Southlake Historical Society
Carroll High School in 1969
Have you ever wondered what Southlake looked like back in the day? If so, you won't want to miss out on Southlake Historical Society’s seventh exhibit, “Places People Still Talk About,” July 12- Sept. 11. The exhibit highlights places people have been talking about since the town’s incorporation in 1956.
Society members gathered photos from residents, newspapers, scrapbooks, yearbooks and comments from the Facebook page "You Know You Grew Up In Southlake When" to create the exhibit.
Photos in the exhibit include mom-and-pop Casey Grocery that fronted Texas 114 at (then) Carroll Road; Grapevine Auction Barn and Cafe, thought to be Texas’s first integrated cafe; the old grass field where Carroll football began; private airstrips; early businesses; and a Greyhound dog track.
This free exhibit is open to the public in the lobby of Town Hall in the library. Hours are 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
“We love the remembrances and the passion folks feel for having grown up in Southlake when it was a little town and everyone knew everyone,” Southlake Historical Society president Connie Cooley says.