Historical Marker - Rawhide Creek and Park

Historical Marker
Rawhide Creek and Park
Carrollton & Farmers Branch
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UNION BAPTIST CHURCH

Named for enterprise of R. J. West (B. 1811), an 1845 settler and an organizer of Dallas County in 1846. West had tanyard (4/10 MI. SW) on this creek about 1846. To meet demand, half-cured hides came from his vats, giving name "Rawhide" to the creek. The historical park was established in 1969. (1971)

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Erected in 1971 by the State Historical Survey Committee (Marker Number 6832)