A history of Arlington,
since 1876
Postcards, papers and photographs of Arlington from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗European settlement in the Arlington area dates back at least to the 1840s. After the May 24, 1841 battle between Texas General Edward H. Tarrant and Native Americans of the Village Creek settlement, a trading post was established at Marrow Bone Spring in present-day Arlington (historical marker at 32°42.136′N 97°6.772′W). The rich soil of the area attracted farmers, and several agriculture-related businesses were well established by the late nineteenth century.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Arlington’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewCarlisle College, Arlington, Tex, 1907: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Arlington
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Arlington, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Carlisle College, Arlington, Tex (1907) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.