Tarrant County TXGenWeb - Historical Markers

	Historical Markers in Tarrant County Contributed by Rob Yoder
	The following is a list of the titles of the historical markers in Tarrant County. The text for these markers is contained in fifteen pages as indicated in the far left column. Each page contains about twenty markers. To read the text of any given marker, click on it's name.

Page 1	People	Alfred Madison Hightower Amon G. Carter Billy Muth Dr. Lilburn Howard Colley Dr. Riley Andrew Ransom Earle C. Driskell Eli Smith Elisha Adam Euless Ephraim Merrill Daggett Euday Lewis Bowman General Edward H. Tarrant General Edward H. Tarrant General H.P. Mabry General Thomas N. Waul, C.S.A. General William Jenkins Worth (1794-1849) Governor Charles A. Culberson Hager Tucker (1842-1892) J. E. Foust & Sons, Funeral Directors James Azle Steward James M. Benbrook James Tracy Morehead

Page 2	People (cont.)	John Peter Smith, Founder of Oakwood Cemetery John Peter Smith Khleber Miller Van Zandt (1836-1930) Home Town of Texas Confederate Major K.M. Van Zandt Lawrence Clifton Elliott Middleton Tate Johnson Ormer Leslie Locklear The Peters Colony in Tarrant County Thomas B. Saunders Family William Alfred Sanderson William John Marsh William Letchworth Hurst William M. Rice William Madison McDonald (June 22, 1866-July 4, 1950)
	Places	Bransford Fort Worth "Where the West Begins" Grapevine Jellico Keller Niles City

Page 3	Places (cont.)	Spring Garden Community Site of Arlington Downs Racetrack Near Site of Azle Post Office Barron Field Site of Bird's Fort Site of Bird's Fort (One Mile East) Camp Bowie Boulevard Camp Bowie in World War I Chase Court Cross Timbers Eastern Cattle Trail Elizabeth Boulevard Fort Worth Zoological Park Hell's Half Acre Marrow Bone Spring Missouri Colony Site of Confederate Park Village Creek
	Buildings	Ann Waggoner Hall Arlington Heights Lodge No. 1184, A.F. and A.M Atelier Building

Page 4	Buildings (cont.)	Blackstone Hotel Bryce Building Coliseum Flatiron Building Florence Shuman Hall Fort Worth Elks Lodge 124 Fort Worth Library Fort Worth Livestock Exchange Fort Worth Main Post Office Buiding Fort Worth Public Market Building Fort Worth Stockyards Horse and Mule Barns Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, Lodge No. 2144 Herbert M. Hinckley Hotel Texas Ida Saunders Hall Knights of Pythias Land Title Building Margaret Meacham Hall Masonic Temple of Fort Worth Neil P. Anderson Building

Page 5	Buildings (cont.)	Saint Joseph Hospital Santa Fe Depot Shelton Building Sinclair Building Site of Tarrant County's First Courthouse, Birdville Tarrant County Courthouse Tarrant County Criminal Courts Building Tarrant County State Bank Building Texas & Pacific Terminal Building Texas Spring Palace Thannisch Block Building TSTA Building Winfield Garage
	Structures	Cable Tool Rig Fort Worth Stock Yards Exchange Paddock Viaduct
	Business	Armour and Company The Edna Gladney Home Fort Worth Stock Yards Company Fort Worth Stockyards Hog and Sheep Markets

Page 6	Business (cont.)	Fort Worth-Dallas Interurban Fort Worth-Yuma Mail (Star Post Route No. 31454) Freese & Nichols, Inc. Majestic Theatre Mansfield Mill Randol Mill Site of Fort Worth's First Telephone Exchange Six Flags over Texas Swift & Company The Grapevine Sun The Handley Power Plant & Lake Erie WBAP-TV - Channel 5, First Television Station in Texas
	Homes	Baldridge House Benton House Bidault House Cobb-Burney House Douglass-Potts House Dr. Clay Johnson House Dr. George M. Munchus House Eddleman-McFarland House Fairview, William J. Bryce House

Page 7	Homes (cont.)	Fielder House Friday House Garvey-Veihl House George B. Monnig House Gunhild Weber House Henry M. Williams Home Hutcheson-Smith Home J. D. Cooper House James-Fujita House John L. Collier Home Jopling-Melear Log Cabin Laneri House Lanius House Marion Loyd Homestead Marshall R. Sanguinet House Maxwell-Liston House Mitchell-Schoonover House Nugent-Hart House P.A. Watson Log House Pollock-Capps House

