Download or read book The Story of Parker County Texas 1852 to 1956 written by Jon R. Vandagriff and published by . This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of Texas Together with a Biographical History of Tarrant and Parker Counties written by and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Historical Sketch of Parker County and Weatherford Texas written by Henry Smythe and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Historical Sketch of Parker County and Weatherford Texas written by Henry Smythe and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Historical Sketch of Parker County and Weatherford Texas written by Henry Smythe and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Around Aledo written by Susan McKeague Karnes and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the mid-19th century, a few hardy settlers of European descent carved out farms in the Clear Fork Valley of present-day Parker County, attracted by the area's springs, tributaries, and a burgeoning market in nearby Fort Worth. For centuries, Comanche and Kiowa had inhabited the land, and a period of dramatic conflict ensued, exacerbated by the Civil War absence of able-bodied husbands and sons. By 1880, ranches and settlements flourished, aided by the Fort Worth-Yuma cattle trail and a Texas and Pacific Railway line connecting Fort Worth to the county seat of Weatherford. As the first mail stop in the newly formed county, Aledo was briefly dubbed Parker Station before having its name changed in 1882--a bow to a railroad engineer's Illinois hometown. Today segments of Bankhead Highway, the nation's first paved transcontinental highway, wind around Aledo, the Annettas, Willow Park, and Hudson Oaks, thriving communities that offer a pastoral lifestyle minutes from the urban amenities of the Fort Worth-Dallas Metroplex. Mere fragments remain of Newburg, Prairie Hill, Willow Springs, and other old settlements, visible only to old-timers and lost to living memory.
Download or read book Weatherford written by Jonelle Ryan Bartoli and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The early years of Weatherford yield stories of trials and triumphs as a rowdy frontier town that matured and became known as the "City of Churches" and the "City Beautiful." Created in 1856 as the county seat of newly formed Parker County, Weatherford was lush with grasslands, timber, and fertile soils. In 1858, the two-story brick courthouse was surrounded by log cabins, frame buildings, and tents. For nearly two decades, the town was the principal supply center for points west and a safe haven for settlers seeking refuge from Indian raids. Stalwart men and women nurtured the development of religious, educational, and cultural refinements. But when the Texas & Pacific Railway arrived in 1880, it spurred Weatherford's stature as an agricultural, banking, and commercial center and opened national markets to local cotton and prize-winning watermelons. The historic City Beautiful is still evident today in Weatherford's picturesque courthouse square and quaint tree-lined residential districts.
Download or read book History of Parker County written by Parker County Historical Commission and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 703 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of Texas Together with a Biographical History of Tarrant and Parker Counties written by and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Abstracts of Parker County Texas Pre emption Land Records 1850 1858 written by Jerry Wright Jordan and published by . This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parker County lies just west of Ft. Worth in north central Texas in an area that was first settled in the 1840's. Parker County was created in 1855 from parts of Milam, Robertson, and Denton Land Districts. The Surveyors of each of those land districts made copies of all the surveys in their offices that pertained to lands that were in the new county and sent them to the Parker County Surveyor who maintained the records from that point forward. The present volume contains abstracts of these and subsequent surveys, which take on special importance because of an early morning fire which swept through the county court house on May 13th, 1874 destroying all the deed, probate, and other court records of the previous nineteen years. Fortunately, a deputy surveyor was sleeping in the building at the time, and was able to rescue the survey records and escape the blaze. This important volume contains a brief historical introduction, a very welcome explanation of the many types of Texas land grants which were made, and detailed genealogical abstracts of the following survey records pertaining to Parker County: Milam Land District, 1850-1857; Robertson Land District, 1852-1853; Denton Land District, 1854-1855; Denton Land District, Record Book B, 1855; Denton Land District, 1854-1857; Denton Land District Index Records, A, C, D; Parker County Record Book B, 1856-1858; Parker County Record Book C, 1856-1858; and, Parker County Record Book D, 1857. Also included is a transcription of the petition of residents requesting the creation of Parker County, a copy of the legislative act creating the county, several maps, and a complete full-name index.
Download or read book A New History of Parker County written by John S. Grace and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Abstracts of Parker County Texas Pre emption Land Records 1850 1858 written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pictorial History of Parker County written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 613 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The National Union Catalog Pre 1956 Imprints written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Footprints written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Springs of Texas written by Gunnar M. Brune and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text explores the natural history of Texas and more than 2900 springs in 183 Texas counties. It also includes an in-depth discussion of the general characteristics of springs - their physical and prehistoric settings, their historical significance, and their associated flora and fauna.
Download or read book History of Texas Methodism 1900 1960 written by Olin Webster Nail and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
