Due to the forecast of inclement weather, last Saturday’s scheduled historical marker ceremony has been postponed. The new date and time will be posted here when it becomes available. Get future posts by email.
Today at the McAdams Cemetery we had 10 participants 6 of which are DCPA members. The weather was beautiful and we all had a wonderful time. Mike Rowlands worked on two tombstones with about half the group watching and helping him. Mike and Marsha Leach took care of cutting up and disposing of a medium sized…
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Dallas County Pioneer Association is pleased to announce our co-sponsorship of the 25th Annual Legacies Dallas History Conference. Please note additional details below. Date: Saturday, January 27, 2024 Times: Registration 8:00 A.M; Conference 9:00 A.M. – 12:30 P.M. Place: Dallas History & Archives Division – Dallas Public Library, 7th Floor, J. Erik Jonsson Central Library, 1515 Young Street, Dallas, TX…
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We had a wonderful informative tour hosted by Sheniqua Cummings, and descendants of pioneer Anderson Bonner, Tony Suber and Glen Bonner. First time guests were Erin Schmidt and Hilary Fry. Our members Marsha and Mike Leach, Gwyneva Winters, Bill Vilbig, Mike Magers, and Kathy Ann Reid were in attendance. We learned many interesting things about…
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Please see the photos of the amazing work done by Mike Rowlands and the other volunteers at the historic Oakland Cemetery in South Dallas just yesterday. Thank you, Mike, for your fine work and for sharing your time and expertise and thank you to the volunteers who helped to make this happen. This is an…
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Please see the photos of the amazing work done by Mike Rowlands and the other volunteers at the old McAdams Cemetery last Saturday. Thank you, Mike, for your fine work and for sharing your time and expertise and thank you to the volunteers who helped to make this happen. This is an on going project…
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Date: 10/21/23 Volunteers: Kathy Ann Reid, Marsha and Mike Leach, Gwyneva Winters, Marla and Wally Daniels who brought their handy little tractor with mower and front end loader. We marked the tombstones with orange caution cones, trimmed around them then Wally carefully mowed. We drug out brush and trash and blew the dust off of…
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Betsy Farris was our leader, pointing out the history of each cemetery and notable monuments of people who were buried there. The 9/16/23 tour began at Kit Cemetery, 1413 E. Irving Blvd, Irving, Texas 75060. Kit cemetery is in the southeast corner of Oak Grove cemetery, has a separate entrance and is separated by a…
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A tiny prairie town in Big D What a perfectly gorgeous day this past Saturday, April 29th as we all arrived at the Old Frankford Church for our in-town tour of the Church, Cemetery and surrounding Blackland Prairie. Matt Weinstein of Preservation Dallas, our host for the event, welcomed everyone and then handed it over…
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The annual Glover Cemetery Picnic was held May 6, 2023 and dozens of DCPA members and guests gathered to visit, talk about old times, enjoy some good food and meet new people. We even had a speaker who recounted the story of early settler Huldah Hunnicutt Moore. The story of Huldah Hunnicutt Moore Special thanks…
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