in Texas towns. These horse-drawn wonders, powered by the cheerful tunes of a calliope, weren't just for fun. They were…
You're driving through Arlington, and right here, this marker tells the story of the Six Flags over Texas! Imagine, six different nations have claimed this land. It started with Spain in 1519, planting their banner in…
Frisco (Frisco, TX) placed on the 5A Texas high school baseball stat leaderboards for the 2026 season: Dominic Floyd (4 HR).
You're driving past a piece of Texas oil history! This derrick is an exact replica of the rigging used back in 1920. That year, this type of cable tool rig drilled the Crowley No. 1 well, one of the deepest in Texas at…
You're driving through Arlington, and you might not realize it, but this area was once home to some of the most economical railroads in Texas. Between <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1853</say-as> and <say-as…
You're driving past Blue Mound, a community founded by German immigrants in the late 1800s. Originally called Indian Mound, it was renamed for the pretty blue prairie flowers that grew here. In 1876, Herman Christian…
You're driving past the site of Lebanon, a Texas town that faded away. Settlers found free land and clear springs here, naming their new home Lebanon. By <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1860</say-as>, they had a…
You're driving past Garvin Memorial Cemetery, a final resting place for some of Dallas's earliest settlers. Graves here stretch back to the 1870s. The land itself was a gift from James G. Garvin, a former Dallas…
You're driving past Isham Cemetery, a resting place founded by a Georgia preacher named W. Marion Isham. He and his family arrived in Tarrant County around 1870, and Isham immediately donated an acre for a community…
You're driving past the Collinsworth Cemetery, established in 1895. It was designated a Historic Texas Cemetery in 2002.
You're driving through Fannin County, near the town of Savannah. This area owes a lot to Andrew Jackson Titus, a legislator and planter who settled here in the early 1840s. He wasn't just a farmer; Titus laid out roads…
You're driving past the former site of the Ray-Manship Cemetery. It held twelve known burials and many unmarked graves of early Tarrant County settlers. The earliest known burial was Sarah Clark in 1883, and William Ray…
Lone Star (Frisco, TX) placed on the 5A Texas high school baseball stat leaderboards for the 2026 season: John Madden (4 HR); Canton Cotton (3 HR).
You're driving past the T.J. Campbell House, a pioneer home built way back in 1869 near Lebanon. Imagine hauling lumber all the way from Jefferson by wagon train just to build this place! It was so important it got…
You're driving past a spot that was once a vital artery connecting two growing cities. The Trinity River here caused major floods, especially in 1908. That disaster spurred flood control planning, and by 1930, a massive…
You're driving through Dallas, where a piece of the city's educational history is unfolding right now. Back in 1874, Bishop Claude Marie Dubuis brought six Ursuline nuns here with a mission: to start a Catholic school.…
You're driving past the site of Dallas County's first Methodist church. In 1856, a widow named Nancy Jane Cochran donated this land, making it the first plot in the county ever deeded for a Methodist church. The first…
You're driving past the W. P. Cochran Homeplace in Dallas. This Victorian house, built in 1895, was home to William P. Cochran, his wife Amanda, and their large family. The land itself has a long history here, with…
You're driving past Harrison Cemetery, a small burial ground that started as a private family plot. The earliest grave here dates back to 1864, for Mary E. Harrison. Later, R.A. Randol, operator of Randol Mill, bought…
You're driving past the former site of Arlington Downs, a legendary racetrack built by oilman W.T. Waggoner in the 1920s. Imagine this: a mile-and-a-quarter track, a massive grandstand packed with 6,000 cheering fans,…
You're driving near Frisco, Texas, the birthplace of a blues legend: A.D. 'Zuzu' Bollin. Born in 1923, Bollin took his nickname from his favorite ginger snaps. He rose to regional fame in 1951 with his classic Texas…
You're driving past Krum, a town that started as the Jackson community back in 1876. But Krum really took off in 1886 when the railroad came through. They named the town after Charles K. Krum, a railroad official. Soon,…
You're driving through Frisco, Texas, a town that owes its existence to a railroad and a bit of name confusion. It was first called Emerson, after a local banker who promised a bank if the town was named for him. But…
You're near David Kuykendall Stadium at Memorial High School in Frisco, the site of a tragedy that drew national attention. On the morning of April 2, 2025, a district track and field championship here was delayed by…
