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“This is a tribute to all who serve from yesterday, today, and tomorrow.”
- The Sculptor

The Liberty Park Veterans Monument depicts 10 adult figures plus
the Montagnard Child. “Old Glory” is waving in the background to
symbolize our freedom.…

A short family history originally collected for the book "The History of North Richland Hills: Where Families Live, Work, Worship, and Play."

Samuel Cody, for reasons unknown, erroneously listed his birthplace as Birdville. He also fabricated a story of a Native American attack on the family farm, allegedly resulting the separation from his parents for some years after that. However, He…

S.J.D. Sansom Jr. (1861-1913); First Master of the Grand Prairie Lodge (named for the grand prairie region - not the city) and a Smithfield merchant. Son of Reverend Sam Durell Sansom (1816-1894) and Sarah King Sansom (1824-1861). In addition to…

Clarence Jones and his wife Ruth on vacation in Mexico.

Rufus “Rufe” Snow (1867-1957) was an area farmer, Tarrant County Commissioner (Nov. 1913- Jan. 1918), and married to Jessie Melbourne Snow (1870-1942). They had 5 children together. He built their home on the southeast corner of what is now Rufe Snow…

Rufe Snow Drive was an old unimproved country road when North Richland Hills was first established in 1953. Some of the city's earliest businesses were located near its intersection with Grapevine Highway. With the combination of the city growing,…

Rufe Snow Construction just North of 820

A short family history originally collected for the book "The History of North Richland Hills: Where Families Live, Work, Worship, and Play."