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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.
Farmers Branch started as a small, tight-knit community, named for the rich soil that lined Farmers Branch Creek. Imagine those early settlers in 1842, drawn to this fertile land within the Trinity River watershed, building their lives from the ground up. A replica of their original log cabin schoolhouse still stands, a tangible reminder of their commitment to education and a hopeful future. For years, it remained a quiet agricultural hub. But everything changed with the Dallas-Fort Worth Turnpike. Suddenly, Farmers Branch wasn't so isolated anymore. Its strategic location transformed it from a rural farming community into a bustling suburb, a convenient place to live and work. Today, you're more likely to find residents employed in professional and technical fields than tending crops. While it maintains its peaceful suburban vibe with well-kept parks, there are echoes of the bigger world nearby. The roar of the crowd at the Cotton Bowl during the 1994 FIFA World Cup wasn't far away, and the Dallas Stars' Stanley Cup victory in 1999 brought a taste of championship glory to the area.
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.
The Texas International Pop Festival took place near this site during Labor Day weekend, 1969. It was held two weeks after the Woodstock Music and Art Fair introduced much of mainstream America to the “hippie” culture by way of news reports of the chaos that occurred there in part due to rainy weather and lax security. The Texas festival brought as many as 150,000 hippies, bikers and music lovers to Lewisville, which at the time had a population of approximately 9,000 citizens. The Dallas International Motor Speedway, situated along Interstate Highway 35 south of town, was chosen as the location for the event. Twenty-five musical acts, representing the genres of soul, blues and rock and roll performed during the three days of the festival. Acts included Janis Joplin, Sly & the Family Stone, Grand Funk Railroad, Chicago Transit Authority, Herbie Mann and a relatively unknown United Kingdom band called Led Zeppelin. On the north side of Lewisville, a public campground situated on the shores of Lewisville Lake served the thousands of festival attendees. A small “free stage” was constructed at the campground and local bands were brought in to perform for the campers. The skinny-dipping in Lake Lewisville that resulted from the lack of shower facilities and the late-summer heat drew much attention. Many locals demanded that the festival be shut down because of the threat of violence and unsavory activity, but there were no acts of violence reported at the festival. However, area citizens were introduced to a culture that had previously been foreign to them and many who attended look back on the festival as a life-changing event. (2010)
Lewisville is nine miles northeast of the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport in southeastern Denton County, ringed by Dallas, Fort Worth, and Denton. The site was part of the Peters colony . In 1840 the Texas Immigration and Land Company was given an empresario grant by the Republic of Texas to encourage settlement in the area. In 1844 the families of John King and his son Augustus G., originally from Missouri, moved from Bonham, Texas, to become the first settlers in the area that became known as Hallford (also spelled Holford) Prairie, for John and James Hallford, who also arrived that year. Competition for land among increasing numbers of settlers intensified in the 1850s. The Texas Immigration and Land Company employed Henry Hedgcoxe to administer property filings, plats, and titles. Hedgcoxe's strict adherence to company rules and the law made him unpopular. During the Hedgcoxe War , disgruntled residents ran him out of town and destroyed his home and records. In 1853 Willis Stewart went to Austin to sort out the land claims. Stewart was able to settle the claims, aided by the General Land Office and, in the process, developed the earliest comprehensive homestead law. In 1853 Basdeal W. Lewis bought the Hallford properties and established Lewisville. That year the Lewisville post office was established. Rawlins, Kealy, and Herod built a gristmill in Lewisville in 1862. Several stores were built, and by 1867 T. M. Clayton and George Craft built the first cotton gin in Denton County there. In 1868-69 the first church was built at Lewisville, and the first Masonic lodge of the county was housed there. Lewisville grew rapidly after the arrival of the Dallas and Wichita Railway in 1881. By 1900 the population was 500. In 1925 the population reached 815, and the town incorporated. Meanwhile, the Elm Fork of the Trinity River was dammed to assure the area's water supply. Lewisville grew despite the Great Depression , and its population reached 873 in 1940. The population was 1,509 in 1950. Growth accelerated throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Expansion of the dam on Lake Lewisville and construction of Interstate Highway 35E and DFW Airport caused the population to increase to 5,439 by 1960. In August 1969 Lewisville was the site of the Texas International Pop Festival, a three-day event that featured such stars as Janis Joplin and B. B. King and drew a total attendance of 120,000. The growth of defense, aerospace, and computer industries, the relocation of many corporate headquarters and businesses to the region during the 1970s and 1980s, and the completion of Vista Ridge Mall and Alliance Airport boosted Lewisville's population to 46,521 by the 1990 census. By 2000 the population was 77,737. Lewisville is a planned mix of single and multiple family housing with an award-winning park system. In addition to the Lewisville Independent School District, an extension site of Cooke County College serves the community. Lewisville, a home-rule city since 1962, is governed by a council-manager government. Its five council members and mayor are elected at large. City offices occupy a $5 million facility that opened in 1989.
