Everything Midlothian is known for
Songs written about the waterways and highways that run near Midlothian.
Glenn Heights may be a relatively young city, but it has its own quiet story to tell. Drive down I-35E today and you see the result of that late 20th-century growth spurt — homes and businesses that sprang up as people sought a suburban haven within commuting distance of Dallas.
Glenn Heights is more than just another suburb south of Dallas. Its story is really a tale of two streams meeting. One is the relentless current of the I-35E corridor. That highway, always humming with trucks and commuters, is what really opened the floodgates. Before that, it was just rolling prairie in the Trinity River watershed, land that Glenn and Heights saw potential in. Then, you have the stream of people looking for a place to put down roots, a little piece of the good life, without the constant big-city hustle. That's what really made it grow. You see the evidence of that growth everywhere, the newer neighborhoods and the businesses that followed. But what keeps people here, what makes them call it home, isn't just the convenience. It's that small-town feel, that sense of community that can be hard to find so close to a major metroplex. It’s that quiet, suburban dream played out against the backdrop of the Cowboys' glory years, a place where Super Bowl XXX feels a little closer to home.
Pecan Hill, cradled up here at 453 feet, always felt a little different. You can feel it in the way the breeze moves through the pecan trees that gave the place its name. Founded in the late 1800s, it was always a farming community, mostly cotton at first. FM 878, that's the road that ties it all together, bringing folks in and out. But life wasn't always easy. The Great Depression hit hard, especially for the cotton farmers. There was a real struggle then, a change in the air as folks had to adapt. But Pecan Hill held on. The land’s always been good for pecans, and that's what a lot of folks turned to. There's a quiet pride here, a connection to the soil. There's even a local story about a time capsule buried under the old oak tree, a secret history waiting to be unearthed. It’s a peaceful place now, but you can still feel the echoes of the past if you listen close.
Honors Navy SEAL Chief Petty Officer Chris Kyle, deadliest sniper in American military history, killed at a Texas gun range February 2, 2013, by a veteran he was trying to help. Raised in Midlothian.
What would later become Midlothian began as part of the Peters Colony, which brought settlers to Texas from 1841 to 1848. W.A. and Anna Hawkins and their extended family arrived in 1848, in time to receive acreage for their new home. Their son Benjamin Franklin Hawkins set aside part of his land for a church, and the adjacent land became the community's cemetery. Although earlier unmarked graves most likely exist, the earliest marked grave, that of Mary Elizabeth Hawkins, dates to October 1873. Two of her young children, who died shortly after her death, are buried nearby. In 1874, John W. and George W. Hawkins deeded four acres including the burial ground to the Methodist church; the community has added surrounding land over the years to increase the cemetery to its current size. The city of Midlothian incorporated in 1888. W.A. Brundage, Sr., the city's first mayor, is among the many notable area residents buried here. The cemetery is also the burial place of military veterans, pioneers, farmers, ranchers, paupers and many others, representing the community's long and rich heritage. Historic Texas Cemetery - 2003
Jasper “Jake” Preston Sewell, Jr. (1878-1961) bought three lots south of Midlothian’s business district in November 1912. In 1915, Jake married Nettie (Witherspoon) Sewell (1886-1978). The Sewells, who attended Polytechnic Institute in Midlothian, commissioned this house to be built after 1918, most likely with dividends from shares in the Hog Creek Oil Company. Jake was associated with Producers Co-Op Mill and several other businesses and was a member of the Midlothian school board. In the late 1930s, Nettie let rooms in their house to single female teachers in Midlothian schools. The Sewells sold the house and 8.5 acres in 1933. For more than 50 years, the house was occupied by Clyde P. Trotter (1893-1970) and his wife, Cloma (Hanson) Trotter (1903-1987). The couple had no children, and Cloma, who was a civic leader and the first female mayor of Midlothian, left the house to the salvation army. The house’s architecture exhibits arts and crafts and prairie school styling in its design, materials and construction. Significant features of this brick, stone and wood house include its large front porch with wide supporting columns, overhanging eaves, decorative rafter ends, and triangular brackets. The design also includes a porte-cochere and a two-car garage with upstairs apartment behind the house. The interior exhibits an open floor plan, oak floors, wainscoting and moldings, fireplaces in the living room and family room with artisan mantelpieces. Other features include Rookwood tiles, a curved staircase leading to the upper floor, and natural light from numerous double-hung windows. First floor spaces include a large foyer, breakfast and dining rooms, living areas, kitchen, bath and a sunroom. The second floor was designed with two bedrooms, a sitting area, bath, sunroom, and balcony. RECORDED TEXAS HISTORIC LANDMARK – 2017
Midlothian is on U.S. Highway 287 and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe and Southern Pacific railways nine miles northwest of Waxahachie in northwest Ellis County. Settlers arrived in the area as early as 1800, but colonization did not occur until peace treaties between the Republic of Texas and the Indian inhabitants were finalized by Sam Houston in 1843. The William Alden Hawkins and Larkin Newton families were the first to obtain permanent land titles at the site, under the authority of the Peters colony in 1848. The locale became known as Hawkins' Springs after a spring on Hawkins's property. A log cabin with an earthen floor was the community's first school, church, and community hall. As better materials became available, more permanent buildings were constructed. A post office called Barker, probably after Charles Barker, was established in 1877. The name was changed to Midlothian in 1882 or 1883. Most accounts agree that the name was suggested by a Scottish train engineer after a location in his home country. The community was selected by the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway to be a part of its proposed line. Tracks reached the area in 1883, and by 1884 Midlothian had two churches, a district school, and a newspaper, the Midlothian News . The population was 300. Midlothian was incorporated in April 1888. By 1892 the population had grown to between 600 and 800. At least twenty-five businesses made up the business district, including two cotton gins, two general stores, a drugstore, a hardware and farm-implement store, a livery stable, a lumberyard, a saddle and harness shop, a millinery shop, a confectionery, a furniture store, three groceries, a hotel, a bakery, a barbershop, a blacksmith and wagon-repair shop, and a weekly newspaper called the Visitor . The Polytechnic Academy (later Institute), a private boarding school, offered a full curriculum with emphasis in the fine arts. It carried the names of Whitten Institute and Midlothian College before being consolidated into the public school system in 1903. A Texas historical marker is on the site in Kimmel Park. By 1896 Midlothian had a population of 1,000 and sixty-two businesses, including the Argus newspaper. The Midlothian Oil Mill and Gin, founded in 1898, was a three-press mill. At its peak it was a fourteen-gin operation. Before 1929 and the Great Depression many businesses flourished. Some enjoyed substantial trade that included foreign markets. In the 1980s Midlothian, which called itself the "Cement Capitol of Texas," had major industries, including producers of Portland cement and steel. Midlothian also serves as a distribution center for foreign imports. The population rose gradually from 1,175 in the early 1950s to 5,087 in the 1980s, when the city had 120 businesses. Beginning in the mid-1970s Midlothian saw an influx of residents from Dallas and Fort Worth, who built homes on unused farmland outside of town. Though Midlothian proper was left essentially unchanged, the school district expanded to 20,000 students. In 1990 the population was 5,141. The population was 7,480 with 486 businesses in 2000.
