The Wilson Building, located at 1623 Main Street, is one of the most beautiful structures still standing in downtown Dallas. It was built in 1903 by John B. Wilson. The building was designed by the firm of Sanguinet & Staats, a large firm out of Fort Worth. Carl Staats of that firm was the designer…
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By Brian Gunn When W. H. Flippen arrived in Dallas in 1880, he quickly became a force in the city’s financial landscape. Teaming up with French emigrant J. Bertrand Adoue and Galveston banker Joseph Lobit, Flippen cofounded the banking firm of Flippen, Adoue & Lobit. The trio commissioned noted architect James Flanders to design their…
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The Freedmens town movement involved the establishment of communities by formerly enslaved African Americans in the United States, mostly organized after the Civil War and emancipation in 1865. These settlements, often called “Freedmen’s Towns” or “Freedom Colonies,” were created as areas where African Americans could live independently, build self-sufficient communities, and exercise newfound independence away…
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The cemetery at this location was originally chartered in 1874 as Trinity Cemetery by William H. Gaston, W. H. Thomas and A. W. Morton. Gaston and Thomas were local banking partners and Morton was a Dallas undertaker. At the time, it was a little out of town just off the old McKinney Road. The area…
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The Freedmen’s town movement involved the establishment of communities by formerly enslaved African Americans in the United States, mostly organized after the Civil War and emancipation in 1865. These settlements, often called “Freedmen’s Towns” or “Freedom Colonies,” were created as areas where African Americans could live independently, build self sufficient communities, and exercise newfound independence…
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All photos below by Dustin Durrett El Campo Santo de Cemento de la Compania Trinity Portland: Horton Family Cemetery: Mooneyham Sparkman Cemetery: Robinson Family Cemetery: Get future posts by email.
By Frances James (1922 – 2019) The Pleasant Ridge Cemetery is located high on a hill north of Barnes Bridge at the intersection with Belt Line Road in Sunnyvale. The cemetery also known as the New Hope Cemetery is a small parcel of the Peters Colony six hundred and forty acre Survey Number 696 that…
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List of street names, from “The WPA Dallas Guide And History” (1) [Note: Some of these items are at variance with more current opinions regarding the origin of the named street.] Adolph – For Adolph Frick, one of the Swiss Colony. Adair – For Dr. W. W. Adair, early physician and landowner. Akard – For…
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From Proud Heritage, Volume III by DCPA. This 352 page hardcover book is available online. John Vest Folsom was born in Coryell County on November 11, 1898 to Agnes Ann Traller and Samuel Christopher Folsom. Samuel, the son of Nancy Cobb and Elias Folsom, was born in Georgia in 1857. Agnes, the daughter of Sara Stevenson and…
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by Dustin Durrett Glenn Edward McDuffie is best known as the sailor kissing the nurse in Times Square on August 14, 1945. This moment, captured by Alfred Eisenstaedt’s iconic photograph, became a symbol of the end of World War II and was featured in Life magazine’s Victory Celebrations edition. Born in 1927, McDuffie demonstrated an…
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