Details for Site of Scyene Meeting Place

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5113006879

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Marker Number 6879
Atlas Number 5113006879
Marker Title Site of Scyene Meeting Place
Index Entry Scyene Meeting Place, Site of
Address
City Dallas
County Dallas
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 720310
UTM Northing 3629516
Subject Codes cities and towns; buildings; settlements
Marker Year 1976
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location 9500 blk. of Scyene Rd., at Belle Starr Dr.
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 18" x 28"
Marker Text In the 1840s, settlers held public meetings under a tree at this site. Beginning in the 1850s, several successive 2-story frame buildings stood here and housed Masonic Lodge, church, elections, and social activities. Scyene Meeting Place housed one of the first public school sessions in Dallas County. In her girlhood, outlaw Belle Starr was a pupil in that school. In 1872, Texas & Pacific Railroad bypassed Scyene and the town dwindled. Yet the Woodmen of the World and other groups continued to meet in the community building, and school was held here until 1927. Bicentennial project donated by Mesquite Historical and Genealogical Society
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