Marc Williams was a pioneering cowboy radio singer and recording artist. He was born Marcus Dumont Williams in Ellis County in 1903. He was the son of Charles Curren Williams and Zelica Grace Morgan. He reportedly worked as a cowboy as a young man and studied at the University of Texas for a legal career. Williams held a regular radio program as the "Cowboy Crooner" on KRLD from 1927 to 1930. In 1930 he performed on the air in Waco. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s Williams also did live appearances in North Texas as well as some vaudeville touring. Between 1928 and 1936, Williams recorded nine sessions for the Brunswick and Decca labels, waxing a total of thirty-nine sides, of which thirty-six were issued. Most of his titles were classic cowboy songs, including the first recorded version of "Cole Younger," recorded for Brunswick in Dallas in November 1930, and an early version of "Jesse James." A comparison of his lyrics to songs in John Lomax 's Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads (1910) reveals that he was at least familiar with that work. Among his finest performances is the gently-rapped "Sioux Warriors," perhaps his best-known recording. Williams possessed a smooth singing style that contrasted sharply with the roughhewn sound of early cowboy singers such as Jules Verne Allen . As a result he forms a bridge between those artists and later silver screen cowboys such as Gene Autry . Facts about Williams's life remain vague. In 1937 he published the songbook Marc Williams Collection of Favorite Cowboy Songs . He fronted a cowboy band that included Bill Stockard, Pete Scarborough, and Bob Arwine on KFJZ (Fort Worth) in 1940. Sometime along the way, he adopted the moniker "Happy Hank" for a children's radio show in Dallas which lasted until at least 1947. According to some sources, he may have played that character for a children's program on WHO radio in Des Moines, Iowa, possibly during the 1930s. Williams is also said to have done radio work in Detroit, St. Paul, and Cincinnati. He graduated from Wayne State University in Detroit in 1959 and began a legal career in that city. Williams returned to Fort Worth about 1971 and seems to have given up public performances. He died in Fort Worth on June 18, 1974, and was buried next to his parents in the family plot in Midlothian Cemetery in Midlothian, Ellis County, Texas. His recordings can be heard on Marc Williams: The Forgotten Singing Cowboy , released on Jasmine Records in 2004.
Shedeur Sanders, Trinity Christian School - Cedar Hill (TAPPS; now 'Trinity Leadership'), class of 2021. Career (4 yrs): 12,627 pass yds, 166 TD. Junior 2019: 3,477 yds, 47 TD, team 13-1. Three consecutive TAPPS Division II state titles (2017-2019). Father Deion Sanders was OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR (not head coach) 2017-2019, record 42-3; left after 2019 for Jackson State. Shedeur later followed to Jackson State, then Colorado. NOTE: 'Texas state passing-TD record' claim is UNVERIFIED and intentionally omitted. Sources: Wikipedia, 247Sports, SI, texashsfootball.com, CBS Sports.
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Jasper “Jake” Preston Sewell, Jr. (1878-1961) bought three lots south of Midlothian’s business district in November 1912. In 1915, Jake married Nettie (Witherspoon) Sewell (1886-1978). The Sewells,…
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You're driving past the 1889 Masonic Lodge Hall in Waxahachie. Look at this three-story brick building, topped with a tin cornice decorated with Masonic symbols. It was built in 1889 for Waxahachie Lodge No. 90. The…
You're driving past the former home of a Methodist presiding elder in Waxahachie. Built in 1901, this house served as the parsonage for the district superintendent for over 40 years. Mrs. M.J. Cooke initially had the…
You're driving through Duncanville, passing the site of the Trees Cemetery. Crawford Trees arrived in Texas in 1845, eventually buying over 5,000 acres. He and his wife Anna donated land for a school and church, but…
You're driving past the Wilson Cemetery, a small pioneer burial ground that dates back to 1872. It began when Charles N. Wilson buried his wife, Ophelia, and their infant daughter here, both lost to complications during…
You're driving through Waxahachie, and right here is a house with a story of Texas industry. In 1888, a widow built a home on this spot. Just one year later, it was bought by J.F. Strickland. He was a big deal—a…
You're driving through Desoto, a community that started life as "the Store." It all began in the 1840s when families like the Parks, Cheshier, Ramsey, and Johnson settled here. In 1848, T.J. Johnson built the first…
You're driving past the neighborhood where Bessie Coleman grew up and went to school, right here in Waxahachie. Born in 1892, Coleman dreamed of flying, but no American flight school would teach a black woman. So, she…
You're driving past Penn Springs, a place that's been a vital stop for travelers for centuries. Long before settlers arrived, Native Americans used these springs. Then, wagon trains and cattle drives on the Shawnee…
You're driving past Joshua Chapel, an important landmark in Waxahachie's African American community. Organized in 1876, this congregation was named for its first pastor, the Reverend Joshua Goins, a man who started many…
You're driving through Waxahachie, and right here is the site of the First Baptist Church, a community cornerstone for over 150 years. It all started way back in 1861, with just twelve members meeting in the local…
You're driving past the former site of Oak Lawn School, a beacon for Black education in Waxahachie. It started in 1887 as an elementary school, moving to this very location in 1893. By the turn of the century, high…
You're driving near Maypearl, Texas, the birthplace of Paul Brindley, a pathologist and professor who earned the nickname "Uncle Paul" from his students. He was the last of seven children and went on to earn his M.D.…
You're driving past the Nance Farm, a place that's been in the same family for a century. Otway Nance arrived here from Kentucky in 1851, settling on land acquired through Peters Colony. He started building this…
Seguin (Arlington, TX) placed on the 5A Texas high school baseball stat leaderboards for the 2026 season: Ethan Boudreaux (0.462 avg, 3 HR).
