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 Sesquicentennial of Aubrey's Settlement - Aubrey Veterans Memorial - Aubrey, TX
N 33° 18.175 W 096° 59.169
14S E 687494 N 3686679
A memorial to all veterans, past, present, and future, stands in Aubrey Veterans Memorial Park at 301 S Main St, Aubrey, TX. It was placed here in 2017 in observation of Aubrey's sesquicentennial.
Waymark Code: WMXJ90
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/18/2018
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This memorial was unveiled by the Aubrey Area Historical Society on Saturday, May 20, 2017. Designed by Love Monument Co. in Sherman, it is made of gray granite, standing four foot by three foot by nine inches. Emblems of the five branches of the United States Military are up top on the front, while the dedication is flanked by two flags that are flying in the breeze. It reads:
Dedicated in Honor
Of All Who Serve
In the United States
Armed Forces Past
Present and Future
In War and In Peace
On the reverse is:
Erected by
The Aubrey Area Historical Society
During the Celebration of
the 150th Year of the Settlement
Of the Aubrey Area.
1867-2017
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The Handbook of Texas Online (see Web site) provides some history:
Aubrey is in the Cross Timbers region twelve miles northeast of Denton and forty miles north of Dallas in northeastern Denton County. The site was originally named Onega (Ornega, Ornego) when the Texas and Pacific Railway built a section house there in 1881. The same year the name Aubrey was drawn from a hat to replace the name Onega, which was not popular, and a charter for a post office, to be operated in the railroad depot, was granted. Although the Key Schoolhouse settlement, established in 1858 by Dr. George Key, was only about a mile from what became the downtown part of Aubrey, Lemual Noah Edwards, a Civil War veteran from Alabama, is given credit for founding the town. He built the town's second house, a large, imposing, two-story structure, of lumber hauled from Jefferson in 1867. After the first businesses, east of the railroad tracks, burned in 1887, the town was rebuilt west of the tracks, partially on land donated by Edwards. He also helped the town grow by giving each of his ten children land on which to build a home as a wedding present. By 1920 Aubrey had more than thirty businesses and a population of 700. The automobile, the boll weevil, and the Great Depression contributed to the decline of the population over the next several years. By the 1980s peanuts had replaced cotton as the number-one crop; an annual average of 3,000 tons is processed in the local drying plant. The sandy, fertile land and the moderate climate have attracted many horse ranchers to the area, which, according to some, is becoming the "horse capital" of Texas. Other farm products include cattle, hay, fruits, and vegetables. A number of cabinet shops are also located in the area. In 1980 Aubrey had a population of 948. In 1986 Ray Roberts Dam was completed nearby on the Elm Fork of the Trinity River. In 1990 Aubrey had a population of 1,138. By 2000 the population was 1,500.
Subject: City
Commemoration: 150
Date of Founding: 1867
Date of Commemoration: 2017
Address:
301 S Main St, Aubrey, TX 76227
Overview Photograph:
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Detail Photograph:
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Web site if available: [Web Link]
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