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Tarrant County, Texas
Historical Markers in Keller, Texas
Duane tells the stories behind 6 Texas historical markers in Keller, in Tarrant County. Each one is hand-told in his own voice, with the official marker text right alongside. Common themes here: Civil War. The markers on this list were placed between 1980 and 1983.
Start with these Keller stories
- Bourland Cemeteryplaced 1981
Aurelius Delphus Bourland (1840-1904), a North Carolina native and a veteran of the Civil War, bought land here in 1873.
- First Baptist Church of Kellerplaced 1983
Founded in 1882 as the Keller Baptist Church, this church was started by twenty former members of Mt. Gilead Baptist Church soon after rail lines…
- Kellerplaced 1980
After Texas & Pacific Railroad came through this area, H.W. Wood, a druggist, set aside 40 acres on July 19, 1881, for this townsite.
- Mount Gilead Baptist Churchplaced 1981
The earliest religious meetings here began in the late 1840s as part of Lonesome Dove Baptist Church.
- Mount Gilead Cemeteryplaced 1981
This burial ground originally served a pioneer settlement of related families who migrated to the area from Missouri in 1847 as members of the Peters…
- Pioneer Stone Burial Cairns (at Mount Gilead Cemetery)placed 1983
Scattered throughout many of the pioneer cemeteries in Texas are unusual stone structurers, or burial cairns, built by the early settlers to…
All 6 historical markers in Keller
Historical markers near Keller
- Roanoke6 stories · 4 mi
- Southlake7 stories · 5 mi
- North Richland Hills5 stories · 5 mi
- Colleyville6 stories · 6 mi
- Bedford6 stories · 9 mi
- Hurst6 stories · 9 mi
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