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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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Garland: Its Premier Century
Garland: Its Premier Century An Illustrated History by Michael R. Hayslip Rich blackland–free for the settling– drew a wave of…
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Square Resource Study, December 2012
Square Resource Study, December 2012 – Square Resource Study .pdf (2.5 mb)
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