DUANE
Tarrant County, Texas
Historical Markers in Bedford, Texas
Duane tells the stories behind 6 Texas historical markers in Bedford, in Tarrant County. Each one is hand-told in his own voice, with the official marker text right alongside. Common themes here: Ghost Towns. The markers on this list were placed between 1979 and 2002.
Start with these Bedford stories
- Spring Garden Communityplaced 1981
The first permanet settler to this area was Samuel Cecil Holiday Witten of Spring Garden, Missouri, who came here in 1854.
- Bedford Cemeteryplaced 1979
Pioneers probably began using this graveyard during the 1860s. Earliest marked grave is that of Elizabeth White Bobo (1866-1871), whose parents came…
- Bedford Church of Christplaced 1983
Founded about 1874 by members of Spring Garden Church of Christ, this congregation was originally called New Hope Church of Christ.
- Bedford Reunionplaced 2002
Bedford Reunion Settlers from Bedford County, Tennessee, came to this area in the 1870s. Weldon Wiles Bobo opened a store and grist mill, and several…
- Site of Bedford Schoolplaced 1980
The first Bedford area school met in a log building during the early 1860s. After the Civil War classes were held in a frame structure at Spring…
- Spring Garden Schoolplaced 1985
The concern of area settlers to provide a school for their children resulted in the opening of the Spring Garden School in the fall of 1865.
All 6 historical markers in Bedford
Historical markers near Bedford
- Colleyville6 stories · 3 mi
- Euless8 stories · 3 mi
- Hurst6 stories · 4 mi
- North Richland Hills5 stories · 5 mi
- Grapevine15 stories · 6 mi
- Southlake7 stories · 7 mi
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