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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E80_grace-first-presbyterian-church_Weatherford-TX.html
Three congregations, the earliest founded in 1859, joined forces in Parker County to create Grace First Presbyterian Church. The Cumberland Presbyterian Church, the oldest of the three congregations, focused on education as an important ministry t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CUX_clark-cemetery_Weatherford-TX.html
A common burial ground for early pioneer settlers who camped along the Clear Fork of the Trinity River, the Clark Cemetery consists of many burial sites from the 1830s. In December of 1853, Reverend John William Godfrey (1825-1897) and his wife, A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CTW_franco-texan-land-company-building_Weatherford-TX.html
In the late 19th century, this building was a center for political and economic life for the town of Weatherford and for Parker County. It was built around 1870. James Robertson Couts and John A. Fain established the first bank west of Dallas in t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CT8_james-claude-wright-house_Weatherford-TX.html
On September 20, 1898, Robert P. Lowe and his wife purchased the property at this site. The commonly held belief is that the house was built by Robert Lowe, who retired from Mobile and Ohio Railroad in 1894 and settled his family in Weatherford. H…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16N6_jack-llewellyn-knight_Weatherford-TX.html
Born on a farm near Garner (4 mi.N.) Jack L. Knight enlisted in the Texas National Guard in 1940. Mobilized for service during World War II, his unit was posted to Southeast Asia to help open the Burma Road between India and China. During one of t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16KQ_old-city-greenwood-cemetery_Weatherford-TX.html
This cemetery was formerly established by the Weatherford Town Council in 1863 when lots were surveyed and the exact cemetery location was staked. Previous interments were made in the unmarked streets of the town. The Mayor directed those remains …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM131V_august-17-1945-b-29-crash_Weatherford-TX.html
On the night of August 17, 1945, two B-29 "Heavy Bombers" collided above this site killing 18 of the 20 airmen aboard. The spectacular event could be seen as far away as Gainesville, Greenville, and Cisco as both planes exploded in fire.
The tw…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10Q5_parker-county-c-s-a_Weatherford-TX.html
Part of a colonial grant to S.M. Williams and Stephen F. Austin, father of Texas, but with no permanent settlers before 1850, this county was created in 1855 and named for Isaac Parker, its legislative sponsor. By 1860 it had 4,213 people and in 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHME_the-dean-of-texas-trail-drivers-oliver-loving-1812-1867_Weatherford-TX.html
Founder of three major cattle trails, Oliver Loving came from Kentucky to Texas in 1845 and to Parker County about 1855. During the Civil War (1861-65), he supplied beef to Confederate forces. With Charles Goodnight as partner on a drive to New Me…