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Rufe Snow Drive was an old unimproved country road when North Richland Hills was first established in 1953. Some of the city's earliest businesses were located near its intersection with Grapevine Highway. With the combination of the city growing,…

Rufus “Rufe” Snow (1867-1957) was an area farmer, Tarrant County Commissioner (Nov. 1913- Jan. 1918), and married to Jessie Melbourne Snow (1870-1942). They had 5 children together. He built their home on the southeast corner of what is now Rufe Snow…

S.J.D. Sansom Jr. (1861-1913); First Master of the Grand Prairie Lodge (named for the grand prairie region - not the city) and a Smithfield merchant. Son of Reverend Sam Durell Sansom (1816-1894) and Sarah King Sansom (1824-1861). In addition to…

Samuel Cody, for reasons unknown, erroneously listed his birthplace as Birdville. He also fabricated a story of a Native American attack on the family farm, allegedly resulting the separation from his parents for some years after that. However, He…

Shivers’ home on what is now Davis Boulevard circa 1925.

A herd of livestock dine on some hay in front of Shivers' Barn circa 1930.

A handful of cattle outside of Shivers' Barn.

Shivers' Barn in 1976.

Short Casey (father), Tressie Casey (mother), and Delores Casey (Clark) (daughter) working in a watermelon patch on top of a hill located just south of present day Loop Interstate 820 and Holiday Lane.

Smathers home on Holiday Lane and Chapman Road pictured here in the 1940s.