Next meeting – Scheduled for 3/5/2020 at 7 PM (6 PM if you plan to eat), Location – CC Young, 4847 W Lawther Dr #100, Dallas, Texas 752314 Speaker – Mark Stuertz, Dallas writer Program: Our next speaker will be national award-winning journalist and author, Mark Stuertz. He has been a Dallas-based writer for more than…
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100 years ago today, an organization then known as the Dallas Trade League took out this full page advertisement in the Amarillo Daily News in an effort to promote commerce in Dallas. Some of the vendors were local banks, none of which are still household names today, Higginbotham-Bailey-Logan and Sanger Brothers, Padgitt Brothers (saddle makers),…
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In the early 1870’s the farming community, two miles north of Dallas, was referred to as “Oak Lawn”. It had no schools, no churches, no stores; but did have many beautiful oak trees. Here Rev. Marcus Hiram Cullum owned 10 acres; and on Sundays he preached to a gathering of his neighbors under the oak…
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This congregation took its name from its proximity to Exposition Park, now known as the State Fair of Texas. The land was donated by the Gaston family and facilitated by the Parry family, both of which were early residents of Dallas. The church was organized in late 1890 as a mission church of the Second…
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Key dates in the history of Church of the Incarnation, transcribed from its brochure: 1878 – The great missionary bishop Alexander Garrett founds Incarnation as a chapel of St. Matthew’s Cathedral, using money given to him to England and Ireland. 1886 – The chapel becomes a mission of the Diocese of Dallas. 1897 – The…
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Big A is the first known cemetery to have ever served the Rowlett area. Early pioneer families would travel from all the various surrounding communities to the Kirby meadow in order to bury their dead. Some of the early pioneer graves were marked with Bois D’arc stobs. Most of these stakes have long since vanished.…
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KILLING AT ELM ST. HAT CO.Frank Mewshaw Killed In Dallas At S. G. Davis Hat Company (No date on article, but trial started March 11, 1912) Frank Mewshaw, well known in Garland, was shot and killed by A. T. Stewart in Dallas yesterday. The following account of the killing is taken from the Dallas News of…
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Compiled by Frances James The Order of the Sons of Hermann is a German fraternal organization sponsoring social and benevolent activities that helped preserve German traditions while easing the transition of the German immigrant for American Society. The benefits were extended to the widows, orphans, and disabled members of the order.[i] The Order is named…
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James Carter Arnold was the last City Marshall and the first Chief of Police of Dallas, an elective office. He was never defeated in an election until the time of his death in 1898. Chief Arnold was a son of William Bailey Arnold and Martha Bostwick. He was born at Wellington, Georgia, April 29, 1851.…
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Henry Exall was born on August 30, 1848 in Richmond, Virginia to Rev. George G. and Angy E. Pierce Exall. He was educated in the school run by his father, Rev. Exall who was a Baptist minister. Henry was thirteen when the Civil War broke out and enlisted two years later, serving in the 10th…
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