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Dallas County, Texas
Historical Markers in Duncanville, Texas
Duane tells the stories behind 8 Texas historical markers in Duncanville, in Dallas County. Each one is hand-told in his own voice, with the official marker text right alongside. Common themes here: Cowboys & Cattle and Native History. The markers on this list were placed between 1976 and 2005.
Start with these Duncanville stories
- Penn Springsplaced 1982
This area was an important early campsite and watering spot for Indians and pioneer settlers.
- Duncanvilleplaced 1982
This area was first settled in the 1840s and 1850s by pioneer farmers and ranchers. In 1881 the Chicago, Texas & Mexican Central Railroad extended a…
- First Christian Church of Duncanvilleplaced 1993
This congregation traces its origin to informal services held in Duncanville (Est. 1882) in the early 1890s by the Rev. G. Q. Grasty of nearby…
- First United Methodist Church of Duncanvilleplaced 1983
This congregation grew from a Union Sunday School that was organized in 1882, soon after the railroad reached Duncanville.
- John C. Peltplaced 2005
John C. Pelt (1877-1948) was born in Ellis County. After his father's death in 1880, his mother, Sarah (Seymour) remarried.
- Little Bethel Cemeteryplaced 1976
Burials of two small children opened this cemetery in 1856. The oldest stone (1858) commemorates Etna Barker, of a pioneer family.
All 8 historical markers in Duncanville
Historical markers near Duncanville
- Grand Prairie14 stories · 9 mi
- Ovilla5 stories · 9 mi
- Lancaster14 stories · 10 mi
- Midlothian10 stories · 12 mi
- Irving17 stories · 12 mi
- Dallas223 stories · 13 mi
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