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History
in a Pecan Shell
Granbury is named for Gen.
Hiram Bronson Granbury, who was killed at Franklin, Tennessee
in 1864.
Hood County was
created from Johnson
and Erath counties
and named in honor of Gen. John Bell Hood. After losing an arm and
a leg in the Civil War, he ran for public office with the slogan "Vote
for the rest of me!"
A timeline
of significant events in Granbury's history
1854: Elizabeth
Crockett arrived to settle land awarded to her for her husband's
service in the Texas Revolution. "Uncle Tommy" Lambert and Amon Bond
also arrived with a group of Tennesseans, and settled on the west
bank of the Brazos.
1866: The Nutt brothers donated forty acres of riverfront to
form the town.
1871: The first public school in Granbury was established and
Methodists established the first church.
1872: The first newspaper, the Vidette was published. This
was later taken over by Ashley Crockett.
1886: The Opera
House is built
1887: The Fort Worth and Rio Grande Railway came through town
- brick depot was built that year
1969: A dam across the Brazos River at De Cordova Bend SE of
Granbury was completed - forming Lake
Granbury. |
Granbury, Texas
Attractions
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Historic Town
Square -
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Granbury
Hotels > Book Hotel Here
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Hood County
Museum: In the former jail (c. 1885)
209 N. Crockett, 817-573-5135. Admissions.
The old jail "was in use from 1885-1978. Now it's a museum, located
right across from the
courthouse in downtown Granbury." - Scott Shelby, January
09, 2004 |
Granbury Depot
Photo
courtesy Jim & Lou Kinsey, 10-03 |
Railroad Depot
Museum: c. 1914
109 E. Ewell, 817-573-9246 |
1905
photo courtesy of
Granbury Opera House |
Granbury
Live Theatre -
110 N. Crockett
817-517-7882
Live performances in the 1940s theater on the square. |
Brazos Drive-in
Theater after Memorial Day Tornado
Photo
courtesy James Feagin |
Brazos Drive-in
Theater -
817-573-1311
One of twelve operating drive-in theaters in Texas.
The Gulch at Granbury -
5100 E. US377
817-579-1515
More Texas Theatres
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Acton
State Historic Site ›
Nearby (on FM 167 & US 377) is the gravesite of Elizabeth Crockett.
The park - all .006 acres of it - is the smallest in the state.
The annual reunion of the descendants of David Crockett is
held in Granbury. |
People
General
Hiram B. Granbury
The
Phantom Booth by Clay Coppedge
Did John Wilkes Booth live in Texas?
Did
John Wilkes Booth Live In Texas? by C. F. Eckhardt
Wherever and whenever John Wilkes Booth, assassin of Abraham Lincoln,
died, it’s pretty much a sure bet it wasn’t in a burning barn in
Virginia...
The
man who killed Lincoln by Bob Bowman
"Painted inside on one wall in the restaurant is a drawing
of John Wilkes Booth. I’ve often wondered why the drawing was there
until I read a book, “Unsolved Mysteries of the Old West” by W.C.
Jameson..."
Jesse
James in Texas by Bob Bowman
A long-standing legend says that Jesse didn’t die in Missouri, but
faked his death, moved to Texas, and died in Granbury when he was
104... more
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The water tower
in Granbury, home of the Pirates
Photo
courtesy James Feagin |
Nearby Popular
Destinations
Acton
5 miles West of Granbury on Hwy 4
Take Hwy 144
South 17 miles to Glen
Rose, or
FM 51 North
20 miles to
Weatherford, or
US Hwy 377
South 30 miles to Stephenville,
or
US Hwy 377
North 41 miles to Fort
Worth
Granbury Tourist Information
Granbury Convention & Visitors Center
116 West Bridge, Grandbury, TX 76048
817-573-5548
1-800-950-2212
http://www.granburytx.com/
http://www.granbury.org/home.htm
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