You're cruising past the Fry-Butcher House, a beautiful example of Queen Anne architecture right here in Red Oak. Sam and Sarah Jane Fry bought this land in 1882 and, with the help of carpenter Lewis Butcher, built this…
You're rolling through Duncanville, home of one of the most decorated football programs in Texas. Earlier this year, the Panthers nearly landed a six-foot-three sophomore quarterback named Bryson Kennedy. Kennedy…
Pecan Hill, cradled up here at 453 feet, always felt a little different. You can feel it in the way the breeze moves through the pecan trees that gave the place its name. Founded in the late 1800s, it was always a…
You're driving through Duncanville, right in the heart of Dallas County. Just imagine, this spot was once known as Penn Springs, a vital watering hole for travelers heading west. Back in the day, two natural springs…
You're driving near Duncanville, the birthplace of Dr. Ruby Kathryn Daniel. She wasn't just any eye surgeon; she was a global medical pioneer. After training at the Mayo Clinic and teaching in China and India, Dr.…
You're driving through Duncanville, a Dallas suburb. This town owes its start to a railroad switch, named for a line foreman. In 1880, the Chicago, Texas and Mexican Central Railway reached this area and built Duncan…
You're driving past Bells' Chapel Cemetery, founded way back in 1875. Local landowners John and Elizabeth Gibbons gave the land for the church and cemetery on December 27th of that year, deeding it to the Methodist…
This stretch of highway in the Ellis County area is named for Staff Sergeant Felix M. Conde-Falcón. Conde-Falcón was Puerto Rican-born, raised in Texas, drafted into the Army during the Vietnam War. In 1969, he…
You're driving through Ellis County, not far from Red Oak, the birthplace of Michael Francis "Pinky" Higgins. He earned his nickname in a unique way, reportedly showing up for a sandlot football game wearing his clothes…
You're driving south of Dallas on I-35, and right here is Red Oak. This town started out as Possum Trot back in 1844, named for the critters that were everywhere. The first settlers were the James E. Patton family, who…
You're driving past the First United Methodist Church of Duncanville. This congregation actually started as a Union Sunday School way back in 1882, just after the railroad arrived. For a few years, classes met at Union…
You're driving past the site of a small but important piece of Duncanville history! Back in 1887, folks were pretty resistant to building a new school, worried about taxes. But six citizens stepped up and funded it…
You're driving past the Daniel Cemetery, the final resting place for some of southwest Dallas County's earliest settlers. The first person buried here, back in 1853, was Fannie P. Daniel, daughter-in-law of Rev. Ellison…
You're driving past the site of the First Christian Church of Duncanville. Its story begins in the early 1890s, with informal services led by a preacher from nearby Lancaster. By 1893, Robert N. Daniel and his wife…
You're driving through Duncanville, a town that owes its very existence to the railroad. Back in the 1880s, this area was just farmland, but then the Chicago, Texas & Mexican Central Railroad decided to build a line…
You're driving past the Jefferson Dunaway Home, built in 1855. Jefferson Madison Dunaway built this home for his bride, Sarah Ann Brack. The stone for the chimneys was gathered right from the creek banks nearby, and…
Duncanville High School (Duncanville, TX): Most recent: 49-33 over Galena Park North Shore · 2023 6A Division 1 final.
Duncanville (Duncanville, TX) placed on the 6A Texas high school baseball stat leaderboards for the 2026 season: Braylon Hubbard (6 HR); Raul Lomas (5 HR).
You're driving through Ellis County, passing the site of the old Greathouse community. It all started back in 1848 when Archibald and Mary Greathouse settled here, giving their name to the creek and the community. The…
You're driving through Ellis County, near the site of what was once the thriving farming community of Auburn. Pioneer settlers used this cemetery as early as 1856, and it was later part of land deeded for a school and…
You're driving past the Rehoboth Cemetery, which began in 1871 with the burial of infant Mary Miller. This site served the community of Sublett, which had a school, post office, and church. Today, the Rehoboth Cemetery…
You're driving through the Willow Springs Community, near Alvarado. Look to your right for the Duke Cemetery. It began in 1870 when the Duke family buried their ten-year-old daughter, Zilla, on their farm. By 1879, Dr.…
Bowie (Arlington, TX) placed on the 6A Texas high school baseball stat leaderboards for the 2026 season: Eydem Fiorentino (0.417 avg).
You're driving past the site of the First Baptist Church of Alvarado. Settlers arrived in the 1850s, and Baptists here are thought to have met for years before officially forming their church on October 6, 1861. Their…
You're driving past Graves Cemetery, a final resting place for many of Ellis County's earliest pioneers. The first marked grave here belongs to Joseph Hinkle, who was laid to rest in 1859. His son-in-law, Robert Russell…
You're driving past the Ellis County Farm Cemetery, also known as the Pauper Cemetery. This burial ground was part of a county farm established in the 1890s to support the needy. Between 1890 and 1946, it served as the…
You're driving past the Rockett Christian Church, a building that's seen over a century of Texas history. The congregation started gathering way back in 1853, but they formally organized in 1894. This beautiful…
You're driving through Alvarado, the oldest town in Johnson County! It all started in the winter of 1849 when William Balch staked a claim near an old Indian trail. Though his family left for a bit, they returned in…
You're driving through North Texas, and right here in the area, John C. Collier, known as 'Marse' to his students, was building a legacy in education. He arrived in Texas in 1855, first teaching at Bosque Academy before…
You're driving through Johnson County, and right here in Alvarado, John Calvin Weaver was building a life. He wasn't just a doctor, but a businessman and a state representative. In 1870, he was elected to the Twelfth…
You're driving through Johnson County, near Alvarado. Look around, and you might imagine a community called Cahill, named for Nancy and Aquilla Cahill, who settled this land back in 1859. Decades later, in 1893, Sarah…
You're driving through Alvarado, a town with roots stretching back to the late 1840s. It all started with David Mitchell's trading post, but it was William Balch who really shaped this place. Settling here in 1852,…
You're driving past Alvarado, where cotton was once king. Back in 1896, John Ezell saw the boom in Johnson County cotton and built a gin right here. It was a lifesaver for local farmers, processing bales for markets in…
You're driving past Bethel Methodist Church, a place with roots stretching back to 1853. It all started under a simple brush arbor at High Springs. Services moved around a bit, first to a log schoolhouse, then another…
You're driving past Alvarado's First Methodist Church. Services here started way back in 1851, in a hall built by the town's founder, William Balch. The first dedicated church building went up in 1866, but sadly, it…
You're driving through Alvarado, and right here is the home of the Alvarado Masonic Lodge, chartered way back in 1869. These guys weren't just about fellowship; they were serious about education. Their first lodge…
You're driving past the land where a man known as 'Daddy' Wisdom found his purpose later in life. John Shelby Wisdom moved to Texas as a teen, working ranches and cattle drives. In 1880, he married Hattie Wright, and…
You're driving through Alvarado, and right here is the site of the very first union building in Johnson County, established way back in 1854. William Balch donated this land for a place that served as a school, a church…
You're driving past the Balch-Senterwood Cemetery, a resting place with a somber beginning. It was established in 1856, right next to the Balch Cemetery, to serve the African American population. The story starts with a…
You're driving past Wheatland Methodist Church, a testament to faith in early Texas. Founded way back in 1847, just a year after Texas became a state, this church holds a significant title: it's the oldest Methodist…
You're driving through the old Gibson Community, settled by brothers Garrett and James Gibson back in 1853. They donated this land for a cemetery, where the earliest marked grave is for Garrett's infant grandson, James…
You're driving through Grand Prairie, a city born from a broken wagon. Back in 1863, a man named A.M. Dechman was traveling from Jacksonville to Fort Belknap with army supplies when his wagon gave out. He traded the…
You're driving between Dallas and Fort Worth right now, and you're passing through a massive industrial park that changed the face of this region. It's the Great Southwest Industrial District, established in 1956 by…
You're driving near Grand Prairie, and right here is Joe Pool Lake. Officially known as the Joe Pool Reservoir, this massive body of water was named for Joe Pool, a congressman from Oak Cliff. The dam creating this lake…
You're driving through the Dallas/Fort Worth area, near Grand Prairie. You might be passing the hometown of Thomas Garland Collins, Sr., a state legislator who served two terms in the Texas House. He was a merchant and…
You're driving past Alvarado's Glenwood Cemetery, a resting place born from two family plots. Back in the 1870s, the Campbell and Sansom families set aside land for their own cemeteries. The first recorded burial here…
David W. Carter High School in Dallas (1819 West Wheatland Road) is where Michael Crabtree played quarterback before converting to receiver. At Texas Tech he set NCAA freshman records with 1,962 receiving yards and 22…
You're driving past the Myers Cemetery near Alvarado, a place that holds stories of family, hardship, and even a shocking crime. Samuel Houston Myers and his wife Martha arrived here in 1851 with their six children.…
You're driving through Dallas, heading into the heart of the Peters Colony, the first big settlement push in North Texas. Look to your right - you're passing the Everard Sharrock, Jr. Farmstead. Sharrock built his home…
You're driving past the site of a Texas tradition that started way back in 1892. A local farmer named John James had an idea for a reunion, but folks initially said no. Undeterred, James and some writer friends…
You're driving past the site of Norman Springs, a place that once quenched the thirst of Caddo Indians and Texas pioneers. Back in 1849, William Balch claimed this land, and when he returned with his family in 1851,…
South Grand Prairie (Grand Prairie, TX) placed on the 6A Texas high school baseball stat leaderboards for the 2026 season: Daylon Brooks (0.417 avg, 3 HR); Julian Guerrero (0.411 avg, 1 HR).
