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History in a Pecan Shell Granbury is named for Gen. Hiram Bronson Granbury, who was killed at Franklin, Tennessee in 1864.
Hood County was created from Johnson and Erath counties and named in honor of Gen. John Bell Hood. After losing an arm and a leg in the Civil War, he ran for public office with the slogan "Vote for the rest of me!"
A timeline of significant events in Granbury's history
1854: Elizabeth Crockett arrived to settle land awarded to her for her husband's service in the Texas Revolution. "Uncle Tommy" Lambert and Amon Bond also arrived with a group of Tennesseans, and settled on the west bank of the Brazos.
1866: The Nutt brothers donated forty acres of riverfront to form the town.
1871: The first public school in Granbury was established and Methodists established the first church.
1872: The first newspaper, the Vidette was published. This was later taken over by Ashley Crockett.
1886: The Opera House is built
1887: The Fort Worth and Rio Grande Railway came through town - brick depot was built that year
1969: A dam across the Brazos River at De Cordova Bend SE of Granbury was completed - forming Lake Granbury.
Granbury, Texas Attractions
Historic Town Square -
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Hood County Museum: In the former jail (c. 1885)
209 N. Crockett, 817-573-5135. Admissions.
The old jail "was in use from 1885-1978. Now it's a museum, located right across from the courthouse in downtown Granbury." - Scott Shelby, January 09, 2004
Granbury Depot
Photo courtesy Jim & Lou Kinsey, 10-03
Railroad Depot Museum: c. 1914
109 E. Ewell, 817-573-9246
1905 photo courtesy of
Granbury Opera House
Granbury Live Theatre -
110 N. Crockett
817-517-7882
Live performances in the 1940s theater on the square.
Brazos Drive-in Theater after Memorial Day Tornado
Photo courtesy James Feagin
Brazos Drive-in Theater -
817-573-1311
One of twelve operating drive-in theaters in Texas.
The Gulch at Granbury -
5100 E. US377
817-579-1515
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Nearby (on FM 167 & US 377) is the gravesite of Elizabeth Crockett. The park - all .006 acres of it - is the smallest in the state.
The annual reunion of the descendants of David Crockett is held in Granbury.
People
- General Hiram B. Granbury
- The Phantom Booth by Clay Coppedge
Did John Wilkes Booth live in Texas? - Did John Wilkes Booth Live In Texas? by C. F. Eckhardt
Wherever and whenever John Wilkes Booth, assassin of Abraham Lincoln, died, it�s pretty much a sure bet it wasn�t in a burning barn in Virginia... - The man who killed Lincoln by Bob Bowman
"Painted inside on one wall in the restaurant is a drawing of John Wilkes Booth. I�ve often wondered why the drawing was there until I read a book, �Unsolved Mysteries of the Old West� by W.C. Jameson..." - Jesse James in Texas by Bob Bowman
A long-standing legend says that Jesse didn�t die in Missouri, but faked his death, moved to Texas, and died in Granbury when he was 104... more
The water tower in Granbury, home of the Pirates
Photo courtesy James Feagin
Nearby Popular Destinations
- Acton 5 miles West of Granbury on Hwy 4
- Take Hwy 144 South 17 miles to Glen Rose, or
- FM 51 North 20 miles to Weatherford, or
- US Hwy 377 South 30 miles to Stephenville, or
- US Hwy 377 North 41 miles to Fort Worth
Granbury Tourist Information
Granbury Convention & Visitors Center
116 West Bridge, Grandbury, TX 76048
817-573-5548
1-800-950-2212
http://www.granburytx.com/
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