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1. 2-1021 - Newspaper article on Coppell called Gibb

   From Irving News Record, Oct. 30, 1958. I never heard the name as Gibb, always Gibbs. The date for when the town became Coppell is wrong; it was 1892. This is the only reference I've ever seen of T. J. Harrison. (P. Wilson, resident, 12/25/11)

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2. 2-1398 - Large white frame house, porch, widow's walk on top; dark fence

   From a book on Grapevine history. "Right: Will E. Corbin home, Coppell, Texas, built by William Osborn Harrison." (P. Wilson, resident, 9/7/14)

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3. 2-1401 - "Harrison-Ratliff & Co." store

   Presented to the Coppell Historical Society by Bennett Ratliff in 9/2014. W. O. Harrison built the first general store in Coppell in the late 1880s. This must be a later store. (P. Wilson, resident, 9/9/14)

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4. 2-220 - Woman in hat in front of porch

   Back of photo said, "Bertie Harrison. W. O. Harrison had bought and lived there about 1910. (P. Wilson, Resident)

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5. 2-228 - Drugstore

   This is the same building that was a grocery store and the first Post Office owned by the Harrison family. (Lorene Pirkle, reident, 10/24/02)

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6. 2-231 - Man & woman in front of house; tree; horse; fence

   Back of photo said, "Mr. & Mrs. W. O. Harrison Miss Bertie Harrison in front of the W. O. Harrison house."

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7. 2-243 - Man on porch o drug store

   Was this the drugstore at corner of Bethel & old Coppel Rd. (now Southwestern)? If so, my father Joe Parrish tore it down in the late 1950s or early 60s, also an old bank building. (D. Parrish, Hawley, resident, 7/22/02) This is a picture of the building that W. O. Harrison built for his grocery store and the first Post Office. W. O. Harrison was the first Postmaster at Coppell. Over the years, several different men had a store in the same bui...

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8. 2-245 - Four men and one lady

   Back of photo said, "W. O. Harrison J.B. Harrison, T.J. Harrison. Businessmen & farmers of early Gibbs which became Coppell." (P. Wilson, resident) W O. Harrison had store in Coppell/Gibbs in early 1900s if not before 1900. He, T.J. & J.B.L. Harrison all lived in Coppell for several years. The other Harrison man went on the Keller, Texas where he stayed until his death. (Lorene Pirkle, born in Coppell, lived until 1973, 10/24/2002)

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9. 2-251 - Three ads.

   Ads from Coppell Informer. (P. Wilson, resident) Harrison and Ratliff were T.J. Hrrison and his son-in-law J. L. Ratliff. Ads from first Coppell newspaper in 1920s, Coppell Informer. (Comments by Lorene Pirkel in 2002)

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10. 2-300 - Man, woman, child posed

    The November, 1982, Elm Fork Echoes says, "Minnie Harrison Hicks daughter, of Laura Jemima McDaniel and William Osbone Harrison, with her husband Byron Nicks and son Willie. They lived in Coppell. Picture probably made about 1876." (P. Wilson, resident, 12/17/02)

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11. 2-301 - Young woman posed, holding flowers; wicker chair

    The November, 1982, Elm Forks Echoes says, "Bertie Harrison, youngest daughter of W. O. and Laura Jemimia Harrison - helped in first Post Office and mercantile store in Coppell - was married twice - to Hatton Ogle and to Buford H. Gordon (1889-1976). She was an honorary member of the Peters Colony Historical Society of Dallas County, Texas when she died in 1980 at the age of 92. (P. Wilson, resident, 12/17/02)

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12. 2-763 - Frame building with tall store front; 2 women and man on porch

    Gibbs, TX post office. This is probably W. W. Harrison's original general store of 1877, which contained the post office. (P. Wilson, resident, 8/18/11) Later caption read, "Post office of Gibbs, Texas, located in W. O. Harrison's store. Established 1877.

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