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11th Street celebrates National Register of Historic Places inclusion
Kay Moore Apr. 26, 2017 Saturday, April 22, marked the celebration of the inclusion of the Travis College Hill Addition’s…
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Veritex Community Bank construction boosts 11th Street, downtown
Kay Moore Jul. 9, 2018 Magic 11th Street recently gained a new partner in neighborhood redevelopment as Veritex Community Bank broke…
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Memorial to those who lost lives due to COVID
Kay Moore Nov. 15, 2022 An original metalwork sculpture memorial commemorating the 790-plus Garlandites that have perished due to COVID…
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Valle historical marker unveiled
Kay Moore May. 25, 2023 A large crowd gathered at the corner of Avenue C and Santa Fe Drive in…
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Early Schools of the Garland Area
By Jerry Flook, June 29, 2014 The history of Garland schools begins in the late 1840s, soon after Texas gained…
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Libbie Pilliod remembers the old days
By Jerry Flook, June 30, 2014 In the Dec. 13, 1940, edition of The Garland News, Libbie Pilliod, long-time correspondent…
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Rowlett criminal was first white man in Texas to get electric chair
By Jerry Flook Pete Welk’s run-ins with the law began when he was arrested in January 1921 along with friends Roland…
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HISTORY OF THE WILLIAM A. AND LAVENIA TINSLEY HOUSE
By Jerry M. Flook, April 2013 William Allison Tinsley was born 15 May 1834[i] in Montgomery County, Virginia, son of…
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The Bankhead Highway in Texas
By James Wilder Introduction Almost everyone has heard of Route 66, the highway. It was the inspiration for a song…
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Elijah (Lige) James Harris
By: S. Michael Boyd June 14, 2000 Elijah (Lige) James Harris was born May 12, 1872 in a log…
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