Benjy Frances Brooks, the first woman to practice pediatric surgery in Texas, was born on August 10, 1918, in Lewisville, Texas, to Benjamin Barto Brooks and May (Henry) Brooks. The family resided in nearby Flower Mound, Texas, and later moved to Martha, Oklahoma. There, Benjy was joined by two younger siblings, Marjorie and Barty. An ambitious child, Brooks learned to read at a young age. She also demonstrated an interest in medicine and used manicure scissors to perform operations on her sister Marjorie's dolls. Brooks's ambition continued to influence her educational and professional goals after she graduated from Martha High School. At the age of nineteen, she earned a B.S. in chemistry from North Texas State Teachers College at Denton (now University of North Texas) in 1938 and went on to earn her M.S. in biology from the school two years later in 1940. Her thesis was titled, "A Bio-chemical Comparative Study of the Plankton in Lake Dallas and Pecan Creek." After graduating, Brooks worked as a high school science teacher in Carrollton, Texas, for four years before returning to medical school in 1944. That year, she entered the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston , where she earned her medical degree in 1948. Despite the fact that Brooks was one of few women in the medical field at this time-an article in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram announcing M.D. candidates even accidentally identified Brooks as a male student-she decided to pursue additional surgical training. Brooks accepted prestigious residencies at the University of Pennsylvania, the Children's Medical Center in Boston, and the surgical department at Harvard Medical School, where she was one of the first women admitted. She also spent a year abroad in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1957 and studied pediatric surgery at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children and served in the U.S. Navy Medical Corps Reserve. She attained the rank of captain. In 1958, after completing her surgical training and traveling abroad, Brooks decided to return to Texas and became the first female pediatric surgeon in the state. That year, she began work at the Texas Children's Hospital and St. Joseph's Hospital in Houston and also was a volunteer teacher at the Baylor University School of Medicine in Houston. Pediatric surgery was not a well-developed field at this point, and Brooks often relied on her own creativity and innovation. Lacking specialized tools, for example, Brooks improvised and used jewelers' instruments for infant operations. Throughout her career, Brooks performed more than 20,000 operations, including, in 1965, when she was on the medical team that performed surgery for the separation of conjoined twins. At the time, the procedure was the first such surgery in Houston and only the tenth in the United States. In 1973 Brooks founded the Division of Pediatric Surgery at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston , which she led for ten years. Her skill did not go unnoticed, and an article in the February 23, 1975, edition of the San Antonio Express-News highlighted her dedication and quoted Mrs. Morris Norunsky, the grateful parent of son Harold who was born with a defective esophagus. Norunsky offered her praise and stated, "Dr. Brooks is more than just a human-body mechanic. She really cares." Alongside her surgical responsibilities during this time, Brooks continued conducting medical research on issues, including burn treatment, congenital defects, spleen reparation, and hepatitis prevention. Throughout her career, she published articles in medical journals, including the New England Journal of Medicine and the Journal of the American Medical Women's Association . Though Brooks never married and had no children of her own, she dedicated her career to helping sick children and was known for her kindhearted nature and tenacious spirit. She was a founding member of the American Pediatric Surgical Association and the American Trauma Association. In addition to
(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)
During the construction of Lewisville Dam in 1950, a number of aboriginal artifacts were unearthed; archeologists conducted several excavations (1952-57) before the waters of Garza-Little Elm Reservoir covered the site. The excavations revealed 21 hearths, vegetable matter, animal bone fragments and lignite (coal) which was used for fuel. Scientific radiocarbon dating techniques indicate the organic material is approximately 12,000 years old. The Lewisville discoveries are similar in age and content to findings at the Clovis site in New Mexico. (1980)
Where Lee Harvey Oswald fired from. The JFK assassination site at Dealey Plaza.
