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First Christian Church 1916

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First Methodist Church 1925

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Martin Layden house, 511 S. Center St. (Prairie style 1923)

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W. Armstead Brooks house, 512 S. Center St. (Craftsman airplane bungalow, 1919)

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Burl B. Hulsey house, 507 S. Center St. (Tudor Revival cottage)

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Shelter stop on Dallas-Terrell interurban rail line

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The Forney interurban rail station, Church Street

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Interurban railway power station between Forney and Terrell

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Interurban station in downtown Dallas, about 1923. The cars seen here are similar to the ones which ran on the Forney line.

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According to one Forney history source, Flook’s Forney Country, “…..except for the few families touched by the casualties of warfare, life continued much as before.” Cotton acreage in Kaufman County reached an all-time high around 1920, due at least in part to cotton prices having peaked at an unheard-of 40 cents ...

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