1940-1970

Carroll school graduation certificate of Maryl Dean (Stacy) Tate dated 1944. Courtesy of Stacy family

The 1919 Carroll School building became the elementary school when the junior high was built in 1958. The frame cafeteria, pictured in this 1960 photo, had been added in 1941. The teacherage was built in the 1920s. Courtesy of Jack Johnson family

Dragon football began in 1959 but the team didn't have uniforms until the next year when this picture was taken. Courtesy of CISD

The farmhouse where Tate and Haire family members are gathered in this 1940s picture sat on FM1709 between Shady Oaks and Peytonville. Courtesy of Stacy family

John Tate served in the Pacific during World War II and returned home to Southlake to marry Kathryn McPherson. Courtesy of John R. Tate

Bill and Eula Kelley McPherson retired from farming in Roanoke to "his small sandy-land farm," in Southlake wrote his daughter, Kathryn McPherson Tate, seen here at far right in back row. Courtesy John R. Tate

Seen here with their bikes are the sons of John and Kathryn McPherson Tate, Robert and John Michael Tate outside the family home on White Chapel Blvd., circa 1950. Courtesy of John R. Tate

Fred Joyce celebrates his college graduation with his parents, Versie Ola Foster and Cloyce Patrick Joyce. Joyce family members settled here in 1852. Courtesy of Joyce family

Boards Store was a gathering place located on Continental Boulevard at Brumlow Avenue. Smiling in this photo, l-r, are Beulah Board, Azzie Hardin, Nannie Webb, and Eula Blevins, familiar names of Old Union community farming families, circa 1940s. Court

Seen in this 1940s photo are, l-r, Darrell Banks, Lillian Davis, Donald Shockey, and Jim Davis. The Davises owned property that fronted the north side of FM1709 at now-Gateway Plaza. Their property included the small family Easter cemetery, named for e

Merrill Tate Stacy, seen here with her husband, R. J., had grown up on the Grapevine prairie and in the area west of Grapevine. After they married, they moved to Dallas, then Grapevine and finally Southlake in the 1970s. Courtesy of Stacy family

R. J. and Merrill Tate Stacy celebrate Easter on the Grapevine prairie, circa 1950s. Courtesy of Stacy family

Owen Brumlow (for which Brumlow Avenue is named) standing next to Arthur Ritchey holding Margaret Stowe, circa 1950s. Courtesy of Wanda Stowe

Dove branch was a popular baptizing hole. Here, Lonesome Dove Baptist Church pastor William Day, circa 1948, baptizes family members in the branch. Courtesy of Joyce family

During his 25-year tenure, Brother William Day, seen here in the center with glasses posing with Joyce family members outside Lonesome Dove Baptist Church, performed many weddings and funerals. Courtesy of Joyce family

Pleasant Hill Advent Christian Church stood across FM1709 from the White's Chapel cemetery for more than 60 years. The church was built by its members in 1937. Courtesy of Shivers family

If you grew up in the Pleasant Hill Advent Christian Church, you most likely were "saved" in this tabernacle, also known as the arbor. Courtesy of Shivers family

Behind the church stood a conference center built by the Texas Conference of Advent Christian Churches that included a dormitory, kitchen and dining hall. Every year, Adventist members from across Texas gathered there. Courtesy of Shivers family

Annual youth "encampments" were held every summer at Pleasant Hill church with activities including swimming and midweek trips to Six Flags theme park. Courtesy of Stacy family

The razing of Pleasant Hill church in the 1990s was mourned by many, including members of other congregations. Courtesy of Shivers family

When work began on Lake Grapevine in 1947, residents remember it as a sad time for the displaced longtime dairy and cattlemen whose families had worked the creek bottomlands for generations. Courtesy of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Along with other folks, Southlake resident Wanda Stowe, seen here in 1954 with her husband Bill, visited the Grapevine dam and lake site many times before the lake was completed. Courtesy of Wanda Stowe

Wanda and Bill Stowe down in the Denton Creek bottomlands in 1954. Notice the automobiles on the roadway behind them over the dam. Courtesy of Wanda Stowe

