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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…

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…

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

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

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…

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

Home of Will Snow (1890-1961) and his wife Vera Nimmo Snow (1894-1964), built on Grapevine Highway in 1919. Present site of a Valero Station on the corner of Scruggs and Grapevine Highway. The house was moved a few blocks north years later. Will was…

J.W. (Jack) Watson, first Mayor of NRH in 1953, pictured here in 1957 with his family: Jack Watson, wife Evelyn, daughter Linda, and son Jim.

Clarence Jones home, corner of Grapevine Highway and Glenview Drive, current site of Greater Richland Shopping Center.

J.J. Hurley/ Wade Cutchin home, Grapevine Highway and Vance Road, pictured here in the mid-1940s. Later this property became the site of Northeast National Bank in 1961.