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A fifty-five-foot cowboy named Big Tex has welcomed visitors to the State Fair of Texas in Fair Park Dallas every fall since 1952. He booms howdy folks over a…
A 1884 iron bridge outside Denton haunted by the ghost of a murdered goat farmer.
The Ewing family TV mansion from the Dallas soap opera sits on two hundred acres in Parker Texas and is open for tours every day. JRs bedroom is there. The…
Dallas' best BBQ. The beef rib alone is worth the drive.
Since the 1930s drivers along White Rock Lake report picking up a soaking-wet woman in a white dress. She asks for a ride home then vanishes leaving the seat…
The filming location of TV's Dallas. JR Ewing lived here.
4 alumni who reached major-college or pro sports
Lewisville High School, a Class 6A institution, has a proud tradition of sending its athletes to major college and professional sports. The Fighting Farmers have seen several former students go on to achieve at high levels. This includes alumni who have made their mark in both football and baseball, representing the strong athletic programs cultivated in Lewisville.
Among these notable alumni are Taylen Green, who is a quarterback for the Cleveland Browns, and Michael Fasusi, an offensive tackle for the Oklahoma Sooners. Damien Martinez currently plays college football as a running back for the Miami Hurricanes. In professional baseball, Dan Ortmeier played as a major league baseball player.
Taylen Green is a quarterback for the Cleveland Browns.
440 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.
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…
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 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…
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…
Lewisville is nine miles northeast of the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport in southeastern Denton County, ringed by Dallas, Fort Worth, and Denton. The site was part of the Peters colony . In 1840 the Texas…
Benjy Frances Brooks, the first woman to practice pediatric surgery in Texas, was born on August 10, 1918, in Lewisville, Texas, to Benjamin Barto Brooks and May (Henry) Brooks. The family resided in nearby Flower…
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…
During the construction of Lewisville Dam in 1950, a number of aboriginal artifacts were unearthed; archeologists conducted several excavations (1952-57) before the waters of Garza-Little Elm Reservoir covered the site.…
(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 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 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 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…
The Texas International Pop Festival took place near this site during Labor Day weekend, 1969. It was held two weeks after the Woodstock Music and Art Fair introduced much of mainstream America to the…
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 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…
This area is home to a diverse range of talented individuals.
You're cruising past Flower Mound, Denton County. This smooth, dome-shaped hill got its name from the settlers who arrived in the 1840s, part of the Peters Colony. They saw it covered in wildflowers, rising fifty feet…
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 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…
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 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 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 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 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.…
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 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 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…
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…
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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 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 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 through Flower Mound, a community named for a distinctive fifty-foot-high hill covered in Indian paintbrush. Settlers were drawn here after Sam Houston settled a tribal dispute in 1844, ending local…
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…
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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 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 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 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 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 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…
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 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 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…
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,…
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 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 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 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 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 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 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…
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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 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 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 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…
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,…
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 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 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 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…
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You're driving through what was once the Dove Community, a place shaped by treaties and the frontier. It all kicked off in 1843 with the Bird's Fort Treaty, opening this North Texas land to settlers. By 1846, families…
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 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…
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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…
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 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 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 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…
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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…
Several notable individuals have connections to this community.
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…
Frisco (Frisco, TX) placed on the 5A Texas high school baseball stat leaderboards for the 2026 season: Dominic Floyd (4 HR).
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 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 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 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 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…
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 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 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 the Collinsworth Cemetery, established in 1895. It was designated a Historic Texas Cemetery in 2002.