You're driving through Saginaw, a city with roots stretching back to before the Civil War. Originally known as Dido, this community got a new name in 1882. That's when J. J. Green, a local landowner, renamed it Saginaw,…
You're driving past Dallas' Love Field, the birthplace of Texas airmail and passenger service! On May 12, 1926, National Air Transport launched the state's first airmail service, sending planes like 'Miss Dallas' and…
You're driving past Dallas's historic Love Field! This place is a testament to the city's early aviation dreams. It all started back in 1903 with Oak Cliff resident Frank McCarroll's first flight. By 1910, a State Fair…
You're passing through Haltom City, but the story of Dr. Riley Andrew Ransom takes us back to Fort Worth. Born in Kentucky, he studied medicine and then came to Gainesville, Texas, in the early 1900s. There, he opened…
You're driving through Krum, a town that owes its existence to the railroad. Back in the mid-1880s, the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway laid tracks through here and bought land to plat a new townsite. They named it…
You're driving through Arlington, and right here is the story of Mount Olive Baptist Church. It started small, with just a handful of folks led by Rev. Mr. Squires back in the summer of 1897. They organized this church,…
You're driving past the site of Arlington's first public school, originally called North Side School, which opened its doors way back in 1907. But this school had some drama early on – it burned to the ground just two…
You're driving through Arlington's historic African American neighborhood, known as "The Hill." Back in 1895, residents gathered right here to form a community church. It went by several names over the years, including…
You're driving through Arlington, and right here is the story of C.D. King, a man they called 'Uncle Dutch.' Born in Tennessee in 1843, King arrived in Texas in 1873 and quickly became a key figure. He served as…
You're cruising past a beautiful example of Queen Anne architecture, built around 1896. Look for that gingerbread trim! This home sits on land once owned by I.L. Hutcheson, a pioneer merchant here in Arlington. His son,…
You're driving past the Douglass-Potts House, a classic example of early 20th-century vernacular architecture right here in Arlington. Built in 1907 by contractor Joe O. Crawley, this home served as the residence for…
You're driving through Frisco, and right here is the site of a church that's been serving this community since the frontier days. It all started back in 1848, when settlers gathered in a log home to form Bethel…
You're driving past Saginaw Cemetery, a final resting place with a story of community and tragedy. In the late 1890s, John Allebaugh Bowman led his family and 18 others on a long journey from Missouri to Tarrant County.…
You're driving through Arlington, and right here is the site of the First United Methodist Church. This congregation got its start way back in 1877, when Reverend J.T.L. Annis was appointed pastor of the local circuit.…
You're driving past Harper's Rest Cemetery, a final resting place with a story that begins with a stranger's loss. In 1894, Henry Jackson Harper and his family settled here. Their peaceful farm became a place of…
You're driving past Saginaw, where a Methodist Church was organized in 1914 by ten people. Services were first held in a school auditorium, with a dedicated church building constructed in 1923. The congregation grew and…
You're driving past the site of a log cabin built way back in 1863 by George Washington Jopling. He built it for his wife Catherine and their big family in the Johnson Station Community. Jopling was a farmer, a…
You're driving past the P.A. Watson Log House, a home built in 1855 near present-day Arlington. Patrick Alfred Watson constructed this dwelling after his first wife passed away, to care for their six children. He later…
You're driving past the F. A. Brown Farm Home, a Victorian farmhouse that's seen nearly a century and a half of Dallas history. Francis Asbury Brown bought this place in 1885, adding it to 200 acres of farmland. His son…
You're driving past the hometown of Colonel Neel E. Kearby, a World War II flying ace and Medal of Honor recipient. Born in Wichita Falls and raised partly here in Arlington, Kearby joined the Army Air Corps in 1937. He…
You're cruising through Dallas, and right here is the site of St. Mark's School of Texas. Its story starts way back in 1906 with the Terrill School, a place known for strict discipline and academic rigor, attracting the…
You're driving past the old Shawnee Trail, a road that shaped Texas! Back in 1838, the Republic of Texas commissioned a north-south route, following an ancient Indian path. Colonel William Cooke led the project, and a…
