On Track Newsletter – The Garland Landmark Society, Inc.

On Track is a quarterly publication of the Garland Landmark Society, filled with features and pictures delving into Garland history and information on activities of the Society. Now edited by Kim Everett, a member of the Landmark Society’s board of directors, it also prints short news items from the files of community newspapers of the past, dating to the 1800s.

Below are links to past and current issues of On Track newsletter:

Volume 22, Issue 2 2025 April May June

Too much ice cream? Impossible: Garland’s Ice Cream Shops

Volume 22, Issue 1 2025 Jan. Feb. March

Bootlegging in Garland: The Prohibition Years Part 3

Volume 21, Issue 2 2024 Oct. Nov. Dec.

Bootlegging in Garland: The Prohibition Years Part 2

Volume 21, Issue 1 2024 July Aug. Sept.

Bootlegging in Garland: The Prohibition Years Part 1

Volume 20, Issue 1 2023 Jan Feb March

Volume 19, Issue 3 2022 July Aug. Sept.

George Wilson Crossman, Sr.

Volume 19, Issue 2 2022 April May June

1899 Fire in downtown Garland
Charlie Coker
1899 Fire in downtown Garland
Tom Mealer’s Confectionary & Restaurant
W.W. McGully Drugs
Citizens National Bank

Volume 19, Issue 1 2022 Jan. Feb. March

1899 Fire in downtown Garland
Thomas Newton Hickman

Volume 18, Issue 4 2021 Oct. Nov. Dec

Fire Brings a Square to Downtown – Part 1: A history and redesign primer

Volume 18, Issue 3 2021 July Aug. Sept.

Cole & Davis – Garland’s Oldest Department Store

Volume 18, Issue 2 2021 April May June

Cabooses & the Garland Railroads

Volume 18, Issue 1 2021 Jan. Feb. Mar.

Garland Emergency Corps (GEC)

Volume 17, Number 4 2020 Oct. Nov. Dec.

Charles Garrett, Garland’s “Indiana Jones”

Volume 17, Issue 3 2020 July Aug. Sept.

Garland Tamale Man John L. Carpenter

Volume 17, Issue 2 2020 April May June

Garland shark fossils – Paleontology

Volume 17, Issue 1 2020 Jan. Feb. Mar.

Hatton W. Sumners

Volume 16, Issue 3 2019 July Aug. Sept.

Roosevelt’s NRA (National Recovery Act)

Volume 16, Issue 2 2019 April May June

Constables, Sheriffs and the Law in Early Garland

Volume 16, Issue 1 2019 Jan. Feb. March

Garland Shopping Center from 1951 to the present

Volume 15, Issue 2 2018 Oct. Nov. Dec

Cook’s Forest Lane Cafe
The Way We Were

Volume 14, Issue 1 2018 Jan. Feb. March

The Time It Never Rained – Texas’ Historic 1950’s Drought
A Man Paid to Make It Rain

Volume 13, Issue 4 2016 Oct. Nov. Dec.

What Lies Beneath,Garland topsoil covers millions-years history
Spring Creek Preserve protects ecosystem
Ancient axe added to Landmark collection
Phil McMullen Built His Dream House and Warren Ling has re-imagined it

Volume 13, Issue 3 2016 July Aug. Sept.

1918: Year of Armistice, flu pandemic – Garland had no answer for virus attack
Treatment guide of the period was hopelessly inadequate
Calomel, commonly prescribed, was ineffective

Volume 13, Issue 2 2016 April May June

State looks to Garlandites for leadership roles
In historic Turin, Italy, a touch of Garland
When the ‘Candy Man’ came to town

Volume 13, Issue 1 2016 Jan. Feb. March

What to do with Hypermart?
He helped Walmart become a leading U.S. grocer
For now, property’s future is uncertain

Volume 10, Issue 4 2013 Oct. Nov. Dec

After 70 years, a major vacancy
Raytheon leaving old Luscombe site for Richardson

Volume 12, Issue 3 2015July Aug. Sept.