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 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 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 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…
Ryan High School (Denton, TX): Most recent: 59-14 over Cedar Park · 2020 5A Division 1 final.
Quinn Ewers put up video-game numbers for the Southlake Carroll Dragons. As a sophomore in 2019 he threw for about four thousand yards and forty-five touchdowns against just three interceptions and was named his…
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 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 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…
Argyle High School (Flower Mound, TX): Most recent: 49-21 over Lindale · 2020 4A Division 1 final.
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 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 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 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…
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…
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 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…
A 1884 iron bridge outside Denton haunted by the ghost of a murdered goat farmer.
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 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 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 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…
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 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 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 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 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…
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 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 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 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…
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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…
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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…
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 through North Texas, not far from where a true Texas hero made his home. Samuel Robert Johnson, Jr. was a decorated Air Force pilot, flying missions in both Korea and Vietnam. But in 1966, his plane was…
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 Plano, the city Gladys Harrington Public Library now serves. But back in the 1950s, Plano had no public library. Gladys Harrington, a civic leader and one of the first licensed female drivers in…
You're driving north of Dallas, right through Plano. This town's story starts back in 1844, when early settlers Jameson and Muncey were killed by Native Americans. But don't let that be the whole story. Just a year…
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 through Plano, Texas, the birthplace of Frank Earl Klepper, a Texas artist who dreamed of painting from the young age of fourteen. His journey wasn't easy; financial struggles delayed his formal training,…
You're driving through Collin County, not far from Plano, where James George Washington Vance made his home. Vance was a veteran of the Mexican War, serving with Texas Rangers, though he spent much of that time…
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 Plano, Texas, the birthplace of William Penn Meroney, born here back in 1881. Meroney was a Baptist minister who later found his calling in academia. After earning multiple degrees, he returned to…
You're driving near Plano, Texas, home to William M. Weaver. He wasn't just a farmer, but a Confederate officer during the Civil War. Weaver enlisted as a captain in 1862, eventually becoming a lieutenant colonel. He…
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.…
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…
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 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 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 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 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 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…
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 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 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 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 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 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 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…
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 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 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 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.…
Richardson (Richardson, TX) placed on the 6A Texas high school baseball stat leaderboards for the 2026 season: Marcus Bond (3 HR).
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 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 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 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 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 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 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…
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 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 Ammie Wilson House, a beautiful Victorian home built way back in 1891 by Hunter and Mary Farrell. It was a classic example of the sturdy houses in this farming town back then. Fast forward to…
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 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 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 past the Young Cemetery, established in 1847 when Patience Cornell Young died. Her husband, Sam Young, brought his family here from Illinois in 1842, founding this burial ground on land he bought from the…
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 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 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 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…
You're driving past the site of Rock Hill, a town that literally moved itself! Established in 1854, Rock Hill was a thriving community with schools, churches, and businesses. But in 1902, the railroad bypassed it,…
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 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…
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 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 what used to be the Rue Settlement, later known as Good Hope. Pioneers arrived in the 1850s, drawn by fertile land and good water. The Rue family likely made the first burials here, though the…
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 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…
You're driving past the site of the Rowlett Creek Baptist Church, a pioneer institution in Collin County. It all started in 1848 when seven members organized the Wilson Creek Church of United Baptists. By 1852, it was…
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 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 past the birthplace of the microchip! Back in 1958, an engineer named Jack Kilby, working right here at Texas Instruments in Dallas, faced a huge problem. Building complex electronics meant connecting…
Right here in Dallas, on September 12, 1958, a brand-new Texas Instruments engineer named Jack Kilby switched on the first working integrated circuit. It was a tiny sliver of germanium, about the size of a fingernail,…
Here is a question worth slowing down for: what is an integrated circuit, really? Think about an old-fashioned circuit first. It was a pile of separate parts. Transistors, resistors, capacitors, each one its own little…
Open up any chip and the building block you find, over and over, is the transistor. A transistor is just a tiny switch. It turns on or off depending on a small voltage, and it can amplify too, but the switch is the…
Once you can print a circuit instead of soldering it, something wild becomes possible: you can keep printing the parts smaller, and pack more of them in. In 1965, an engineer named Gordon Moore noticed the pattern and…
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 past Hamilton Park, a community with a powerful story. Back in the 1950s, racial violence and displacement in Dallas forced many African American families to find new homes. Philanthropist Karl…
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…
Heritage (Frisco, TX) placed on the 5A Texas high school baseball stat leaderboards for the 2026 season: Luke Froehle (0.488 avg, 1 HR).
