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Picture of the ruins of Dr. Henry Gilbert’s old home on Main Street in Smithfield in the summer of 1975.

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…

A man casting his ballot in Hurst, Texas.

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.

Ed Walker’s filling station on Main Street in Smithfield in the 1930s.

Edison’s and Rowater Home Centers stores on Grapevine Highway and City Point Drive.

Texas General Edward H. Tarrant commanded two expeditions into present Tarrant County in 1842. The monument to Edward H. Tarrant, erected in 1931, is located in Pioneer’s Rest Cemetery in Fort Worth.

A line of voters form outside the polls.

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