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Early settlers in the Birdville area with a makeshift two-wheeled cart.

Mrs. Don Gibbons holds a picture of her mother Laura Hardisty Barkley. She was the descendant of pioneer families Charles Hardisty and Dr. B.F. Barkley.

Richland High football team posing on the steps of the Tarrant County Courthouse.

A plane taking flight at Mangham Airport.

A map of Smithfield (1940) with names of residents and a representation of their properties.

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.

In the 1940s northeast Tarrant County was part of dairy country. This particular scene is now part of the car lots northwest of Loop Interstate 820 and Grapevine Highway.

Short Casey (father), Tressie Casey (mother), and Delores Casey (Clark) (daughter) working in a watermelon patch on top of a hill located just south of present day Loop Interstate 820 and Holiday Lane.

A scan of a Fort Worth Press article about the Calloway home.