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 of Dallas County.

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Information about our next meeting:

 April 10, 20245

Dear Peters Colony Historical Society Members and Friends,

Our meeting on Monday, April 14, 2025 will begin at 6:30 p.m. at the Carrollton Public Library at Josey Ranch Lake, 1700 Keller Springs Road, Carrollton, TX 75006 in the small Environmental meeting room at the back of the library. PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL BE IN THE SMALL ROOM AGAIN FOR THIS MONTH'S MEETING.

Debbie Porter, our planned speaker for this month, will not be able to present her program since her home was hit by a tornado 4 weeks ago. She is busy recovering from that trauma and caring for her 96 year old mother. Perhaps she will be able to come at a later date.

Brian Williams has stepped up to provide our program. His presentation will cover The Orphan Train Movement. This movement was a supervised welfare program from 1843 to 1929 that transported 200,000 children from crowded Eastern cities of the United States to foster homes located largely in rural areas of the Midwest short on farming labor. There were three main charitable institutions that moved these children. The children were transported to their new homes on trains that were labeled "orphan trains". This relocation of children ended in 1930 due to decreased need for farm labor in the Midwest.
This month we will be voting for Peters Colony Historical Society officers for the society year 2025-2026. The following list of nominations has been submitted:

President - Richard Monroe
1st Vice President - Ed Williams
2nd Vice President - Brian Williams
Treasurer - Paul Price
Corresponding Secretary - Jan Jones

If you would like to nominate another person, those nominations can be submitted from the floor at the meeting before the vote is taken. The new officers will be installed in May.

Also attached to this email is an invitation to the Texas Historical Marker dedication for the Gibson-Grant Log House in Flower Mound, Saturday, May 3, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. A very interesting program on this home was presented at last month's meeting.

Our remaining meeting for the year is our Show And Tell meeting on May 12, 2025.

Brian Williams
President, Peters Colony Historical Society

 

We are an organization that has worked diligently since September, 1971 to preserve the history of the Peters Colony settlers of Dallas County and their descendants. 

The Peters Colony Historical Society (PCHS) publishes a journal called Elm Fork Echoes.  It was initially published semi-annually and is now published annually.  The society has also sponsored the publication of the book Elm Fork Settlement: Farmers Branch and Carrollton which was compiled and written by Georgia Myers Ogle. It has been republished and is available for purchase from PCHSDC. 

The Peters Colony Historical Society meets on the 2nd Monday of each month from September through May (except December). The meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. in Carrollton at the Josey Ranch Lake Public Library, 1700 Keller Springs Road on the southwest corner of Josey and Keller Springs.                      ...Read more....

                                                 

 

We encourage you to attend our meetings. Guests are welcome and dues which are minimal go towards preservation projects.

The Society mission and vision are:

• To arouse interest in the past, especially the history of the Carrollton, Farmers Branch, and surrounding areas.

• To collect, preserve, and disseminate historical information such as genealogies, directories, papers and pamphlets, manuscript material, relics and material objects illustrative of life, events, conditions, and activities past to present.

• Cooperation with officials, Societies or Associations in assuring the preservation of the records and archives of the community as well as preservation of historic buildings, monuments, markers, and trails.

 

Activities of the Peters Colony Historical Society

• Publication of Historical Journals

• Monthly Guest Speakers

• Participation in Local Community Programs

• Involvement with the Historical section in the Josey Ranch Lake Library

• Elm Fork Echoes � Yearly Publication that preserves facts and stories of yesteryear.
   
  Peters Colony Historical Society of Dallas County is a non-profit organization.

Tax deductible donations are used for the preservation of local area projects, including historical buildings, monuments, trails, markers, and the records and archives of the community.

 

See Membership Information & Constitution for more information