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

The native rock house pictured here is located on Scruggs Drive and Harmonson Road. Jack Holder, Tiny Anderson, Herbert Walker, Finas Buckingham, and Jackson Himes built it in the late 1940s.

The Lacy and Lois Stewart home, pictured here in 1989, was built in the Smithfield area in 1958. The four-acre plot was also the site for the Smithfield reunion for many years.

Some of the members of the Smithfield Home Demonstration Club pose together. From left to right: Edna Hightower, Jessie Scott, E.F. Crites, Etta Shivers, Ina Turner, and Maggie Gilbert.

The future site of North Richland Hills lay astride the eastern Cross Timbers and the Grand Prairie. The east side of town was wooded with hills and soil. The west side was flatter, black prairie land with clay and fewer trees.

Picture of the ruins of Dr. Henry Gilbert’s old home on Main Street in Smithfield in the summer of 1975.

Smithfield United Methodist Church

The Smithfield Home Demonstration Club members contributed to the community with programs on canning, sewing, and other household activities.
First Row: Maggie Gilbert, Louise Brown, Sis Whisenand, T.C. Bell, Halcie Brown, Ina Turner, E.C.…

Richland Bowl at the 1957 opening. The facility originally cost $300,000 to build. The builder was Ray Lofland and was advertised as “The first modern Bowling Alley in Tarrant County with a country club atmosphere.” Originally 16 lanes, it was soon…

A quilting bee pauses to show their work in the 1940s.
Standing: Faye Hudler, Hattie West, Mae Turner, Mrs. O’Dell, Imogene Gilbert, Kathryn (Morrow) Autrey.
Seated: Virgie Estill, Pat Baldwin, Billie Wolf, Pauline Morrow, and Mary Johnson.