□□ And at 7:00 pm sharp, the first whistle blows, marking the beginning of an epic battle between Conspiracy and Houston United Roller Derby in the first home rink Conspiracy game of the season! □️īut that's not all, my friends! The second bout of the evening promises to be a real treat as The Deadly Kennedys take on ¡Viva La Revolucion! □ Stay till the end to find out which team emerges victorious! □ The excitement starts at 6:30 pm when the doors swing open for you and your pack. Trust me, you won't want to miss this action-packed roller derby extravaganza! □ Join me on Saturday night, June 24, 2023, at the Thunderbird Roller Rink, located at 3200 Thunderbird Lane, Plano, TX 75075. Special thanks to Cheryl Smith and John Brooks as well as Stacey Davis and her team at the Richardson Library for helping track down some of these details.Hey there, my awesome friends! □ I've got some thrilling news to share with you today! □ This weekend, get ready to witness an adrenaline-pumping showdown at the Assassination City Roller Derby - Game 3! □□ 1948 postcard of Downtown Plano // courtesy John Brooks He is said to have gotten the idea from Tulsa, where his wife hailed from. Schell III, apparently came up with the current letter and number configuration. Postal Service began implementing door-to-door service, it requested a more efficient street-name system. Other downtown streets were named after families, businesses or local landmarks including Mechanic Street (15 th), Church (M Avenue north of 14 th) and Mill (I Avenue south of 15 th). Before then, K Avenue was known as Main Street, and was part of a larger national route known as King of Trails Highway. The most ambitious name-changing project in Plano occurred downtown in 1948. Plano City Council changed the name in August 1979. However, as Dallas North Tollway inched closer to Plano, confusion began to mount. Plano Parkway was originally known as Dallas North Parkway. Carpenter home in 1890 // courtesy Genealogy Center of Plano Public Library The Council agreed despite the strenuous objections of Carpenter’s descendants. Company officials asked City Council to change the name of the road leading to their new development. In 1986 Ross Perot’s Electronic Data Systems was developing a 2,400-acre office park in Northwest Plano known as The Legacy. While those contributions may seem worthy of a street name, apparently not everyone was impressed. Carpenter Middle School is named for him. He fathered nine children and was instrumental in the formation of Bethany Christian Church and Add-Ran College (which later became Texas Christian University). In 1852 Robert Washington Carpenter came to Texas with $900 he inherited from his father. The east-west thoroughfare was originally named Carpenter Road in honor of one of Plano’s earliest families. The history of Legacy Drive is a lot easier to trace. He later returned to Illinois where he died and was buried in the Carrollton, Illinois City Cemetery. He immigrated to Dallas County from Illinois in the 1840s as part of the Bird’s Fort Company. Custer served from 1846-1848, back when the county seat was in the former town of Buckner, four miles northwest of McKinney. However, it may have actually been named for Collin County’s first sheriff. It is often assumed that is was named for the infamous General Custer of Wounded Knee fame. The road originated in Richardson in the first half of the 20 th century, and followed the growth of Collin County north. The origins of Custer Road are a bit murkier. Henry Oliver Hedgcoxe // courtesy Genealogy Center of Plano Public Library However, what would become known as the “Hedgcoxe War” ended without a shot as Henry Oliver escaped and was never seen in these parts again. Approximately 75 of them stormed his office, stole his records and burned them. Peters and Associates which had established a colony here in the 1840s, became fed up with Hedgcoxe’s behavior. Hedgcoxe Road is named after Henry Oliver Hedgcoxe, an early settler best remembered for setting off an uprising. Henry William Coit with neighbors // courtesy Henry Campbell Coit collection Coit’s family on an Avery tractor // courtesy Henry Campbell Coit collection Coit did, and the road was named for him. Slaughter promised Coit an airline road if he could help secure the right-of-way. In the 1920s, Dallas County Commissioner J.W. Henry William Coit’s family lived on a 320-acre farm that straddled the Dallas/Collin County line near Renner, about six miles from Downtown Plano. Prairie schooner on Preston Road // from the collections of the Dallas History & Archives Division, Dallas Public LibraryĬoit Road is named after one of the area’s early settlers.
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