You're driving past the J.D. Cooper House, built way back in 1878. Cooper was an early landowner here, and this house is a great example of colonial design. Look for those wide floorboards, made with square nails – a…
J.J. Pearce High School in Richardson, Texas (1600 North Coit Road) is where Ray Childress was an all-state defensive lineman. He starred at Texas A&M, was the third overall pick of the 1985 NFL Draft, and became a…
You're driving past the Jordan-Bowles House, built around 1860 from hand-hewn logs along the Trinity River. David Jordan, who arrived from Tennessee about 1859, ran a farm, a store, and a stage stand right here on the…
You're driving past what was once known as "The Home on the Hill" in Arlington. This distinctive Prairie-style house, built in 1914 by local leader James Park Fielder and his wife Mattie, was a true landmark. They used…
You're driving through Dallas, and just off to your right is Mount Calvary Cemetery. This burial ground has been serving settlers since the 1840s. The oldest marked grave here belongs to Amanda L. Houx, who died way…
You're driving through Arlington, and right here is the site of the First Baptist Church. Organized way back in the 1870s at Johnson Station, this church saw the Texas and Pacific Railroad come through and found the…
You're driving past the Jordan-Hight Family Cemetery, which began as a family burial ground in 1866. David Jordan provided land to bury his son-in-law, Robert Hight. The graveyard later became public, with members of…
You're cruising past a spot in Arlington that was once a wild mix of fun and vice! It started in the 1920s as a tea room, but by 1926, it became the Top O' Hill Terrace casino. Imagine this place buzzing with gamblers,…
You're driving past the former home of Dr. H. V. Copeland, a physician who served Grand Prairie for over fifty years. He moved here in 1908, when the town was just a small railroad stop of 500 people. Dr. Copeland,…
You're driving past the site of a forgotten company town, a place called Eagle Ford, near Dallas. Back in 1909, the Southwestern States Portland Cement Company set up shop here. Many of its workers were Mexican…
You're cruising through Arlington, and right here is the Friday House. In 1923, Marion and Willie Maybelle Friday bought this land to farm and build their dream home. Marion was a civil engineer, helping build sewer…
You're driving past the site of Livestone Lodge, a historic gathering place for the African American community in Grand Prairie. Chartered in 1903 by the Prince Hall Masons, this lodge started east of town in a…
You're driving past the site connected to the story of Tim Cole, a man who refused to admit guilt for a crime he didn't commit. Born in Brenham in 1960, Cole served in the Army and attended Texas Tech. In 1986, he was…
You're driving past the site of the Grand Prairie Airfield, a place that trained nearly a thousand Navy pilots during World War II. The Navy bought this land in 1942, spending over $800,000 to build training facilities,…
You're driving past the site of a university that's grown right alongside its community. It all started back in 1895 with Arlington College, a private school for kids in grades one through ten. That was followed by…
You're cruising past Mount Olivet Cemetery in Fort Worth, a place with a story as big as its 130 acres. Founded in 1907 by Flavious and Johnnie McPeak, it was inspired by a cemetery they saw in Nashville. This wasn't…
You're driving past Arlington Cemetery, a final resting place for many of this town's founders and leaders. It's more than ten acres, but it actually grew from several smaller graveyards. The oldest marked burial here…
Richardson (Richardson, TX) placed on the 6A Texas high school baseball stat leaderboards for the 2026 season: Marcus Bond (3 HR).
You're driving past the site of the Berachah Home, a place that started in Waco back in 1894. Reverend J. T. Upchurch founded the Berachah Rescue Society to help homeless girls and unwed mothers. Nine years later, he…
Carter-Riverside (Fort Worth, TX) placed on the 4A Texas high school baseball stat leaderboards for the 2026 season: Sergio Casillas (0.583 avg).
Diamond Hill-Jarvis (Fort Worth, TX) placed on the 4A Texas high school baseball stat leaderboards for the 2026 season: Diego Basurto (0.533 avg, 1 HR); Devin Franco (0.475 avg).
Tarrant County lies within the Cross Timbers, a region defined by its mix of prairie grasses and woodlands. This transitional zone features rolling hills and diverse vegetation, a contrast to the flatter plains further…
You're driving past the site of the Eagle Ford Community, a place that started as a simple farm settlement and grew into something much bigger. Back in 1844, Enoch Horton and his family arrived, establishing large farms…
You're driving through Fort Worth's Riverside neighborhood, the site of a community school system that started way back in 1876. <break time="400ms"/> It began as a one-room schoolhouse built by Dr. Eagle, a retired…