Research has led some Texas historians to believe Spanish explorers made camp in an Indian village named Guasco on Village Creek near present-day Dottie Lynn Pkwy.
Robert Sloan and Nathaniel T. Journey lead an expedition into present-day Euless and Arlington that was recorded as one of the first Anglo-American efforts to open the area to settlement.
General Edward H. Tarrant leads the Battle of Village Creek, killing many Native American people who called Village Creek their home. Captain Jonathan Bird creates Bird's Fort on the north side of present-day Arlington, Anglo-Americans' first attempt to settle in north Texas
Treaty of Bird's Fort, a peace treaty between Native Americans and the Republic of Texas opens the door to settlement in the entire region.
"Father of Tarrant County" Colonel Middleton Tate Johnson's Company of Texas Rangers is assigned to Kaufman Station, later known as Johnson Station.
Patrick A. Watson and a group of settlers arrive and settle on land that now borders the present SH-360 (Watson Road).
"Father of Arlington" Reverend Andrew Shannon Hayter arrives and organizes the Good Hope Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Colonel Middleton Tate Johnson's body is exhumed from Texas State Cemetery and buried in a family cemetery on Arkansas Lane.
United States Congress approves a charter for a transcontinental railroad to run through what will later become Arlington, Texas.
Elder John Quarles Burnett meets with 17 fellow Baptists and organizes the first church in Johnson Station - Johnson Station Baptist Church.
A tiny settlement developed on the edge of Hayter's property.
Hayter petitioned for a post office in 1875. The post office was called Haytersville. Hayter had already founded two churches, a school, and a Masonic Lodge in the area.