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When Cotton was King
By Jerry Flook, Garland Historian Published in the Garland-Rowlett Messenger, July 2012 Despite the impression which may have been left…
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Historic “Lyles” House Now Facing The Bulldozer
Heritage Park being dismantled for the Oaks development By: Jerry Flook, Garland Historian Published in the Garland-Rowlett Messenger, March 2013…
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Rose Hill: Garland’s Ghost Community
By: Jerry Flook, Garland Historian Published in the Garland-Rowlett Messenger, February 2012 In what is now South Garland, about a…
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Land Free for the Taking
By Jerry Flook, Garland Historian Published in the Garland-Rowlett Messenger, October 2013 Not surprisingly, little appears in print about the…
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Garland’s Onion Crops
By Jerry Flook, Garland Historian Published in the Garland-Rowlett Messenger, February 2013 Did your vegetable gardeners get your onion transplants…
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100 Years on the Corner of Bobtown and Rowlett
by Jerry Flook, Garland Historian Published in the Garland-Rowlett Messenger, February 2014 The oldest surviving church building in Garland stands…
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Historic Square: North Side
by Jerry Flook, Garland Historian Published in the Garland-Rowlett Messenger, September 2010 Today the north side of Garland’s Historic Square…
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South Side of the Historic Square
by Jerry Flook, Garland Historian Published in the Garland-Rowlett Messenger, October 2010 Main Street, now located on the southside of…
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Garland Area During The Civil War
by Jerry Flook, Garland Historian Published in the Garland-Rowlett Messenger, June 2011 *Second Installment* The war took a devastating toll…
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Christmas in Garland 100 Years Ago
Submitted by Jerry Flook, Garland Historian Published in the Garland-Rowlett Messenger, December 2011 The late Wayde Brite Cloud, writer for…




