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Richland Plaza opened August 2, 1962. It was northeast Tarrant County’s first regional shopping center with stores such as Montgomery Ward, J.C. Penney, and Buddies.

Schooling in Birdville probably dates back to 1855. In 1858, English prohibitionist William Hudson helped establish the Birdville Academy. The red brick building, erected in 1920, occupied property originally used as a school site along Broadway and…

J.J. Hurley/ Wade Cutchin home, Grapevine Highway and Vance Road, pictured here in the mid-1940s. Later this property became the site of Northeast National Bank in 1961.

Clarence Jones home, corner of Grapevine Highway and Glenview Drive, current site of Greater Richland Shopping Center.

J.W. (Jack) Watson, first Mayor of NRH in 1953, pictured here in 1957 with his family: Jack Watson, wife Evelyn, daughter Linda, and son Jim.

Home of Will Snow (1890-1961) and his wife Vera Nimmo Snow (1894-1964), built on Grapevine Highway in 1919. Present site of a Valero Station on the corner of Scruggs and Grapevine Highway. The house was moved a few blocks north years later. Will was…

Ceece, Henrietta, and Pierce Bideaux getting peaches ready for market.

Zion Methodist Church founded around 1866, probably first called “Willow Springs.” William Turner and his wife Mary (1819-1906) migrated to the Tarrant County frontier in 1856, establishing their home and blacksmith shop on the south side of Watauga…

The Richland Youth Association Girls’ Softball Team, the Roadrunners, 1971.

Smithfield Lodge and Feed Store pictured here in 1975 on Main Street.