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Cynthia Orr in front of her father’s pharmacy in October of 1958. The building was originally a short lived 7-Eleven Store on Grapevine Highway.

The Grapevine Concert Band visits downtown Smithfield in the early 1900s.

The grand opening of Greater Fort Worth International Airport/Amon Carter Field, 1953. In 1946, it was called Midway and later changed to the Greater Southwest International Airport. In 1950 the Fort Worth City Council renamed the airport Amon Carter…

North Richland Drug owner, Alan Hamm, is shown with employees Eva Evans (left) and Maire Erskine (right). Alan and Nancy Hamm purchased the drugstore in 1959. It was located in the northeast corner of the Greater Richland Shopping Center.

Arial view of an American Airlines terminal at DFW Airport in 1983.

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

B.C. Redding, Bobby Atwood, and “Barber” Clarence Cobb pose together on December 3, 1980.

The Hightower-Autrey House is located at 6725 Smithfield Road. Jimmy Hightower probably built this house, according to deed records, in 1874. It was the home of his son L.A. Hightower until 1918 when the Bud Autrey Family purchased it.

Quanah Parker, Chief of the Comanches, was the son of Cynthia Ann Parker. Cynthia Ann was a niece of Isaac Parker of the Birdville community. Quanah’s father was Chief Peta Nacona.

The second building of Smithfield’s Methodist Church pictured here was originally built in 1877. As the name of the surrounding community changed so too did the name of the church, originally Willow Springs, then Zion, and finally Smithfield. The…