You're driving through Richardson, a town that started life as Breckenridge back in the 1840s. But when the Houston and Texas Central Railroad came through in 1873, the folks here packed up and moved north to be near…
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 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 First United Methodist Church in Richardson. Organized way back in 1886 as the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, this congregation started out meeting in another church building for its first…
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 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 Richardson's first church, a Baptist congregation that started way back in 1865. Originally called Mt. Calvary Baptist, they met in a schoolhouse before getting their own building in 1868…
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 driving past McKamy Spring, a vital water source for centuries. Native American tribes likely camped here long before settlers arrived, and later, the community of Breckenridge relied on it. Even the construction…
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…
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 through Richardson, where William J. Wheeler, known as 'Uncle Billy,' deeded land for this townsite back in 1870. He then provided a public school for local children just northwest of here in 1880. After…
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 cruising through Richardson, and right here is the site of the First Presbyterian Church. It all started way back on August 21st, 1870, by Reverend George L. Blewett and twenty charter members. They called…
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 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 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…
You're driving past the Blewett Cemetery, established way back in 1855. It started when Reverend George Blewett buried his daughter Ann here. Blewett, a Cumberland Presbyterian minister, had arrived from Kentucky just…
You're driving past Plano Cemetery, a resting place with a history as layered as the town itself. It began as part of the Peters Colony land grant for Joseph Klepper, who arrived here from Illinois around 1845. This…
You're driving past what's left of Plano's early 20th-century transportation hub. Built in 1908 as the Texas Traction Company station, this building saw passengers and freight come and go on the North Texas electric…
You're driving past the site of Plano's first Christian Church, established in the mid-1850s. It started on the Barnett farm, with a small building that served as both a school and a place of worship. Imagine, traveling…
You're driving past the site of Shiloh Baptist Church in Plano. This congregation started way back in 1884 as the Mt. Zion Colored Baptist Church. Led by Reverend Z.T. Stuart, the founding members were Ammon and Lula…
You're driving past the historic heart of Plano, folks! Back in 1895, a fire wiped out the shared building of the Plano National Bank and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Lodge. But these folks were resilient! They…
You're driving through Prosper, Texas, a town born from a railroad and a hopeful name. It all started in 1902 when the St. Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railway laid tracks through this agricultural region. The…
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 through Prosper. The First Presbyterian Church began as the McAdew Congregation in 1878 with 26 members. They met in a schoolhouse for 14 years before building their first church in 1892. The congregation…
You're driving through Prosper, a town born from a railroad’s decision. It actually grew from two earlier settlements, Rock Hill and Richland. But when the St. Louis, San Francisco and Texas Railroad bypassed them, a…
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…
This stretch of US Highway 75 through Richardson is named for Officer David Sherrard of the Richardson Police Department's SWAT team. On February 7, 2018, Sherrard responded to a disturbance call at the Breckinridge…
You're driving through Richardson, Texas, a city that owes its existence to a railroad bypass. Back in 1858, a settlement called Breckinridge popped up right here, complete with a post office and an inn. But when the…
You're driving through what used to be Buckingham, right here in Dallas County, completely surrounded by the city of Richardson. Incorporated around 1958, this small, semi-rural enclave held onto its identity for…
You're driving through Dallas, and right here is where a star once called home. John Gary, born John Gary Strader in New York, became a household name in the 1960s. His soulful voice and three-octave range made hits…
You're driving through Richardson, right on the edge of Dallas and Collin counties, where a unique university got its start. It wasn't your typical college campus at first. Back in 1961, it began as the Graduate…
You're driving past Prosper, where Lee Lodge No. 435 of the Freemasons has been a part of the community. Originally chartered in 1875 near Rhea's Mill, the lodge moved to Prosper in 1903. They built a lodge hall in 1904…
You're driving past Prosper, Texas, where the United Methodist Church has a history dating back to 1899. Originally Bethel Methodist Church, it was renamed Smith's Chapel and later Prosper Methodist Episcopal Church…