You're driving through Ellis County, not far from where Ernest Tubb, the legendary "Gold Chain Troubador," was born in Crisp back in 1914. He learned guitar on his own, got a break from Jimmie Rodgers' widow, and landed…
You're driving through Ellis County, not far from Ennis. Right here, you're passing through the former site of Burnham. This community was platted in 1861 on a land grant, with streets and a public square donated by…
You're driving through what was once a critical flashpoint in the Red River War. Right here, in late August of 1874, Captain Wyllys Lyman found himself in a desperate situation. His wagontrain, tasked with resupplying…
You're driving through what was once the wild Texas frontier, a land Thomas Ingles Smith knew well. Arriving in Texas in 1836, Smith fought with the Republic of Texas Army, served as a Texas Ranger, and even negotiated…
You're driving through Ellis County, not far from Ennis. Right here is the site of Telico, a town that dreamed big in the mid-1800s. Originally called Trinity City, it was renamed Telico in the 1850s, inspired by a…
You're driving through Ellis County, near the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, where a massive scientific endeavor once promised to put Texas on the map. Back in 1985, the Texas National Research Laboratory Commission was…
You're driving through Forreston, Texas, a town with roots stretching back to the earliest days of settlement in this region. It all started around 1843 when William R. Howe arrived, making this spot the very first…
You're driving through North Texas, the heart of where the Nineteenth Texas Cavalry was formed during the Civil War. Fear of the draft pushed many men to join this mounted regiment in March of 1862, hoping to keep their…
You're driving north of Ennis on I-45, and right here is the story of Trumbull. It started in 1872 as just a railroad switch, but it went through a few names before sticking. It was called 'Switch,' then 'Ghost Hill' –…
You're driving through what is now Ellis County, a place that saw a lot of action in the 19th century. Harvey W. Young arrived here in 1842 and quickly became a key figure. He served as the sheriff of Ellis County in…
You're driving through Ellis County, and right here, you're passing through what used to be Auburn. It all started in 1852 when over a hundred covered wagons arrived from Arkansas, drawn by the water of the North Fork…
You're driving through Avalon, a community that sprung up in the 1860s along Chambers Creek. Settlers like the John, Taylor, and Loyd families arrived, and it's said William John himself gave this place its name. By…
You're driving through Ellis County, near Mountain Peak, the birthplace of James Andrew Beall. Born in 1866, Beall became a lawyer and a politician, serving in both the Texas Legislature and the U.S. Congress. But his…
You're driving through Ellis County, southeast of Waxahachie, near where the community of Byrd used to be. It started out as Byron, a stop on the stagecoach route from Dallas to the Gulf Coast. Rube Warren built a store…
You're driving through Ellis County, not far from Maypearl, and you might just pass the site of a community called Oak, also known as Oak Branch. It started in 1869 when Joshua and Sarah Higgins arrived from Alabama.…
You're driving through the Cross Timbers, a vital strip of land that's been a crossroads for centuries. For Native Americans, this sandy timberland was a paradise, offering mild weather, good soil, and plenty of buffalo…
You're driving past Rutherford's Crossing Bridge, built back in 1919 by the Texas Bridge Company for just over 500 bucks. Before this Warren Pony truss bridge went up, locals had to ford Red Oak Creek. That crossing was…
You're driving south of Dallas, and right here in Lancaster, you're passing through a town that played a small but significant role in the Civil War. In 1861, a volunteer company from Lancaster was raised and joined the…
You're driving through Dallas County, near Lancaster, where Margaret Hall Little Lavender arrived in 1845. She and her husband William traveled all the way from Illinois as part of the Peters Colony's push to settle…
You're driving past the site of the First Christian Church of Lancaster. Back on July 5, 1846, Roderick Rawlins and thirteen other settlers started this Christian fellowship. For years, they met in homes and a simple…
You're driving past Smith Cemetery, established back in 1852. It started as a burial place for pioneers on a lonely knoll, but today it overlooks nine urban areas. Nancy Owen Smith founded this spot for her family and…
You're driving past the Hudson Cemetery, which started with a family tragedy. In 1878, Ary Mae Hudson died, the first person buried on this land. Her twin sister, Ara Bell, was later moved here too. The Hudsons then…
You're driving past the site of New Hope Baptist Church, a community that's been gathering for worship for over a century. Organized by Reverend D.F. Smith and fourteen charter members, this congregation held its first…
You're driving past the site of the Rawlins Homestead, a place that served travelers on the road between Waxahachie and Dallas. Roderick A. Rawlins, a Confederate officer, started building this house in 1855. After the…
You're driving through Dallas, and right here is the Oak Cliff Presbyterian Church. It all started way back in 1890 with just seventeen members. Over the years, this church grew, moving from Ninth and Patton streets to…
You're driving through Rendon, Texas, a community that started as a simple crossroads. In 1891, a post office opened, named after Joaquin Rendon, the original land grant holder. By the mid-1890s, this tiny settlement…
As you drive through Lancaster, look for the site of the Confederate Arms Factory. In 1862, Joseph Sherrard, William Killem, Pleasant Taylor, and John Crockett established this factory. Their mission? To manufacture…
You're driving through Lancaster, a town with a rich educational history! Back in 1846, the very first log schoolhouse was built just a mile north of here. As the community grew, so did its schools. By 1868, African…
You're driving through Lancaster, a town with roots going back to 1844. It was officially established around 1852 by A. Bledsoe and his son-in-law, Roderick Rawlins, who patterned it after Bledsoe's grandfather's…
You're driving past the site where a major Texas educational institution got its start. Look to your right, and you'll see Dallas Baptist University, but it began right here, back in 1898, as Decatur Baptist College. It…
You're driving past the First United Methodist Church of Lancaster, a North Texas institution tracing its roots back to 1868. Organized by Reverend Andrew Davis, services first gathered in the Masonic Hall. Imagine, if…
You're on Interstate 35 West, on a stretch of road named for Johnson County Deputy Clifton Leigh Taylor. On April 23, 2011, Taylor responded to a domestic disturbance call out on Eagle Court, just outside the little…
You're driving through Lancaster, and right here, you're passing the former site of the Head House. Lucy Frances Jeffries, a Virginia transplant, discovered her true talent wasn't just raising four kids, but cooking!…
You're driving past Edgewood Cemetery in Lancaster, the final resting place for some of Dallas County's earliest settlers. Look for the grave of Lizzie Richardson, a pioneer child who died way back in the summer of 1845…
You're driving past the First Baptist Church of Lancaster, but its story starts way back in the 1840s, with Baptists meeting in private homes. Then, on September 29th, 1867, fourteen people officially organized the…
You're driving past the Winniford House, a testament to Texas grit and good design. William Johnson Winniford arrived here in 1853, chasing opportunity after a stint in the California Gold Rush. He homesteaded 320…
You're driving past the site of the old Grady School, just outside Palmer. It started in 1895, built to educate the children of the pioneer Farrar family. The first building sat on a hill overlooking Red Oak Creek. By…
You're driving past the site of the First Presbyterian Church of Lancaster. It all started in 1856, when Reverend Michael Dickson and just nine members gathered in a small workshop to get this church off the ground. For…
You're cruising past the former home of W.A. Strain, built in the late 1890s. Strain's pioneer family had already owned this land since 1846. Noted Dallas architect James E. Flanders designed this frame Victorian house,…
You're driving past the site of Pleasant Run, a town that nearly was! Madison Miller arrived here in 1846, a Texas Ranger who’d served with Bigfoot Wallace. He settled down, married, and opened a store in his home,…
You're driving past the site of Rocky Crest School, a vital part of African American education in Lancaster. In 1868, this school opened its doors in a former Confederate pistol factory, serving 73 students. Imagine…
You're driving through the old Greenbrier community, which was renamed Greenfield back in 1917. This area's history goes back to 1878, when 17 charter members founded the Greenbrier Baptist Church. For years, Baptists…
You're driving past the site of St. Paul Freewill Baptist Church in Lancaster. This congregation was organized in 1870, born from the community of freed Black Texans after the Civil War. Land was acquired in the late…
Lancaster (Lancaster, TX) placed on the 6A Texas high school baseball stat leaderboards for the 2026 season: Jason Gardner (0.449 avg).
