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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S4X_the-hockaday-school_Dallas-TX.html
Ela Hockaday (1875 - 1956) received her early education in the public schools of Bonham, Texas. After graduating from the Denton Normal School (now University of North Texas), she pursued graduate studies at both Columbia University and the Univer…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1R5J_mount-calvary-cemetery_Dallas-TX.html
Pioneer settlers used this site for burials as early as the 1840s. The oldest known grave is that of Amanda L. Houx (1829-1847). In 1868 William Huffhines donated a two-acre tract, which included the early graves, to Mount Calvary Baptist Church. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QC3_z-motley-cemetery_Mesquite-TX.html
Zachariah Motley migrated to Texas (1856) from Kentucky with his family and slaves. He and his wife Mary, five sons and three daughters helped settle this area and built their home some 200' northeast of this site, a one-half acre portion of the o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JNO_carrollton-black-cemetery_Carrollton-TX.html
This cemetery was established in the late 1800's by Scott Boswell, an early African-American farmer. Later owners respected the site and burials continued through the years, the last of which is believed to have been Collins, in 1960. Flooding by …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JNC_carrollton-black-cemetery_Carrollton-TX.html
Carrollton's early African-Americans, many of whom were former slaves, helped settle and build the community. By 1871, this portion of forty acres belonging to Scott Boswell, Sr., an African-American farmer, was a community cemetery. In 1915, C.B.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JHK_moorland-ymca-building_Dallas-TX.html
In 1928, the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) of Dallas recognized a growing need for expanded facilities across the city. In the African American neighborhood of North Dallas, citizens raised $75,000 ($25,000 more than their goal) in cont…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1INI_st-paul-united-methodist-church_Dallas-TX.html
In 1873, several inhabitants of Freedman's Town, a community of recently freed people just north of the Dallas city limits, met with Methodist Ministers Rev. H. Oliver and Rev. William Bush under a brush arbor to organize the area's first African …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DHB_greenwood-cemetery_Dallas-TX.html
Greenwood Cemetery was part of a Republic of Texas grant, called the John Grigsby League, given for service in the Battle of San Jacinto. W. H. Gaston, pioneer Dallas banker, acquired title to the site in 1874, after the noted local legal battle, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DF6_colonel-c-c-slaughter_Dallas-TX.html
Christopher Columbus Slaughter was the first native born cattle king of Texas. While living on the west Texas frontier he was a ranger, Confederate beef supplier, and trail driver. His ranching empire, including the Long S and Lazy S ranches, tota…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMT6A_dallas-county-records-building_Dallas-TX.html
Designed by the prominent Dallas architectural firm of Lang and Witchell, this Gothic Revival style building was erected in 1927-28 to house Dallas County records, offices, and courtrooms. First known as the Hall of Records, the current name was a…
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