This picture of the Lake Grapevine dam construction is dated 1954. Courtesy of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Once the dam was built, the question was how long it would take to fill up. "We knew it depended on the rainfall," Mabel Cate remembered. "It started raining and filled up in a week." Courtesy of Tarrant County College District Archives, Fort Worth

Among the families displaced by the construction of Lake Grapevine were descendants of Bob Jones. Only his daughter, Eugie Jones Thomas, stayed on her property and fought the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the right to stay. Courtesy of USACE

Bob Jones' land included 1000+ acres, much of it in the Denton Creek bottomlands. This aerial view shows much of the Jones homestead under Lake Grapevine. Courtesy City of Southlake

Flyer for the annual Jones family picnic which Bob Jones began for families and took place on his farm around harvest time. Sons Jinks and Emory Jones continued to host the picnic into the 1970s. Courtesy of Jones family

Bob Jones' annual picnic was a three-day event. Pictured here are brothers Jinks (left) and Emory Jones handing out snow cones. Courtesy of Jones family
Collection of Betty Jones Foreman

Jones family members at the picnic include, l-r, J.A. Helm, Mary Ann Helm, Cheryle Ann Fretwell, N.G. Fretwell, Almeada Jones, Elbert Washington and Alice Fretwell. Courtesy of Jones family

Brothers Jinks and Emory Jones partnered up in 1948 to open the Grapevine Auction Barn and Jones Cafe located at the southeast corner of White Chapel Blvd. and Hwy. 114. This photo of Jinks was taken in 1977. Courtesy of Jones family

Sisters Lula and Elnora Williams married brothers Emory and Jinks Jones. The sisters ran the Jones Cafe located inside the Grapevine Auction Barn. It's reported to be one of the first integrated restaurants in the state. Courtesy of Jones family

Pictured outside of the Jones Cafe in the late 1970s are Bob Jones's grandsons Bill (left) and Bobby (right) as well as Bobby's stepdaughter, Donna Pockrus. Courtesy of Jones family

Dr. Bobby Jones poses alongside his stepdaughter, Donna Pockrus, his brother, Dr. Bill Jones and Donna's children outside Jones Cafe. Courtesy of Jones family

Brothers Bill and Bobby Jones at Grapevine Auction Barn in present-day Southlake, circa late 1970s. Courtesy of Jones family

Grapevine Auction Barn cattle pens in the late 1970s. The auction business soon included horses. "Horsemen from far and wide would start arriving sometimes the night before. It was really exciting," longtime Southlake resident Zena Rucker recalled.

Jinks Jones poses with his wife, Lula (right) and their daughter, Betty in the 1970s. The picture was taken on the property of Jinks's sister, Eugie, now part of the Bob Jones Nature Center. Courtesy of Betty Jones Foreman

In summer 1956, C. M. Gordon, his wife, Barbara, and others walked an incorporation petition around the area to establish the town of Southlake in order to avert annexation by the city of Hurst. Courtesy of Gordon family

The Gordon's family home sat near Crooked Lane, south of FM1709. Pictured here is the driveway facing north. Courtesy of Ann Gordon Swindell

"All of us in this general area live here because we like it," reads part of the announcement to incorporate. Courtesy Gordon family

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George Gleeson acted on behalf of area petitioners seeking to incorporate the area. His letter dated Sept. 25, 1956 confirms that the town has indeed been incorporated. Courtesy of Gordon family

In 1964, Lavon Baird became the town's first postmistress. Friend Mollie Cummings is in the window to the left. Mayor Schell, who served from 1964 to 1967, has his back to the camera. SHS archives

Southlake's first police dept, seen here with mayor Paul Schell are, l-r, chief Keller Austin, officer Lloyd Brown and officer James Davis. Courtesy of City of Southlake

In 1969, R. P. "Bob" Steele took over as Southlake's fire chief and served the city for 25 years. Courtesy of Steele family

The North Texas Institute of Horseshoeing was established in the 1960s and was located on Southlake Blvd. Courtesy of E. I. Wiesman