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Texas General Edward H. Tarrant commanded two expeditions into present Tarrant County in 1842. The monument to Edward H. Tarrant, erected in 1931, is located in Pioneer’s Rest Cemetery in Fort Worth.

The Jones' family home being re-positioned on the land to begin construction in what would later become the first housing development of North Richland Hills.

September 3, 1943, at 7 a.m., two B-24 Liberator bombers collided in midair over Birdville. The bombers crashed to the earth about two miles northeast of Birdville where Richland Plaza is today. One plane broke in two and dropped in a creek bed. The…

Mason’s Hobby Lobby, established in 1953, is the oldest continuously operated business in North Richland Hills Located at 6905 Grapevine Highway/ Contractor-builder Paul Mason (1907-1977) built the shop next to his home for his wife, Juanita. She…

Maud Arnold served as the first unpaid city secretary for North Richland Hills. Herb was a co-developer with Clarence Jones and helped to develop the first plots in North Richland Hills. Their office, located at 705 Grapevine Highway, was the first…

Flory moved his family to 3741 Rufe Snow Drive in 1941. After World War 2 he started a telegraph-teletype school and a woodworking shop in his home. He also installed his own water system. The large overhead water storage tank was the only one in the…

Haly Parchman and son Stanley Parchman and built the Rapid Mart on family land around 1955. The grocery store was located at 6969 Grapevine Highway. The store was officially owned by Tully Angle and Stanley Parchman. The store was best known for…

Alfred Madison Hightower (1825-1897) and Pernelis Hightower (second wife) were early Tarrant County settlers in 1858 they also entered the cattle business. They permanently settled in the Smithfield area (called Zion at the time) in 1880 where he…

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…

Catherine (Kate) Calloway (1876-1951), seated on the porch of her family home. She and her husband Marsh Calloway (1869-1945) owned 2,100 acres of farmland that stretched from the railroad tracks near what is now Iron Horse Boulevard where they…