Hilliard C. Brite, Jr. was a veteran lawman in Dallas County. He was the oldest son of Hilliard C. Brite, Sr. and Georgia Ellen Lochard. Hilliard Brite, Jr. served as a deputy sheriff under several administrations, including that of Sheriff Smoot Schmid. He was often written up in area newspapers. Some of the unusual cases…
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WHITE ROCK CEMETERY GARDEN OF MEMORIES Historical Narrative Written and Researched by Sheniqua Cummings for the Texas Historical Commission 2019 Undertold Marker Application, Dallas County I. BACKGROUND For over 170 years, the land that the White Rock Cemetery Garden of Memories now occupies has retained the history of the Upper White Rock community. Aptly named…
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(Used with permission) Gottlieb Heinrich/Henry Schoellkopf was born in Germany on September 23, 1849. He came to the United States when he was a youth of 14. A newspaper article in the Amarillo Daily News of June 18. 1940 recounted his early days. Not long after the Civil War, G. H. Schoellkopf had come to Texas in…
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(Photos below by Dustin Durrett) Oakland Cemetery, Prairie Project: Smith Cemetery a/k/a Kinnard-Smith Cemetery: Fletcher Cemetery a/k/a Axe Cemetry/Laudermilk Cemetery: McAdams Cemetery: Get future posts by email. SUBSCRIBE
Hilliard C. Brite, Jr. was a veteran lawman in Dallas County. He was the oldest son of Hilliard C. Brite, Sr. and Georgia Ellen Lochard. Hilliard Brite, Jr. served as a deputy sheriff under several administrations, including that of Sheriff Smoot Schmid. He was often written up in area newspapers. Some of the unusual cases…
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World War I was known then as “The Great War.” It ended officially on June 28, 1919 with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles, though the fighting had ceased some seven months earlier. As older students were taught, on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in the year 1918,…
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As we approach Veterans Day, November 11, we are reminded of the life of Dallas County resident, John Wesley Low. Please see the article below written by Sue Bucy. He was the first boy from Dallas County that sacrificed, and gave his life that the world might be free for Democracy so it was written…
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The 13th Annual Texas State Fair was held in Dallas in October, 1898. The November 4, 1948 issue of the Decatur Texas Messenger retold the story of one event at the fair, the reuniting of two long lost brothers, Henry N. Haskell and Horace H. Haskell, as transcribed below: Get future posts by email.
Transcribed from the Bryan (Texas) Weekly Eagle, April 6, 1905 PRESIDENT IN TEXAS Dallas Thronged to Welcome Chief Executive of Nation. SEES BUSINESS PART Thousands of Persons Cheer the Chief Executive, and He Makes Open-Air Address and Tendered Grand Banquet. Dallas, April 5 – For the first time in the history of the city of Dallas the city…
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Transcribed from the Bryan (Texas) Weekly Eagle, April 6, 1905 PRESIDENT IN TEXAS Dallas Thronged to Welcome Chief Executive of Nation. SEES BUSINESS PART Thousands of Persons Cheer the Chief Executive, and He Makes Open-Air Address and Tendered Grand Banquet. Dallas, April 5 – For the first time in the history of the city of…
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