You're driving through Arlington, but this area started much earlier as Johnson Station, a ranger outpost and trading post back in the 1840s. This cemetery is a direct link to those first settlers. Look for the oldest…
You're driving past the site of a remarkable farm, built by Alanson Asbury and Susanna Head, known fondly as Uncle Ben and Aunt Sukie. Around 1877, they established their home here and transformed about 300 acres into a…
You're driving past Bethany Rest Cemetery, a quiet reminder of Alvarado's early settlers. The land here was donated in 1903 by A.A. "Ben" Head and his wife, Sarah, for Bethany Church, originally called Head's Chapel. By…
You're driving through Arlington, but this spot was a vital water source long before the city. Marrow Bone Spring was an Indian habitat for centuries, and in 1843, even Sam Houston's envoys stopped here, seeking peace.…
You're driving past what used to be the heart of Bethesda, a community that started way back in 1853. Pioneer David R. Jackson donated land for a cemetery, where unmarked graves might even date to 1844! Just a few years…
You're driving through Johnson County, not far from Grandview. Look around and imagine the Wilkinson family, Henry and Sarah Ann, pulling their ox-drawn wagons into this area back in January of 1867. They'd left…
You're driving past Five Mile Cemetery, a burial ground that may have seen use as early as the 1840s. Abraham Bast, who donated land for a church and school here in 1859, is buried here, as is Arthur Ledbetter, who…
You're driving through Arlington right now, a place forever linked to a national tragedy that sparked a life-saving innovation. On January 13th, 1996, nine-year-old Amber Hagerman was abducted from a parking lot right…
You're driving through Tarrant County, maybe even past Arlington, where Kalpana Chawla earned her Master's degree. She wasn't just any student; she was the first Indian-born woman to go to space. After studying here,…
You're driving between Dallas and Fort Worth, and right here in Arlington is the original Six Flags Over Texas! Opened in 1961, it was one of the first theme parks in the country. The park's name celebrates the six…
You're driving near Arlington, Texas, the birthplace of a Texas icon: Six Flags Over Texas! Right here, Angus Gilchrist Wynne, Jr. conceived of a theme park unlike any other. After developing a massive industrial…
You're driving through Arlington, Texas, the hometown of Darrell Lance Abbott, better known to millions as Dimebag Darrell. Born right here in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1966</say-as>, Abbott, along with his…
You're driving through North Texas, and right here in Arlington, a heavy metal legend was born. Vinnie Paul Abbott, drummer for the multi-platinum band Pantera, kicked off his career in this area. He co-founded Pantera…
You're driving between Dallas and Fort Worth, and right here is the site of Arlington Downs, a racetrack that gambled on the future. It opened in 1929, a massive $3 million project by oilman William T. Waggoner. The…
You're driving through the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex right now, and you're flying over a massive testament to a decades-long city feud. The idea for this airport, DFW, was first proposed way back in 1927. Dallas and…
You're driving through Arlington, and right here is a place that launched careers of country music superstars. In 1974, Johnnie High opened his Country Music Revue in Grapevine, aiming to showcase local talent. It…
You're driving near Arlington, Texas, the site of Marrow Bone Springs and the place where Fort Worth got its start. Right here, Middleton Tate Johnson, a veteran of the Texas Revolution and the Mexican-American War,…
You're driving through Arlington, Texas, where one of the most influential heavy metal bands of the 1990s got its start. Pantera formed right here in 1981, originally as a glam-rock cover band. But these guys evolved,…
You're driving through North Texas, near Dallas. Right here, we remember James Lamar Stone. He wasn't born here, but he spent time in Dallas and later retired to Arlington. In <say-as interpret-as="date"…
You're driving through Arlington, Texas, and right here, you might be passing by the former site of Top O' Hill Terrace. What started as an elegant tearoom in 1921, serving chicken-fried steaks to ladies' luncheons, was…
You're driving through Arlington, Texas, a city that quite literally exploded thanks to a handshake deal back in the 1950s. Right here is the General Motors Assembly Plant, which opened its doors in 1954. Local leaders,…
You're driving through Arlington, and right here is a place that changed lives. In <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1958</say-as>, nine-year-old Sammie Lynn Provence contracted polio, leaving him quadriplegic and…
You're driving through the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, and right here, in Arlington, you're passing through a place shaped by William Thomas "Hooker" Vandergriff. He wasn't just a car dealer; he was a visionary who…
You're driving through Arlington, Texas, a city that boomed thanks to the vision of one man: Tom Vandergriff. He became mayor in 1951 at just twenty-five years old. His big idea? To make Arlington a self-contained…
You're driving through Arlington, and right here stood Arlington Stadium, home to the Texas Rangers for 22 seasons. It started as Turnpike Stadium, built by the city to lure a major league team. And they did! In 1972,…
You're driving through Arlington, a city with a wild past. Back in the 1930s, this place was a magnet for gamblers, both legal and illegal. Right here, oil magnate W.T. Waggoner opened Arlington Downs in 1929, a fancy…
You're driving through Arlington, Texas, where from 1903 to 1935 stood the Berachah Home for Erring Girls. Reverend J. T. Upchurch and his wife, Maggie, founded this place as a refuge for single, pregnant young women.…
You're driving through Dalworthington Gardens, a community with a unique origin story. Back in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1934</say-as>, during the Great Depression, this was one of five federal subsistence…
You're driving through Arlington, Texas, the home of the Texas Rangers baseball club. Major League Baseball landed here in 1972, thanks to Mayor Tom Vandergriff convincing owner Robert Short to move his Washington…
You're driving through Arlington, and right here is where a ballpark was built not just for baseball, but to keep the Texas Rangers right here in town. Back in 1989, George W. Bush and partners bought the team, and the…
You're driving through what is now Arlington and Fort Worth, but back on May 24, 1841, this was the site of the Battle of Village Creek. General Edward Tarrant led about seventy volunteers into this area, targeting…
You're driving through Arlington, Texas, a town that owes much of its growth to people like Carlisle Grove Cravens. Born here in 1908, Cravens came from a family deeply invested in education reform. His grandfather even…
You're driving through Arlington, and right here, in the heart of downtown, was once a place that brought the whole community together: the Mineral Well. Back in 1891, locals chipped in to drill this well, hoping for…
