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Mayor Donna Arp
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Colleyville Historical
Chairman
Joe Deupree
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Circa 1914 Adelene
& Wilmer Webb standing just to the West side of the standing
Webb House.
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In the adjacent
photo the girls were standing just to the left side of old Webb
House. The Webb House has long been contemplated as a historic
project for the City of Colleyville.
When the railroad opened in 1888 it was great cause for
excitement. Folks lined the tracks and chocolate bars were
thrown to the children along the way. It marked the first
economical and reliable transportation into and out of the
pre-Colleyville era.
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Dorothy Webb
Albrecht, granddaughter of John Rueben Webb spent summers at the Webb House as a child and visited
almost every Sunday |
First Colleyville Marker at Bransford Depot |
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Here to See the Webb Progeny |
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Lila Coley has been
instrumental in tracking and researching the history of the area.
Lila lives across the street from the Bransford House. |
A welcoming committee
for the new marker. In 1888, the railroad placed a small railroad
car body at the location to serve as the Bransford Flag Stop
Depot. The train would only stop when there was freight or
passengers to deliver or someone waiting to board. It would
not be unusual for potential boarding passengers to flag down the
train to stop. |
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Circa 1914 the
nearby Gabbert House
US Mail was delivered to the area from the Bransford Depot until
1913. If the train was not expected to stop, the outgoing mail was
placed on a pole by the tracks and the train would snag the mail as
it passed by and throw out a bag of incoming mail. The
improvement of the wagon trails to roads and the new fangled
automobile eventually became the demise of the Bransford Depot. |
Circa 1913, the
Pleasant Run School. Mrs. Albright's father, Richard Webb is
2nd from left back row (arm in arm with his girlfriend at the
time) Mrs. Albright's mother is 2nd from the right back row! |