Page 8	Homes (cont.)	Ralph Mann Homestead Rogers-O'Daniel House Sandidge-Walker House Smith-Burnett Home Tannahill Homestead Texas Log Cabins Thistle Hill, The Cattle Baron's Mansion Thomas G. & Marjorie Shaw House Torian Log Cabin Van Zandt Cottage Westover Manor William Reeves House William Terry Allen Log Cabin Administration Building
	Schools	Amon Carter Riverside High School and Riverside ISD Azle School Bedford School Alice E. Carlson Elementary School Castleberry School District Chapin School

Page 9	Schools (cont.)	Florence School I. M. Terrell High School James E. Guinn School Masonic Home and School of Texas Mosier Valley School North Side School Pioneer Birdville Schools Pleasant Run School Saint Ignatius Academy Building Southwest Baptist Theological Seminary Spring Garden School First Hundred Years of Texas Christian University The University of Texas at Arlington Second Site of the Old Wayside School
	Organizations	Masonic Temple Association of Fort Worth Royal Flying Corps Smithfield Masonic Lodge No. 455 A.F. & A.M. Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association Woman's Club of Fort Worth
	Churches	Allen Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church

Page 10	Churches (cont.)	Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church Ash Creek Baptist Church Azle Christian Church Bedford Church of Christ Beth-el Congregation Birdville Baptist Church Birdville Church of Christ Broadway Baptist Church of Ft. Worth Congregation Ahaveth Shalon First Baptist Church of Arlington First Baptist Church of Crowley First Baptist Church of Grapevine First Baptist Church of Keller First Baptist Church of Kennedale First Baptist Church of White Settlement First Christian Church of Fort Worth First Christian Church First Methodist Church of Azle First Presbyterian Church of Crowley First Presbyterian Church of Fort Worth

Page 11	Churches (cont.)	First United Methodist Church of Arlington Greater Saint James Baptist Church Handley United Methodist Church Hemphill Presbyterian Church Isham Chapel Methodist Church Keller Methodist Church Mansfield Methodist Church Meadowbrook Methodist Church Minters Chapel Methodist Church Mount Gilead Baptist Church Mount Olive Baptist Church Mount Zion Baptist Church New Hope Baptist Church Site of Oak Grove Methodist Church Pleasant Glade Baptist Church Pleasant Run Baptist Church Riverside Methodist Church Saint John Missionary Baptist Church Saint John's Evangelical and Reform Church Saint Mark United Methodist Church

Page 12	Churches (cont.)	Saint Mary of the Assumption Roman Catholic Church Saint Patrick's Cathedral Saint Paul Lutheran Church Site of Saint Stanislaus Kostka Catholic Church Smithfield Baptist Church Smithfield Methodist Church Southside Church of Christ St. Jude Catholic Church Tate Springs Baptist Church The Sanctuary - Gustavaus Adolphus Church Travis Avenue Baptist Church Watauga Presbyterian Church West Fork Baptist Association West Fork United Presbyterian Church White's Chapel United Methodist Church Woods Chapel Baptist Church
	Old West	Cattle Brands The 1865 Indian Creek Raid Kiowa Raid on Walnut Creek Sloan-Journey Expedition of 1838 Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show Early Site of Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show

Page 13	Cemeteries	Absalom H. Chivers Cemetery Ahavath Sholom Hebrew Cemetery Arlington Cemetery Arwine Cemetery Ash Creek Cemetery Ayres Cemetery Bear Creek Cemetery Bedford Cemetery Site of Berachah Home and Cemetery Birdville Cemetery Bourland Cemetery Burke Cemetery Calloway Cemetery Chapel Cemetery Crowley Cemetery Cumberland Presbyterian Cemetery Dido Cemetery Emanuel Hebrew Rest Cemetery Everman Cemetery Ford Cemetery

Page 14	Cemeteries (cont.)	Forest Hill Cemetery Gibbins Cemetery and Homestead Site Gibson Cemetery Grapevine Cemetery Handley Cemetery Harper's Rest Cemetery Harrison Cemetery Hitch Cemetery Hood Cemetery Hudson Cemetery I. D. Parker Public Cemetery and Homestead Isham Cemetery Johnson Station Cemetery Lonesome Dove Baptist Church and Cemetery Minter's Chapel Cemetery Mitchell Cemetery Morgan Hood Survey Pioneer Cemetery Mount Gilead Cemetery Mount Olivet Cemetery New Trinity Cemetery

Page 15	Cemeteries (cont.)	Oakwood Cemetery P.A. Watson Cemetery Parker Cemetery Parker Memorial Cemetery Peterson Family Cemetery Pioneer Stone Burial Cairns (at Mount Gilead Cemetery) Pioneer's Rest Cemetery Rehoboth Cemetery Riley Cemetery Rodgers Cemetery Smithfield Cemetery Smith-Frazier Cemetery Tate Cemetery Thomas Easter Cemetery Tomlin Cemetery White's Chapel Cemetery Willburn Cemetery Wilson Cemetery Witten Cemetery
	Misc.	Carousel Narrow Gauge Railway


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