by Frances James This information is taken in part from DCPA member Frances James’ brief summary to the Texas Historical Commission sometime back in the 1980’s. “By 1876 the Dallas County Commissioners decided our county needed a poor farm. The site that was selected was 339 acres owned by W. J. Keller south of the…
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(One of our vintage articles on Old City Park) by Michael V. Hazel Old City Park: The Historical Village of Dallas occupies the site of Dallas’ oldest park, established in 1876 as City Park. That year, James J. Eakins gave the city ten acres of land south of downtown Dallas, which were set aside as…
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[From Proud Heritage, Volume III by DCPA. This 352 page hardcover book is now available online.] Dallas Morning News columnist Steve Blow wrote early in the twenty-first century that Bryan’s Smokehouse was the oldest restaurant still operating in Dallas. With a wink to Vincents (1898) this might be true. Elias and Sadie Bryan moved to…
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Sensation and Lurid Scene at Pleasant Valley Church YesterdayJune 27, 1897 An unusually large congregation assembled at the Pleasant Valley church, five miles east of Garland, yesterday forenoon to hear the Rev. Dr. Patterson, of Ellis county, preach. The preliminary service of song and prayer was over, and the preacher was about to announce his…
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William C. McKamy, Sr. came to Texas around 1851 from Tennessee. On October 21, 1845, he had previously married the former Rachel Loyd Wester and they brought with them their three children: William Albert, John Lewis and a daughter Keziah (a family name) McKamy. Once settled here, they had three more children: Mary E., William…
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The oldest hospital in Dallas, Parkland Hospital Hospital was opened May 19, 1894, in a group of wooden buildings on a seventeen-acre wooded tract called Parkland, at Oak Lawn and Maple Avenues. An ambulance was purchased, but it was two years before a horse was acquired to pull it. A meningitis epidemic in 1911 underscored…
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Phillip, Isaac and Alexander Sanger are credited with having founded Sanger Brothers. They were three sons of Elias and Barbetta Sanger of Bavaria. Elias was a wine merchant and farmer. Isaac had been born in Bavaria (Germany) in 1836 and emigrated to the United States when he was 16, in 1852. Lehman (born in 1838)…
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Dallas County Pioneer Association – Founded 1875, Reorganized 1979. P O Box 12496, Dallas TX 75225972-260-9334 dcpa1875@gmail.com From the PresidentGreetings All,Here’s hoping all of you are well and safe. I was without electricity a lot of hours over several days. I hope your luck was better. As you probably saw in an earlier email, we…
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February 20 McKinney Family Cemetery at 11:00 AM 10425 Rylie Crest Dr., Dallas- The purpose is to clean the cemetery to the degree allowed by the number of people who arrive between 11:00 and 11:30. An additional benefit is for members to see the cemetery, and visit with other history lovers. A portion of the…
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