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Decatur Baptist College (now Dallas Baptist University) was established in Decatur in 1898. It was the first two-year institution of higher education in Texas. In 1965, the college moved to Dallas to be in a larger population center. The former Administration Building then housed the Wise County Heritage Museum.
6. Eagles Canyon Raceway is a motor racing track in Decatur, Texas built to FIA specifications. [5] The track is located 50 miles (80 km) northwest of Fort Worth in eastern Wise County. The track was devised by David and Linda Cook, both with extensive backgrounds in motorsports, who set out to create a Formula 1-style race track in North Texas.
Added to NRHP. May 1, 1974. Designated RTHL. 1962. The Waggoner Mansion (a.k.a. El Castile) is a historic mansion in Decatur, Texas. The sixteen room mansion was built in 1883 by the Waggoner Family. It was purchased in 1942 by Mr. and Mrs. Phil Luker.
English: This is a locator map showing Mills County in Texas. For more information, see Commons:United States county locator maps. Date: 12 February 2006: Source:
U.S. Route 287 near Midlothian. U.S. Highway 287 (US 287) in the U.S. state of Texas is a major U.S. Highway that begins on the Gulf Coast in Port Arthur and heads north through Fort Worth, northwest to Childress, Clarendon, Wichita Falls, and Amarillo in the Texas Panhandle and into Oklahoma near Kerrick.
Mills County is a county located in Central Texas, United States. [1] It was created on March 15, 1887, from parts of four existing counties— Brown, Comanche, Hamilton, and Lampasas —and named after John T. Mills. [2][3][1] The 2020 census reported a population of 4,456. [4] The county seat is Goldthwaite. [5]
Congressional districts. 13th, 26th. Website. www.co.wise.tx.us. Wise County is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 68,632. [1] Its county seat is Decatur. [2] Wise County is part of the Dallas – Fort Worth – Arlington metropolitan statistical area.
A glimpse of the State Fair of Texas at night in 2006. The State Fair of Texas opened its gates for the first time on October 26, 1886. Approximately 14,000 people attend the opening day. On November 7, 1886, the fair closes and attracted over 100,000 people for the very first year. The State Fair of Texas has a history of racial discrimination ...