You're driving past the First Baptist Church of Plano, a congregation that started way back in 1852 as the Spring Creek Baptist Church. They built their first sanctuary a couple of miles south of here. When the railroad…
You're driving past the Caruth Pioneer Cemetery, established in the early 1860s by William and Mattie Worthington Caruth. Across the road was the old Caruth Chapel, where circuit preachers held services for plantation…
Highland Park High School in the Park Cities of Dallas, Texas (4220 Emerson Ave.), produced an extraordinary trio of championship athletes: Matthew Stafford (Super Bowl LVI champion quarterback, #1 overall pick in the…
You're driving past the Dallas neighborhood where "Pappy" O'Daniel spent his final years. Born in Ohio, he landed in Fort Worth in 1925, not as a politician, but as a flour company sales manager. He quickly became a…
Highland Park High School (Dallas, TX): Most recent: 27-17 over Alvin Shadow Creek · 2018 5A Division 1 final.
This city began as a small cluster of homes around Southern Methodist University, founded in 1915. Initially, the university provided utilities, but as the community grew, this became unsustainable. Homeowners first…
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 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 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 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 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 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 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…
In the fall of 1844, Jeremiah Muncey and his family were killed in an Indian raid at their homestead on the south bank of Rowlett Creek in what is now north Plano, between present-day Plano Road and Jupiter Road. Muncey…
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 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;…
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 past Aubrey, where a church has a story of resilience. It all started back in 1858, when Dr. George T. Key settled here and used his log cabin as both a school and one of the first Methodist churches in…
You're driving through Dallas, and right here is the campus of Southern Methodist University, a place shaped by the long tenure of Willis McDonald Tate. He served as SMU's president longer than anyone else, from 1954 to…
You're driving through University Park, Texas, a city born from a university. <break time="400ms"/> It all started when Southern Methodist University, or SMU, opened its doors in <say-as interpret-as="date"…
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 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 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…
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 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 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 through Aubrey, Texas, a town with a name that almost wasn't! Back in 1881, this spot was called Onega by the railroad workers who built a section house here. But the name wasn't popular, so they drew a…
You're driving through Denton County, not far from Aubrey, Texas. Right here is where James Madison Coffey met his end. A farmer, a teacher, and a legislator, Coffey served in the 39th Texas Legislature in 1925. But his…
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 North Texas, and right near here, in what's now Denton County, a fellow named Stephen Augustus Venters arrived in 1846. He started out working for the Peters Colony land office, but that got messy…
You're driving past the Plano Mutual Cemetery, one of Collin County's earliest graveyards. It began in 1852 with the burial of Dr. Lillie on his uncle William Forman's land. Over time, it grew, incorporating pioneer…
You're driving past the site of the First Christian Church of Aubrey. Organized in October 1894 by elders R. C. Horn and E. B. Holmes, the congregation's first frame sanctuary was destroyed by a tornado in 1918. Members…
Conrad (Dallas, TX) placed on the 4A Texas high school baseball stat leaderboards for the 2026 season: Edgar Chourio (0.500 avg, 1 HR).
Get ready to step back in time to a place that revolutionized how America shops! Highland Park Village, right here in Dallas, holds the title of the very first planned shopping center in the United States. Developers…
You're driving past the Elm Fork Bridge, a relic from the Roaring Twenties. Built in 1922, it was the longest bridge in Denton County at 250 feet, a marvel of iron and steel designed for two-way automobile traffic.…
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 University Park in Dallas County, and right here is the Daniel Family Cemetery. Frances Sims Daniel arrived in Dallas County in 1849, buying land where this neighborhood now stands. The story of…
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 past the site of a brutal tragedy that marked the end of an era in Collin County. It's late 1844, and hunters William Rice and Leonard Searcy stop by Jeremiah Muncey's hut. Inside, they find a scene of…
You're driving past Dallas Hall, the iconic centerpiece of Southern Methodist University. Back in 1911, when Dallas was chosen for a new Methodist university, locals stepped up with a huge pledge: over 600 acres of land…
You're driving past Bowman Cemetery, established in 1868. It was recognized as a Historic Texas Cemetery in 2008.
