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Ceece, Henrietta, and Pierce Bideaux getting peaches ready for market.

Zion Methodist Church founded around 1866, probably first called “Willow Springs.” William Turner and his wife Mary (1819-1906) migrated to the Tarrant County frontier in 1856, establishing their home and blacksmith shop on the south side of Watauga…

The Richland Youth Association Girls’ Softball Team, the Roadrunners, 1971.

Smithfield Lodge and Feed Store pictured here in 1975 on Main Street.

Green Valley Raceway was originally part of a dairy farm owned by Bill and Dorothy McClure. It was bought by a racecar driver, Bill Hielscher, in 1972. The last race was in July, 1986. It was located near the corner of present day Smithfield and…

Dr. Benjamin Franklin Barkley (1822-1882) donated land for the first Birdville School. Barkley practiced law and medicine and is buried in Birdville Cemetery, which also happens to be on land he donated.

About Dr. Barkley:

In 1855 Dr. Benjamin…

Birdville High School Bi-district Football Champions 1939-40.
Back row: Glenn Thomas, Arthur Parr, James Cheatham, Marvin Harris.
Front Row: Joe Hatchet, J.W. Sinclair, Roy Jenuine, Junior Rudd, Troy Pennington, James Cate, Marvin Mackey.

This photograph of the girls’ basketball team at Birdville High School was taken about 1925.

Parker Cemetery, located near the northeast corner of Interstate 820 and Highway 10, is the final resting place of more than a score of the descendants of Isaac Parker. Isaac is buried near Weatherford. His son, Isaac Duke Parker; his wife, Lucy W.…

Smithfield Feed and Seed’s store front in 1975. The building was located on Main Street in Smithfield, but was later demolished.