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Mills Cemetery (2017) | Intersection of Commerce St. and Centerville Rd.
Edward C. Mills and his family were among the first settlers in eastern Dallas County, arriving in 1847, to claim…
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Pioneer Cemetery (1994) | Miller Rd. at Garland Rd.
The final resting place for many Dallas County pioneers, this cemetery began in the churchyard of Duck Creek Methodist Church,…
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Public Education in Garland (2001) | 9th St. at Ave. B
With origins in the rural Duck Creek School, the first school in Garland opened soon after the community’s establishment in…
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Railroads in Garland (2023) | 393 N Sixth St.
Due to the area’s productive agricultural opprotunities, rail owners began to take interest in establishing a rail line between Dallas…
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Roach Feed & Seed Company (2018) | 409 Main St.
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Santa Fe Railroad Depot (1974) | 393 N Sixth St.
Constructed in 1901 by the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railroad, and designed by a railroad systems engineer. Replaced an…
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Travis College Hill Addition (2015) | 313 S. 11th St.
Between 1910 and 1920, the population of Garland increased from about 800 to more than 1,400. Accompanying the growth of…
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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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