You're driving through Arlington, a town that once tried to build its own marine park! In the late 1960s, Mayor Tom Vandergriff wanted a marine animal theme park, but SeaWorld wasn't interested. So, he struck a deal…
You're driving through Arlington, a city that owes much of its early success to Rice Woods Collins. He arrived here around 1876, a Confederate veteran and businessman from Alabama. Right here, Collins partnered with…
The Hill is a historically segregated African American neighborhood consisting of roughly six blocks northwest of Arlington's original town center. It is bounded by Division Street to the south, Sanford Street to the…
You're driving past the birthplace of Middleton Tate Johnson, often called the Father of Tarrant County. Born in South Carolina in 1810, Johnson moved to Texas and became a member of the Congress of the Republic. He…
You're driving through Arlington, a town that owes a lot of its early boost to William Abraham Bowen. He wasn't just an editor; he was a true town booster. Arriving in Arlington in 1908, Bowen took over the local…
You're driving through Tarrant County, and right here in Arlington, you're passing through a town that owes its very first mayor to George W. Finger. Born in 1857, Finger studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1878.…
You're driving through Arlington, and right here is the home of Texas gospel music history. In 1985, Calvin Wills started the Texas Gospel Music Hall of Fame and Museum, inspired by Nashville's own hall of fame, but…
You're driving through Tarrant County, near Arlington, where a remarkable figure named William Marshall Trimble left his mark. Right here, back in 1895, Trimble, a teacher and physician, teamed up with Lee Hammond to…
You're driving through Arlington, and right here is the University of Texas at Arlington, a campus with roots stretching way back. It started not as a university, but as a private institution way back in 1895. Then, in…
You're driving through Arlington, Texas, a city known for its modern attractions, but right here, a woman named Ruth Ward Younkin dedicated decades to preserving Native American culture. Arriving in Fort Worth in 1951,…
You're driving through Tarrant County, near Arlington, where Robert E. L. Roy spent most of his life. Roy wasn't just any lawyer; he was a legislator, a judge, and even played on the very first University of Texas…
You're driving through Arlington, a city that owes a lot of its cultural identity to Howard Warren Joyner. In 1937, he was wooed to North Texas Agricultural College, now UT Arlington, to build an art school before the…
You're driving through Arlington, a city that owes much of its cultural landscape to a group of determined art lovers. Back in 1952, Howard and Arista Joyner, along with friends, founded the Arlington Art Association in…
You're driving through Arlington, the current home of the International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame. But this sport's history stretches back 5,000 years, and its hall of fame has had quite a journey. It started in…
You're driving through Arlington, Texas, the birthplace of Walter Marshall William Splawn. Born in 1883, Splawn was a true academic powerhouse, earning degrees from Baylor, Yale, and the University of Chicago. He taught…
You're driving through Tarrant County, near Arlington, where Finis Ray Wallace once served in the Texas Legislature. He was elected to the House in 1897, representing District 78. Wallace, a farmer by trade, focused on…
You're driving through Arlington, and right here, the story of the local newspaper unfolded for over a century. It started back in 1897 with the Arlington Journal, founded by George Byus using an old Washington hand…
You're driving past the site of Dallas's very first permanent structure on the west side of the Trinity River! Look for the hand-hewn logs of the Hord Log Cabin. Judge William H. Hord brought his family here by covered…
You're driving past the Rodgers Cemetery, a final resting place established by one of Kennedale's leading landowners. Thomas F. Rodgers, a farmer and stock raiser who served in the Confederate Army, came to Texas in the…
You're driving through Kennedale, a town that owes its existence to a bit of railroad politics. Back in 1886, Oliver S. Kennedy surveyed this townsite. To get the Southern Pacific Railroad to build a line through here,…
You're driving past Old Southland Cemetery in Grand Prairie. This burial ground was founded in 1910 by Thomas H. Hall, who needed a closer place for the community to lay their loved ones to rest. He even used bois d'arc…
You're driving past Hawkins Cemetery, a final resting place for many of the Tate Springs community's founding families. It began as a private plot for Harvey Hawkins, a pioneer settler who arrived in Tarrant County in…
You're driving through Italy, Texas, and the Sims family story unfolds. These weren't just settlers; they were the bedrock of early Ellis County development. In 1851, Nicholas P. Sims and his family established their…
You're driving through Arlington, near the site of Tate Cemetery. Evan Calloway Tate moved his family here from Georgia in 1870, establishing the Tate Springs community. Land for this cemetery was deeded to the…
You're driving past Avion Village in Grand Prairie, a fascinating experiment in housing from the 1940s. With defense production booming, Dallas faced a severe housing shortage. The government saw an opportunity to…
You're driving past the Fuget Cemetery, a quiet resting place with roots stretching back to the earliest days of Dallas County. This land was first patented in 1843 to Peters colonists Rowland and Anna Huitt. Rowland…
You're driving through Arlington, and right here is the site of Woods Chapel Baptist Church. It all started on April 28, 1901, when a group gathered in a brush arbor to form a congregation. Led by missionary Rev.…
You're driving past the site of Kennedale's First Baptist Church, a congregation with roots stretching back to the late 1800s. Imagine worship services in a schoolhouse, with baptisms happening in local creeks and a…
You're driving past the site of Livestone Lodge, a historic gathering place for the African American community in Grand Prairie. Chartered in 1903 by the Prince Hall Masons, this lodge started east of town in a…
You're driving past the site of the Grand Prairie Airfield, a place that trained nearly a thousand Navy pilots during World War II. The Navy bought this land in 1942, spending over $800,000 to build training facilities,…
You're driving through Dalworthington Gardens, a town born from President Roosevelt's New Deal. In the depths of the Great Depression, Eleanor Roosevelt saw this area as a perfect spot for a "back-to-the-land" project.…
You're driving past the site of Arlington's First Christian Church. This congregation started small in 1882, just a handful of believers meeting with Reverend William Wright. He formally organized the church in 1890,…
Arlington (Arlington, TX) placed on the 6A Texas high school baseball stat leaderboards for the 2026 season: Axel Alvarado (0.412 avg); Gannon Howard (0.408 avg).
