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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…

The famous red brick building was really the second red brick building built for the Birdville ISD. The one pictured was opened for the 1926 school year after the previous building burned. The two-story building had four classrooms on the lower floor…

Birdville School 1913.

Top Row:
Miss Ethel Carrol ( teacher), Mary Reeves, Gertrude Owens, Maxie Bradley, Bena Hovencamp, Bertha Naylor, Cecil Owens, Mattie Reeves

Second Row:
Beatrice Brooks, Pearl Bewley, Edna Naylor, Edith Anderton,…

Birdville School 1924-1925

Top Row:
Lucille Castor, Mary Bell Angle, Onas Brooks, Mary Roberts, Nell Gray (the teacher), Catherine Tomas, Jane Reeves, Joseph Brown.

Second Row:
Emmitt Wills, Madie Sexton, Ethel Thompson, Madine Cornish,…

Aerial view of Birdville stadium between Broadway and Grapevine Highway/Belknap Street, December 1965.

Blitz poses for the camera.

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…

Two B-24 Liberators collided midair around 7 a.m. over Birdville leading to a fiery crash. More details about the crash can be found in the article.

The site of the crash was near Richland Plaza Drive and Big Fossil Creek.