Historical Markers in Irving, Texas

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• Shelton's Bear Creek Cemeteryplaced 2000

  African Americans came to this area as slaves of white settlers such as William Haley and William Borah before 1845.

• Bear Creek Communityplaced 2003

  Settlers began arriving in this area, once a part of Robertson's Colony, in the 1850s. Early families included the Casters, Borahs, Sowers and…

• City of Irvingplaced 1986

  Permanent settlement in this part of Dallas County began before the Civil War with the establishment of small farming communities and supply centers.

• Daniel Webster Gilbert, M. D.placed 1996

  (1854 - 1930) Mississippi native D. W. Gilbert came to Texas in 1874. Graduated from Missouri Medical College in 1881, he began his practice in…

• Dr. Franklin Monroe Gilbertplaced 2004

  (1887-1982) Franklin M. Gilbert was a teacher and principal before attending medical school at the University of Texas in Galveston.

• First Baptist Church of Irvingplaced 1991

  When the town of Irving was founded in 1903, developers Julius Otto Schulze and Otis Brown set aside parcels of land for the Baptist, Church of…

All 17 historical markers in Irving

• Bear Creek Community2003
• City of Irving1986
• Daniel Webster Gilbert, M. D.1996
• Dr. Franklin Monroe Gilbert2004
• First Baptist Church of Irving1991
• Haley Memorial Cemetery1989
• Joffre-Gilbert House1999
• Kit Community2003
• Schulze House1986
• Shady Grove Road Bridge1991
• Shelton's Bear Creek Cemetery2000
• Site of the Dr. D. W. Gilbert Homestead2003
• South MacArthur Church of Christ1986
• Sowers Cemetery1973
• Sowers Community2003
• St. Luke Catholic Church1986
• Union Bower Community2003

Historical markers near Irving

• Grand Prairie14 stories · 6 mi
• Euless8 stories · 7 mi
• Farmers Branch10 stories · 9 mi
• Bedford6 stories · 10 mi
• Grapevine15 stories · 10 mi
• Arlington43 stories · 10 mi

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