History

The first and original W.E. Greiner Junior High School located just south of 12th Street and Edgefield. The original Brick building

The Crimson Line in front of the L.O. Daniel "Cedar Crest" Home on Jefferson Blvd just east of where Sunset High School was to be built. At the corner of…

At what date the Bison Theatre was built is unknown. The first mention of the theatre was in a 1928, with a seating capacity of 600 people. In 1948 the…

Sunset High School was the 2nd High School built in Oak Cliff as it expanded westward. Prior to the construction of Sunset High School, Oak Cliff High School (today called…

The area called Sunset Hill Addtion today, had it's early origins out of the Peter's Colony. In 1941 a North Texas empresario granted a group of English investors, led by…

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Before she went to Hollywood California, Linda was from Hollywood Avenue, Oak Cliff, Texas. She was born October 16, 1923 as Monetta Eloyse Darnell. Linda resided at 715 South Hollywood…

Leslie Allison Stemmons is known as the father of the Sunset Hill Addition. He was the son of Conferate Colonel John Martin Stemmons and Rebecca Serena Allison, who moved from…

John A. Merrifield was born 29 December 1792 in Harden County, Kentucky. He was 1st cousins twice removed for the famous Daniel Boone. Son of Alexander Merrifield and Rachel Boone…

The following articles were found on the internet at this site: http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jwheat/jimtown.html 1913 Jim Town Is Now Taking On Real City Ways Who says that Jim Town is not putting…

At one time Tenth Street was home to more churches located on one street than anywhere else in the United States. Of the 23 original churches that existed on 10th…

Mary Elizabeth "Lida" Hoe W. E. Griener Actress Meri Welles Calvary Baptist Church Jim Town Sunset High School Leslie Allison Stemmons Linda Darnell Movie Star The Boundry The Bison /…