Historic trees have been recognized in Texas for many years. The City of Dallas recently joined the movement by recognizing a 175 year old pecan tree known as the West Dallas Gateway Pecan. It stands at the west end of the Commerce Street Bridge opposite the Trinity River from downtown Dallas, on the south side…
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In 1845 J. B. Wilmeth having learned – mainly from an advertising pamphlet of a colony agent – of the fertility and other attractions of the broad prairies in the region of “The Three Forks of Trinity” and also of the grant of title free to one mile square to every head of a family…
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From Proud Heritage, Volume I by DCPA, currently out of print. Francois Santerre was born near Blois, France, in 1809, an only son and a descendant of an old French family. Scholarly in nature, he was well educated and mostly interested in scientific agriculture. As a young man he served in the French Army and after his…
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By Frances James (1922 – 2019) Routh Cemetery, also known as Spring Creek Cemetery The two cemeteries known as the Routh Cemeteries are located about fifteen miles northeast of the Dallas County Court House. Situated east of Central Expressway (US Highway 75), south of Renner Road, and north of Glenville Avenue, they are located a…
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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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Constance Riek was 49 years of age in 1875 when he moved his family from Hermann, Missouri to Dallas, Texas. He had many accomplishments to his credit and was respected and loved by those who knew and worked with him. He had been a member of the Missouri Legislature and served as Judge in Gasconade…
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By Mike Judd Born into slavery in 1839 in rural Alabama, Anderson Bonner died in North Dallas in 1920 a well-to-do entrepreneur and landowner. Married in Northern Alabama in 1822, Willis and Mahulda Bonner farmed outside Elkmont where Mahulda gave birth to seven (7) children between 1825 and 1835 – including a son named Anderson…
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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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The Munger family got its start in the cotton industry in the Mexia area. Henry Munger was the patriarch. He was born in Colchester, Connecticut in 1825. When he was still a child his parents, Sylvester Munger (1787 – 1838) and Asenath “Sene” Ingham Munger (1777 – 1840), moved to South Carolina. By 1840, both…
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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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