Mansfield History
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A Brief History of Mansfield
Watch a brief history of Mansfield.
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History of Dr. John C. Collier
Read a history of Dr. John C. Collier.
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History of Education in Mansfield
Mansfield was home to many schools, long before there was a Mansfield Independent School District (MISD).
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History of Mansfield Founders - Man & Feild
Discover a history of Mansfield's founders.
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History of the Mansfield Public Library
The library began in 1929 as a branch of the Tarrant County Library, which was a branch of the Carnegie Library of Fort Worth.
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History of the McKnight Building
The Mansfield Historical Museum and Heritage Center is located in the beautifully restored W.B. McKnight Building, located in downtown Mansfield, Texas. The building is named for Dr. William Burney McKnight, one of Mansfield’s first physicians.
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Mansfield, the Early Years
The first wave of settlers arrived in the rolling Cross Timber country of north central Texas in the 1840s. Primarily of Scotch-Irish origins, these pioneer farmers came for the most part, from southern states, following the frontier as it shifted west of the Mississippi.
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The Railroad Comes to Mansfield
In 1885, a group of Mansfield and Fort Worth businessmen banded together to create the Fort Worth & New Orleans Railroad, with tracks connecting through Mansfield. The coming of the railroad to Mansfield spurred a new era of growth.