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SOUTHLAKE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
- Collects and preserves the history of Southlake for those now living in the area and for future generations
- Acts as the custodian of historical documents, records, and collections of local history memorabilia
- Creats interest in area history
- Cooperates and works with other organizations in the fulfillment of their goals.
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Description of Book:
Of the settlers who journeyed to North Texas 165 years ago, 12 families from Missouri traveled in oxen-drawn wagons to the Eastern Cross Timbers. These families laid claim in Peters Colony that was promised by the Republic of Texas's first empresario. The hardscrabble colonists built log cabins and the Lonesome Dove Church, the first church in Tarrant County. Their village came to be Dove. Later settlements included White's Chapel, Old Union, and Jellico. The Depression hit local farmers and cattlemen hard, and newspaper accounts tell of small-time outlaws passing through, including members of the infamous Bonnie and Clyde gang who shot and killed two state troopers near Texas Highway 114. In 1956, a handful of neighbors voted to incorporate, and the town of Southlake was born.
Constance Cooley and The Southlake Historical Society
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