You're driving near Highland Park, the birthplace of America's first self-contained shopping center. In 1929, architect James Bruce Cheek, inspired by Spanish design and innovative American examples, traveled to study…
This hospital is where President John F. Kennedy was rushed after being shot in 1963. On November 22nd, 1963, President Kennedy was shot while riding in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in Dallas. He was immediately…
You're driving past the site of what would become Dallas' exclusive Highland Park neighborhood. It all started in 1906 when Colonel John S. Armstrong bought over a thousand acres, including a horse farm called 'Lomo…
Right here in Highland Park, you're driving past a place that changed American shopping forever. This is Highland Park Village, built in 1931 by Hugh Prather and Edgar Flippen. They wanted more than just stores; they…
You're driving through Highland Park, a unique 'island city' completely surrounded by Dallas. It all started back in 1889 when investors bought this land, dreaming of an exclusive residential area called Philadelphia…
You're driving past the former home of Jacob Reichenstein, a big name in Dallas lumber. Starting as a clerk in 1902, Reichenstein worked his way up, becoming president of his company by 1918. This house, built for his…
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 cruising through Dallas, and right here is where a town called Cedar Springs used to be. Back in the late 1830s, this area was surveyed for a military road. But it wasn't until 1843 that Dr. John Cole and his…
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 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 Dallas, passing the historic Highland Park Methodist Church. This congregation started in a unique way, right on the campus of Southern Methodist University back in February of 1916. Its first…
You're driving past Highland Park Methodist Church, a stunning example of Gothic Revival architecture right here in Dallas. Designed by Roscoe DeWitt and Mark Lemmon, this building went up in 1926. Look for that…
You're driving past the site of Plano's First Methodist Church. This congregation started way back in 1846 or 1847, meeting in the home of Joseph and Elizabeth Russell. Thirteen people gathered there, with help from a…
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 driving through Dallas, passing the site of the former Stephen J. Hay Elementary School. Hay, a Georgia native, arrived in Dallas in 1887 and quickly became a civic leader. In 1907, he was elected the first mayor…
You're driving through what used to be Toll Town, named for the two roads that crossed here. But a schoolteacher, Henry Clay Wilmoth, thought it needed a better name, so he suggested Green Valley. The post office opened…
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…
L.V. Berkner High School in Richardson, Texas (1600 East Spring Valley Road) is where Aqib Talib lettered in football, basketball, and track and was named the area's defensive back of the year. He became a unanimous…
You're driving through Allen, Texas, a town founded in 1870 by the Houston and Texas Central Railway. But this place has a wilder claim to fame. Just four years after its founding, the notorious outlaw Sam Bass…
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 driving past the site of Allen's original electric railway depot. Imagine this: it's 1908, and the Texas Traction Company's interurban line is bringing a surge of growth to this town. Hourly passenger cars ran…
You're driving near Allen, Texas, the birthplace of John Sayles Leach. He wasn't just born here, he rose to become president of Texaco, Incorporated. Leach started his career right here in Texas with the Texas Company…
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 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 Dallas, where German Lutherans began gathering for worship in 1874. In 1879, they organized the German Evangelical Lutheran Zions Congregation, building a structure that housed a sanctuary,…
You're driving through Allen, and right here is the site of the very first Methodist Church. Methodists were some of the first settlers in this county, gathering way back in 1847 at a pioneer's log cabin. Services were…
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 past the Allen Cemetery, a place established not by families, but by a fraternal order – the International Order of Odd Fellows, back in 1884. Look for the grave of Rebecca Hamilton, who died in 1883, the…
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…
On the night of February 15, 1971, five law-enforcement officers were ambushed and most of them killed in the Trinity River bottoms near the Westmoreland bridge in West Dallas, in what became known as the Trinity River…
Pinkston (Dallas, TX) placed on the 4A Texas high school baseball stat leaderboards for the 2026 season: Valente Garcia (0.525 avg, 1 HR); Christopher Narvaez (0.509 avg).