When Garland had a ‘Dizzy’ spell . .
Lost at the crossing
Playing ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ on hunting trip
A favorite of fans, but not English teachers

Volume 12, Issue 2 2015 Apr. May June

The house . . .that Hap built
‘Bankhead Highway’ author will be Landmark’s speaker
Design was fun, but lumber was his business
Plaza Theatre: Manzer’s monument

Volume 12, Issue 1 2015 Jan. Feb. March

City strengthens Heritage Crossing plan
Coordinator will oversee Crossing marketing, act as liaison between city, Landmark
Citizen participation still is greatest need

Volume 11, Issue 4 2014 Oct. Nov. Dec.

Beneath the paint, hidden history
Some early Garland settlers
Family history articles rediscovered
Embree, Duck Creek, Garland: Then and now
The way things were. . .

Volume 11, Issue 3 2014 Jul. Aug. Sept.

Rededication: City’s past, future meet
The past meets the future
Celebrating Garland history at Heritage Crossing
City creates first historic district
Thomas Daniel: A man for all seasons

Volume 11, Issue 2 2014 Apr. May June

HERITAGE GALA SET FOR MAY 31
Landmark leaders are re-elected
He led the city at peak of its boom years
Mary Dingle, valued member, former officer of Landmark
The plunge into civic activities came early
DEPOT MUSEUM READY AT NEW SITE
Dallas Heritage Village: Structures lost and found

Volume 11, Issue 1 2014 Jan. Feb. March

After delays, Museum re-opening set for May
Willis Winters: A man for all seasons
Kennedy Memorial
Garland, the musical

Volume 10, Issue 4 2013 Oct. Nov. Dec.

A new address, a new look
A signature symbol for downtown entryway
The man who gave an elementary school its name

Volume 10, Issue 3 2013 July Aug. Sept

The oldest established . . .
High-jacked! Reprieved from demolition, period houses await new fate

Volume 10, Issue 2 2013 April May June

All Aboard! Next Stop: 6th Street at Landmark Depot Crossing
Dallas Dealey Plaza: Two new beginnings for Lyndon Johnson
Garland Central Park Gets “Legacy” Designation
President Janice Black, other Landmark officers, re-elected

Volume 10, Issue 1 2013 April May June

When War Came. Defense plants fueled Garland’s growth

Volume 9, Issue 4 2012 Oct. Nov. Dec.

The Way We Were: Landmark’s Legacy Created in 1972 to co!ect and preserve the city’s history, Society nears its 40th anniversary
In Memoriam: Mary Ann Wooldridge

Volume 9, Issue 3 2012 Jul. Aug. Sept.

Site Seeing. Landmark’s new website offers much information, easy access

Volume 9, Issue 1 2012 Jan. Feb. March

Sic transit gloria arboris. Farewell, Good Cemetery Oak
Roach Feed & Seed: Changing with city
What lies beneath Garland’s Public Square?

Volume 8, Issue 4a 2011 Oct. Nov. Dec.

IN MEMORY OF A BOY, A GARLAND PARK
LANDMARK MOURNS WEBSITE CREATOR. HOWALD LAUNCHED MUSEUM’S PAGES IN 2005
Landmark member’s search led to story
Garland Little League, then and now
Roach Feed & Seed: A work in progress

Volume 8, Issue 4 2011 July Aug. Sept.

The Maimed Attraction. Prized Pu!man rots away for lack of renovation funds
NEW OFFICERS NAMED TO FILL TREASURER, SECRETARY POSITIONS
Sachse museum nearing its fifth birthday

Volume 8, Issue 2 2011 April May June

Fair Park, then and now. RESTORER TRACES HISTORY OF DALLAS PARK
HISTORICAL QUARTERLY PRAISES LANDMARK’S KATE JAMES BOOK
Times remembered, from the Garland Landmark Society Photo Archives
New book tells the story of Garland football from 1906 through 2009
Randy Howald: Landmark’s Webmaster
New exhibits underway, more planned for depot