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Moody Walker (1900-1977) poses in front of the train schedule at Smithfield Station. He was the son of Ed Walker. He is buried in Pasadena, Texas.

Dr. Lilburn H. Colley (1843-1924) and wife Martha S. Colley (1860-1914). One of four doctors in the Bransford Community of some 124 families. Colley practiced medicine in this area for more than 40 years. As a result of his dedication the community…

Dr. Henry Gilbert (1850-1932) and Mrs. Maggie Gilbert (1862-1946) with granddaughter Maurine Pruitt, later Maurine Shaw. Dr. Gilbert practiced medicine in and around the Smithfield Community in the late 19th Century. He also farmed about 240 acres in…

The first “pumper team,” Smithfield volunteer fire department is pictured here in 1953.

From left to right: Roy Buck Hewitt, Melton Rhine, Andy Knight, R.W. Koonze, Chief Jack Gray, and inside the truck is Marvin Crane.

Edgar Douglass Walker (1870-1954) and son Moody Childress (1900-1977) Walker in front of Walker’s service station on Main Street in Smithfield. The station later burned in Smithfield’s second great fire in 1930. Walker was also a blacksmith.

James Mordecai and Hattie Arwine Anderson with their 10 children. They were civic and community leaders in the early 1900s in the Birdville and Hurst areas. A portion of their farm and pasture land is now “Restaurant Row” on Bedford-Euless Road,…

A.G. Walker (1807-1882) was land surveyor and a civic leader in Birdville, founder of the Birdville Union newspaper (), and a state senator from 1857-1860. Walker by some accounts was involved in a wild west style shootout with rival newspaperman and…

Marsh Calloway and Catherine Calloway (Kate) home. The 14 room house was about 2 blocks south of the present 7400 block of Baker Boulevard in Richland Hills. The Marsh Farm sprawled some 2,100 acres from where the railroad tracks cross Interstate 820…

Johnny Rumfield and Jimmy Ray Scott pose in the spring of 1947 in front of the B.C. Redding Store. The store was located on Main Street in Smithfield. Johnny served in the Army Air Corps and was known as Rumfield from Smithfield.

North Richland Hills did not get an official police force until 1960. Pictured here is the first paid police force.

Left to Right:
Back Row; Joe Beltram, Johnny Baze, J.C. Godwin, Bill Walton.
Front Row: Unidentified Dispatcher, Johnny Wise,…