Dalworthington Gardens feels like a well-kept secret, doesn't it? A little pocket of calm nestled right in the heart of the metroplex. And its story really begins with that central location. You see, back in 1934, when…
You're driving past Grandview Cemetery, the final resting place for the original Grand View town site. This place got its name in 1854 when John Whitmire looked around and declared, 'What a Grand View!' Just two years…
You're cruising through Arlington, and right here is the Friday House. In 1923, Marion and Willie Maybelle Friday bought this land to farm and build their dream home. Marion was a civil engineer, helping build sewer…
You're driving past the former home of Dr. H. V. Copeland, a physician who served Grand Prairie for over fifty years. He moved here in 1908, when the town was just a small railroad stop of 500 people. Dr. Copeland,…
You're driving past the site of Tate Springs Baptist Church in Arlington. Before this church even existed, folks gathered for worship at camp meetings down by Village Creek. Then, on February 5th, 1882, ten neighbors…
Grandview High School in Grandview, Texas qualified for the 2026 UIL state softball championships, reaching the state tournament (final four) in Class three A, Division One.
Grandview High School (Grandview, TX): Most recent: 42-35 over Pottsboro · 2019 3A Division 1 final.
You're driving through Grandview, a town born from a beautiful vista. Settled in 1850 on land granted by Governor Pease, its early settlers hauled supplies by ox wagon all the way from Houston. A visitor once exclaimed,…
You're near South Oak Cliff High School in Dallas. Last December, they took down Richmond Randle thirty-five to nineteen to win the Texas 5A Division II state football championship. They wear that crown until this…
You're driving by Chambers' Creek. This area was first granted land by the Mexican government in 1834 to Thomas Jefferson Chambers, a name you'll see on maps all over Texas. But before it was Chambers' Creek, settlers…
You're driving past Arlington Cemetery, a final resting place for many of this town's founders and leaders. It's more than ten acres, but it actually grew from several smaller graveyards. The oldest marked burial here…
You're driving past Hensley Field, a place that played a huge role in American aviation history, especially during World War II. It started back in 1928 when Dallas bought this land for a training airfield because the…
You're driving past the Emory Home in Grandview. Built in 1907 by John Samuel and Mary Elizabeth Emory, this two-story residence was a testament to John's success as a farmer and stockman. He was also a leading civic…
You're driving through Grandview, Texas, right where U.S. 81 and I-35W meet. This town owes its start to a general store opened by J. F. Scurlock back in the 1850s. By 1860, a townsite was laid out, and a two-story…
You're driving through Forreston, and right here is the site of the Nash Public School. Back in 1873, pioneer Thomas Alexander Williams brought his family to Garden Valley and immediately set about establishing a school…
South Oak Cliff High School (Dallas, TX): Most recent: 35-19 over Richmond Randle · 2025 5A Division 2 final.
South Oak Cliff (Dallas, TX) placed on the 5A Texas high school baseball stat leaderboards for the 2026 season: James Crain (0.456 avg).
You're driving past the site of the Berachah Home, a place that started in Waco back in 1894. Reverend J. T. Upchurch founded the Berachah Rescue Society to help homeless girls and unwed mothers. Nine years later, he…
You're driving past the site of a university that's grown right alongside its community. It all started back in 1895 with Arlington College, a private school for kids in grades one through ten. That was followed by…
You're driving past the J.D. Cooper House, built way back in 1878. Cooper was an early landowner here, and this house is a great example of colonial design. Look for those wide floorboards, made with square nails – a…
Right here in Tarrant County, you're driving through the area where Frederick Foscue founded the town of Pantego after the Civil War. He named this community after an American Indian friend. Foscue was a lawyer and…
You're driving through Pantego, a community with a name that comes straight from the frontier. Back in 1884, a local settler named Frederick Foscue donated land for a church and school. But he had a condition: the…
Pantego is a small town, tucked away from the hustle, but it's got its own story to tell. Driving around, you might notice the quiet streets and well-kept homes – a real contrast to the sprawl of Arlington just next…
Randy Pistokache, a freshman (#29) at Grandview High School (Grandview, TX — Johnson County), was named the District 18-3A Newcomer of the Year for the 2026 baseball season.
You're driving through Arlington, and right here is the site of the First Baptist Church. Organized way back in the 1870s at Johnson Station, this church saw the Texas and Pacific Railroad come through and found the…
You're driving past the hometown of Colonel Neel E. Kearby, a World War II flying ace and Medal of Honor recipient. Born in Wichita Falls and raised partly here in Arlington, Kearby joined the Army Air Corps in 1937. He…
You're driving past Boren Cemetery, a final resting place for folks who settled this part of Texas. Michael Boren and his wife Mary Ann arrived here from Kentucky in 1847, bringing their children and enslaved people…
You're driving through what used to be the pioneer town of Lisbon, just south of Dallas. <break time="400ms"/> In 1870, two men, Samuel Sloan and E.A. Gracey, donated land right here for a church and cemetery. <break…
You're driving past the former site of Arlington Downs, a legendary racetrack built by oilman W.T. Waggoner in the 1920s. Imagine this: a mile-and-a-quarter track, a massive grandstand packed with 6,000 cheering fans,…
You're driving through Arlington, and right here is the story of C.D. King, a man they called 'Uncle Dutch.' Born in Tennessee in 1843, King arrived in Texas in 1873 and quickly became a key figure. He served as…
You're driving past the site of a log cabin built way back in 1863 by George Washington Jopling. He built it for his wife Catherine and their big family in the Johnson Station Community. Jopling was a farmer, a…
You're driving past the P.A. Watson Log House, a home built in 1855 near present-day Arlington. Patrick Alfred Watson constructed this dwelling after his first wife passed away, to care for their six children. He later…
You're driving past what's now Everman Cemetery, but it started as the Morris Graveyard. Back in 1882, R.E. Morris buried his wife, Rosa, on their family farm. It was the first interment here. The town itself was first…
You're driving past the Jordan-Bowles House, built around 1860 from hand-hewn logs along the Trinity River. David Jordan, who arrived from Tennessee about 1859, ran a farm, a store, and a stage stand right here on the…
You're driving through Ellis County, and right here is the story of Virginia Elizabeth Duff. Born in Ferris in 1920, she grew up with a family steeped in Texas politics. After graduating from Trinity University and…
You're cruising past a beautiful example of Queen Anne architecture, built around 1896. Look for that gingerbread trim! This home sits on land once owned by I.L. Hutcheson, a pioneer merchant here in Arlington. His son,…
You're driving past the Douglass-Potts House, a classic example of early 20th-century vernacular architecture right here in Arlington. Built in 1907 by contractor Joe O. Crawley, this home served as the residence for…
You're driving through Ferris, a town that put itself on the map thanks to the dirt beneath its feet. <break time="400ms"/> Founded in 1874 along the new Houston and Texas Central Railway, Ferris quickly became known…
You're driving past Marystown Cemetery, a final resting place for many of Johnson County's earliest settlers. Families began moving into this area in the 1850s, drawn by the springs and trees near Quil Miller Creek.…
You're driving past the site of the Lowrey-Hurst homestead, a farm that stayed in the same family for over a hundred years. James Barker Lowrey bought this land back in 1881. His son Nicholas took over farming and…
You're driving through Arlington, and right here is the site of the First United Methodist Church. This congregation got its start way back in 1877, when Reverend J.T.L. Annis was appointed pastor of the local circuit.…
