Goforth Graves · 1966
Burial place of 4 people, on land settled in 1857 by J.L. and Elizabeth Goforth. A 2-year-old son, John L. Goforth, Jr., was buried here 1863, while Goforth was in 18th Tex. Cav., in Civil War. Chadwick family,…
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Historical Markers in Aledo, Texas
Aledo is home to 7 official Texas Historical Commission markers — each one telling a piece of the city’s story. Browse the markers below, then find them on the map and discover more nearby with RoadHistorical.
Hood Family Cemetery · 1980
South Carolina native A.J. Hood (b. 1820) migrated to Cherokee County, Texas, about 1846. Ten years later, after representing that area during two terms of the state legislature, he moved his family here. Hood opened a…
View on map ↗First Baptist Church of Aledo · 1983
First Baptist Church Of Aledo This congregation was organized on September 25, 1879. The first church building was located on land (2.5 mi. SE) donated by a Mr. Middleton, who asked that the structure be named Alma Hall…
View on map ↗Annetta Cemetery · 1998
Community founder A. B. Fraser was a Confederate soldier who went into exile in Central America rather than declare allegiance to the Union. The Frasers named their daughter, who was born in Honduras, Anneta. The family…
View on map ↗Aledo United Methodist Church · 2011
Aledo United Methodist Church began in April 1878 when Methodists acquired an interest in a small frame structure named Alma Hall in Alma, an 1870s-era settlement considered the precursor to Aledo. With the advent of…
View on map ↗City of Aledo · 2014
In 1849, the U. S. Army built Fort Worth to establish a line of defense against Indian raids and also to protect Indian lands from settlement. By 1855, farms, ranches and small settlements dotted eastern Parker County…
View on map ↗Bankhead Highway in Aledo · 2015
Commonly referred to as the "Broadway of America," the Bankhead Highway linked cities and towns throughout the nation as one of the first transcontinental highways of the 1920s. In the wake of the first World War, the…
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