From Proud Heritage, Volume III by DCPA. This 352 page hardcover book is available online. Frances Sims Daniel (1790-1853) arrived in North Texas on February 2, 1849. She settled on 640 acres in present-day University Park (Daniel Avenue) just north of what is now Dallas Hall on the Southern Methodist University campus. This land was purchased for…
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From Proud Heritage, Volume I by DCPA, currently out of print. When James Loving decided to leave Kentucky for the Republic of Texas in 1843, he had in mind free rich land and great navigable rivers. At the time, James was 32 years old and his wife, Margaret Nancy Morgan Loving, was 23. He did not anticipate…
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From: History of Dallas County Texas, 1837 to 1887 by John Henry Brown. The Dallas County Pioneer Association was formed in the court house July 13th, 1875, the twenty-ninth anniversary of the organization of the county. For temporary organization, Wade H. Witt was president, Isaac B. Webb (now dead), vice president, and Martin V. Cole secretary.…
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From Proud Heritage, Volume I by DCPA, currently out of print. Thomas Jefferson Nash was the youngest of six children born to Thomas Nash (1772-1842) and Lucy Bailey Nash (1775-1857) in Nelson County, Virginia. At age seven his family moved to what was then Washington County, Kentucky – later to become Marion County. There he secured his…
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The building now referred to as “Old Red” served as the Dallas County Courthouse from the late 1800s to the mid 1900s. It was completed in 1892. The first contracts were let around 1890. Robert L. James secured the bid of $365,000 to be the contractor. The original news release indicated that it was to…
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