Black plaque № 18924

Dallas, TX, United States

Bryan, John Neely (1810-1877) and. JOHN NEELY BRYAN, 1810-1877 AND MARGARET BEEMAN BRYAN, 1825-1919 In 1839 Tennessee lawyer John Neely Bryan chose this high bluff and shallow ford on the Trinity River as site for a trading post. Finding Indians scarce when he returned in 1844, he platted a town, in

stalled a ferry, and called the place Dallas. In the 1840s, the Republic of Texas opened its Central National Road from here to the U.S. border, and drew settlers to this area with liberal land grants

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