Timeline Of Arlington, Texas
The following is a timeline of the Arlington, Texas#History, history of the city of Arlington, Texas, USA. Prior to 20th century * 1542 – Spanish explorers make camp in an Indian Village named Guasco at current-day Dottie Lynn Pkwy. * 1838 – Robert Sloan and Nathaniel T. Journey lead an expedition into present-day Euless and Arlington that was recorded as one of the first Anglo-American efforts to open the area to settlement. * 1841 – ** General Edward H. Tarrant leads the Battle of Village Creek, killing many Native American people who called Village Creek (Tarrant County) Texas, Village Creek their home. ** Captain Jonathan Bird creates Bird's Fort, Texas, Bird's Fort on the north side of present-day Arlington, Texas, Arlington, Anglo-American's first attempt to settle in north Texas. * 1843 – Treaty of Bird's Fort, a peace treaty between Native Americans and the Republic of Texas opens the door to settlement in the entire region. * 1848 – "Father of Tarrant County ...
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