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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…

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…

Birdville High School Bi-district Football Champions 1939-40.
Back row: Glenn Thomas, Arthur Parr, James Cheatham, Marvin Harris.
Front Row: Joe Hatchet, J.W. Sinclair, Roy Jenuine, Junior Rudd, Troy Pennington, James Cate, Marvin Mackey.

This photograph of the girls’ basketball team at Birdville High School was taken about 1925.

Parker Cemetery, located near the northeast corner of Interstate 820 and Highway 10, is the final resting place of more than a score of the descendants of Isaac Parker. Isaac is buried near Weatherford. His son, Isaac Duke Parker; his wife, Lucy W.…

Smithfield Feed and Seed’s store front in 1975. The building was located on Main Street in Smithfield, but was later demolished.

Cynthia Orr in front of her father’s pharmacy in October of 1958. The building was originally a short lived 7-Eleven Store on Grapevine Highway.

The Grapevine Concert Band visits downtown Smithfield in the early 1900s.

The grand opening of Greater Fort Worth International Airport/Amon Carter Field, 1953. In 1946, it was called Midway and later changed to the Greater Southwest International Airport. In 1950 the Fort Worth City Council renamed the airport Amon Carter…

North Richland Drug owner, Alan Hamm, is shown with employees Eva Evans (left) and Maire Erskine (right). Alan and Nancy Hamm purchased the drugstore in 1959. It was located in the northeast corner of the Greater Richland Shopping Center.