You're driving past the Harkey-Payne House, a home that's seen quite a bit of Texas history. Carpenter D. H. Harkey built the original four rooms around 1870. Then, in 1896, Dr. Johnson came along and added a whole…
You're driving through Arlington's historic African American neighborhood, known as "The Hill." Back in 1895, residents gathered right here to form a community church. It went by several names over the years, including…
You're driving past the site of Arlington's first public school, originally called North Side School, which opened its doors way back in 1907. But this school had some drama early on – it burned to the ground just two…
You're driving past what was once known as "The Home on the Hill" in Arlington. This distinctive Prairie-style house, built in 1914 by local leader James Park Fielder and his wife Mattie, was a true landmark. They used…
You're driving through Arlington, and right here is the story of Mount Olive Baptist Church. It started small, with just a handful of folks led by Rev. Mr. Squires back in the summer of 1897. They organized this church,…
You're driving past the 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 the former Renfro-Clark House in Burleson. This home has a direct link to the very founding of the town! Henry C. Renfro, who died in 1885, donated the land for the M.K.T. Railroad line. In exchange,…
You're driving through Palmer, and right here is the site of the First Baptist Church. It all started on November 17th, 1873, when Reverend T.H. Durham preached the first sermon. Early services were held in members'…
You're driving through Palmer, where a unique community effort in <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1880</say-as> led to a shared church building. Members of the First Christian Church, originally organized here in…
You're driving through Arlington, and right here, this marker tells the story of the Six Flags over Texas! Imagine, six different nations have claimed this land. It started with Spain in 1519, planting their banner in…
You're driving through Ennis, where the town's name has roots right here. Thomas C. Neel, a Georgia native, settled near here in 1855 with his wife, Willia. Their cotton and wheat plantation became known as Will's Town,…
You're driving through Johnson County, near the edge of the western Cross Timbers forest. Right here, a community called Cross Timbers sprang up around 1853. It was a bustling place by the late 1800s, with a post…
You're driving through Ferris, and you're passing the site of the First Presbyterian Church. This congregation started way back in 1858 with just 13 members. They moved to this spot in 1875, and the building you see…
You're driving past a piece of Texas oil history! This derrick is an exact replica of the rigging used back in 1920. That year, this type of cable tool rig drilled the Crowley No. 1 well, one of the deepest in Texas at…
You're driving through Johnson County, the heart of Texas Baptist country. Right here, Henry Carty Renfro, a prominent minister, once preached. He even became pastor of the Independence Baptist Church, one of the most…
You're driving through Burleson, and right here, you're passing the site of a former community hub that was central to life here over a century ago. In the early 1900s, interurban railways were connecting Texas cities,…
You're driving through Ferris, a town with roots stretching back to 1851. That's when the Ephriam Andrews family and their in-laws, the McKnights, settled this area on purchased land. By 1874, the Andrews family deeded…
You're driving past a spot where, not too long ago, the arrival of a carousel was a HUGE deal in Texas towns. These horse-drawn wonders, powered by the cheerful tunes of a calliope, weren't just for fun. They were…
You're driving through Arlington, and you might not realize it, but this area was once home to some of the most economical railroads in Texas. Between <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1853</say-as> and <say-as…
You're driving through Burleson, Texas, a town born from the iron horse. Back in 1881, the railroad was pushing south from Fort Worth, and a man named Grenville Dodge bought land for a new depot. The deal included a…
You're driving through Johnson County, and right here was once the community of Marystown. It all started back in 1853 when the Reverend J. S. Wilshire and his family settled this fertile land along Quil Miller Creek.…
You're driving through Burleson County, Texas, near where James Milton Carroll settled with his family in 1858. He was orphaned young, but went on to Baylor University, pastored churches across Texas, and founded San…
You're driving through Palmer, Texas, a town that owes its existence to the rumble of a train. <break time="400ms"/> In 1872, the Houston and Texas Central Railway laid tracks right through this area, and soon after, a…
You're driving past the site of a significant Texas frontier home. Edward H. Tarrant, a veteran of the War of 1812 and a renowned Indian fighter, built his house here in 1845. He was a statesman of vision and commanded…
You're driving past the site of Watts Chapel, named for Nathaniel Franklin Watts. He and his wife Rachel settled here in 1872, building a life and a farm that included a cotton gin. Their family grew, but tragically,…
You're driving through Everman, a community that owes its early growth to a World War I flight school. Right here, in 1917, Barron Field was established, serving as a crucial training ground for both Canadian and…
You're driving past the P.A. Watson Cemetery, a final resting place with a frontier story. The first burial here was Mrs. Micajah Goodwin in 1846. Her family, new to the area, built her coffin from their wagon bed and…
You're driving past the site of the Southwestern Presbyterian Home and School for Orphans in Itasca. It all started in Dallas with a few church women caring for four children whose father had died. That act of kindness…
You're driving past the Horton Cemetery, the final resting place for many of Dallas's earliest settlers. Enoch and Martha Horton arrived here with their ten children back in 1844, part of the ambitious Peters Colony.…
You're driving past the Hutchins Cemetery, a resting place for generations of Dallas County pioneers. The earliest marked burial here is Alonzo B. Clark, who died in 1875 at just eleven years old. This historic…
You're driving past Village Creek, a place that saw a dramatic turning point in Texas frontier history. Long before this, Native Americans lived and hunted here for thousands of years, leaving behind artifacts nearly…
You're cruising past a spot in Arlington that was once a wild mix of fun and vice! It started in the 1920s as a tea room, but by 1926, it became the Top O' Hill Terrace casino. Imagine this place buzzing with gamblers,…
You're driving through Wilmer, Texas, a town that started as a railroad stop called Prairie Valley. It got its current name in 1884, named after a Houston and Texas Central conductor who passed through. By 1890, it was…
You're driving through Hutchins, a town born from the railroad back in 1872. Just a few years later, in December of 1887, the First Methodist Church got its start. Reverend John M. Davis and eight members gathered in a…
You're driving past the site of the First Baptist Church of Hutchins. The town itself sprang up around 1860, but these Baptists were meeting privately, or with other congregations, for decades. Finally, in September of…
You're driving through what is now Dallas County, heading towards Hutchins, a town named for a man who shaped Texas railroads. William J. Hutchins arrived in Texas in 1844, quickly becoming a major player in Houston's…
You're driving south of Dallas, and right here is Hutchins. Settlement began around 1860, with folks crossing the Trinity River at Dowd's Ferry to trade. The town really got its name and a boost when the Houston and…
You're driving past Merrifield Cemetery, a quiet resting place for some of Dallas's earliest settlers. John Merrifield, the patriarch of a Kentucky family, bought this farm in 1851. This land became a cemetery in the…
You're driving through Ferris, a town that sprung up around the Houston & Texas Central Railway back in 1874. Right here is the site of the First United Methodist Church. Circuit-riding ministers first served this…