By Frances James This three acre cemetery has also been called the Coming Home, the Home Coming, and the Queen City. It is located near the intersection of Overton and Illinois on the west side of the Trinity River. Bulova and Cotton are short streets that dead end at the cemetery. The land in the…
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Dallas County Pioneer Association Founded 1875, Reorganized 1979 P O Box 12496 Dallas TX 75225 972-260-9334 – dcpa1875@gmail.comFrom the PresidentHowdy, Make sure to put the March 3 at 6:00 p.m meeting on your calendar at Highland Oaks Church.Dinner will begin serving at 6 and our spearker will begin at 7. Harry Hall will be the speaker. He is the…
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Over the years, Joppa/Joppee has been spelled numerous ways including Joppa, Joppee, Joppie and Joppy. This article is intended to be an overview of the history of the community. We will use the name Joppee for convenience, since this is how the name has usually been pronounced. Joppee is one of the older Freedman communities…
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James Everts Jackson came to Texas from Missouri with his father, John Jackson, mother, four brothers , and four sisters. Being a single male over 17 years of age, he was granted 320 acres in the Peters Colony at the southwest corner of what is now Audelia Road and Walnut, the present site of Richland…
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