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…
Look to your right, you're passing the site of St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church. This congregation started in 1889 with just five members, all German immigrants. For years, services were held entirely in…
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.
You're driving through Allen, Texas, a town that sprung up thanks to the railroad. But this quiet spot has a wild west connection. On February 22nd, 1878, the infamous outlaw Sam Bass and his gang reportedly hit the…
You're driving past the site of Oak Lawn United Methodist Church in Dallas. It all started back in 1874 when a settler named Marcus Cullum preached in a grove on Turtle Creek. That same year, on September 20th, he…
You're driving past the site of the Parkland Hospital in Dallas. This is the hospital that became world-famous on November 22nd, 1963. After President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, it was to this facility that he…
You're driving through Dallas, and right here is the site of a Texas first: the Southwest's very first Baby Camp. In 1913, a private nurse named May Forster Smith saw too many poor infants suffering from dehydration and…
You're driving through Dallas, passing McCree Cemetery. This wasn't just any burial ground; it started with a land grant in 1866 from Mahulda Bonner McCree. But look closely at the dates: at least two people, John Henry…
You're driving past the final resting place of some of Texas's earliest European colonists. Back in 1855, this was the burial ground for French, Belgian, and Swiss settlers who dreamed of a new life in Texas. Imagine…
You're driving past a spot that used to be Oak Lawn Park, a five-cent streetcar ride away for Dallas residents back in 1903. The Dallas Consolidated Electric Street Railway Company bought the land, teaming up with…
You're driving through Dallas, and right here is the site of a groundbreaking medical facility. Back in 1921, Dallas's first orthopedic surgeon, Dr. William B. Carrell, teamed up with local Masons to open a free clinic…
You're driving through Dallas, and right here in Cochran Heights, you're surrounded by the work of a true architectural showman: Charles Dilbeck. He learned his trade from his builder father, legendarily designing his…
You're driving through Dallas, heading past a piece of architectural history. This elegant home, built in 1904, was a wedding gift from businessman John Hickman Miller to his wife, Katherine. It's one of the few…
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…
North Dallas (Dallas, TX) placed on the 4A Texas high school baseball stat leaderboards for the 2026 season: Luis Garcia (0.579 avg, 1 HR); Kenyerber Rivas (0.566 avg, 4 HR); Frankie Rodriguez (0.479 avg).
Watauga's story is really the story of the whole Dallas-Fort Worth area, just on a smaller scale. It wasn’t some grand plan that put Watauga on the map, but more of a happy accident of timing and location. See, back in…
You're driving past a piece of Dallas history today! Look for the brick building with the fancy masonry – that's the old Turtle Creek Pump Station. Built way back in 1909, this wasn't just any building; it was the…
Eagle Stadium in Allen, Texas, opened in 2012 at a cost of about $59.6 million for Allen ISD and seats 18,000 — the largest of the five priciest Texas high school stadiums. It is widely credited with starting the Texas…
Allen High School and its 18,000-seat Eagle Stadium (155 Rivercrest Blvd., Allen, TX) are where Kyler Murray went a perfect 42-0 as a starting quarterback. During his tenure Allen won three straight Texas state…
Allen High School (Allen, TX): Most recent: 35-33 over Austin Lake Travis · 2017 6A Division 1 final.
At Allen High School, Kyler Murray simply did not lose. He went forty-two and zero as a starter, never dropping a single game he began, and led the Eagles to three consecutive Texas Class Five-A state championships from…
You're driving through Walnut Grove in Collin County, and you're passing the site of the Walnut Grove Presbyterian Church. This congregation started way back in 1846 as the Union Congregation, organized by the Rev. J.N.…
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 driving past Gribble Springs Baptist Church, established in 1871 by 23 members from the Pond Creek community. The Rev. W.C. West was its first pastor. The congregation met in a schoolhouse before building their…