Category: Online Resources


  • 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…


  • 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…


  • 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…


  • 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…


  • 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…


  • 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…


  • 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…


  • Newsman Will Holford 1871-1941

    By Jerry Flook, Historian Published in the Garland-Rowlett Messenger, September 2012 William A. (Will) Holford, longtime editor of the Garland…


  • Centerville… Legends and Lore

    By Jerry Flook, Historian Published in the Garland-Rowlett Messenger, August 2012 Those who are familiar with South Garland probably know…


  • Duck Creek: Garland’s Reason for Being

    Written by Jerry Flook, Historian Published in the Garland-Rowlett Messenger, April 2013 Most of us Garlandites cross it at least…