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From: David Reed
Email: sellyourwheels@aol.com
The property where I reside was once called Bisbee Courts which
was the heart of Bisbee, Texas, a lost community that was
located in southeast Tarrant County, Texas. At one time Bisbee
Courts was thriving with people. From what I understand it has a
lot of history behind it. It is located on top of an underground
natural spring which is still going strong today, there are
cottonwood trees that are over 100 years old with girths
exceeding 17'. The property had a large house which was still
livable in the 60's along with tourist buildings, several wells
and a water tower. There is a branch that runs through the
property. The Mansfield history book says that this branch is
actually called Rush Creek and in the early 1900's it was
supplied with water from what was called a flowing well. Water
just flowed right out of the ground constantly. There was a
train depot just behind the property along side what then was
the main road leading up to Mansfield.
The history book says that the big thing for couples back then
was to take a horse and buggy up to Bisbee Courts, sit and watch
the peddlers get off the train and walk towards Mansfield to
peddle their goods. They would then finish off the day at the
flowing well.
I have learned that a very important person lived here in the
early 1900's. This was Dr. William Alexander Poole D.D.S., he
moved here from North Carolina and has been given credit for
starting most of the churches in Bisbee and surrounding
communities. There is much written about him in the Mansfield
history book. My older friends have mentioned that their
ancestors spoke of Bonnie and Clyde staying here.
There is also rumor of blacks being hung from the large
cottonwoods at a time when no blacks were allowed in Mansfield.
The main entrance to Mansfield was by way of the Bisbee Courts.
Bisbee is located 12 miles southeast of downtown Fort Worth and
5 miles northeast of central Mansfield. Today the city limits of
Mansfield stretches out and consumes the community of Bisbee.
If anyone
can offer additional information about this historical
property, David would greatly appreciate hearing from you.
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