Old as dirt: Century-old Haggard Farms will be part of a mixed-use development
Before Plano was a city sprawling with hundreds of thousands of people, it was…
Past
Local trio work to bring Plano’s history back to life
tep into the side room of the Cox Building and it feels like a…
Saigling House officially designated a historic place
The 103-year-old Saigling House in downtown Plano has been added to the National Register…
Remembering Those Lost on Memorial Day
Here is a selection of photos from Memorial Days past in Plano, to honor…
Plano Market Square Mall: A Mall of Many Lives
These days there’s nothing particularly special about Plano Market Square Mall. The building near…
Plano Conservancy Celebrates 20 Years Preserving City History
Twenty years ago, the late Russ Kissick realized that school children in Plano didn’t…
Girl Scout Gives New Life to Plano African American Museum
Zara Jones, a senior at Plano West Senior High, has been a Girl Scout…
Growing Up in Douglass Community
Descendants of Founders of Plano’s Historically Black Neighborhood Recall Fond Memories of Their Front-Porch…
Collin County True Crime: The 1872 Hanging of Stephen Ballew
“The Inhuman Murderer; the Expert Confidence Operator and the Monster Liar of His Age”…
Taco Delite Founder Jerry Rose Lovingly Remembered
Taco Delite has been satisfying customers in Plano and beyond – with a few…
Former Plano Wildcats Coach Tuck Humbled by Hall of Fame Nomination
Terry Tuck is proud to call himself a baseball “lifer.” However, when it comes…
Historic Homes Driving Tour in Plano
Need a break from the virtual world while practicing social distancing? Get back to…
Plano’s Past: The Cockroach Hall of Fame Museum
Until 2012, Plano was home to a unique attraction: the Cockroach Hall of Fame…
Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church
An Anchor in Plano’s Historic Douglass Community On November 10, 2019, the Rev. Isiah…
Plano Barbers Celebrates 50 Years
Growing from a farming community of just over 3,000 people in the early 1960s…
Young Cemetery Seeking Public Donations to Recover from the October Storms
Plano’s Young Cemetery was founded in 1847, and holds 51 marked graves of early…
Inside the Collin Creek Mall Tunnels
Just in time for Halloween, we explore a spooky space that lurks beneath Plano….
The Collinwood House, a Year Later
Nannie Kate Haggard would marvel at the journey her old house has made. Nancy…
Legacy of Tino Trujillo
From “Dirt Poor” to College Trustee It’s always impressive when someone from humble beginnings…
Goodbye Collin Creek Mall, Hello Collin Creek
On Friday, July 26, Plano’s Collin Creek Mall got a send-off befitting Collin County’s…
Wells Brothers Pet, Lawn & Garden Supply
Wells Brothers Store Celebrates Six Decades in Plano Farmers plowed and tilled the sticky…
People of Plano: Ron and Deborah Pierce
More than a decade ago, Ron and Deborah Pierce noticed a need for a…
The Texas Pool Added to National Register of Historic Places
With beehive hairdos, cat-eye sunglasses and no idea that the Beach Boys were about…
The Secret Room Most Planoites Don’t Know Exists
Tucked deep in the basement of the Genealogy Center of Haggard Library, Cheryl Smith,…
Plano Conservancy Given Award for Restoration of L.A. Davis Cemetery
Jeff Campbell, executive director of the Plano Conservancy for Historic Preservation, recently received a…
Ernest Sanders, the Man Behind the Heritage Farmstead Museum
If you’ve ever visited the Heritage Farmstead Museum in Plano, and stopped to pay…
From Where the Roads Began
The History of Plano Roads If you live in Plano, you probably spend a…
The Spooky Spinster at Holman Pottery
Several years ago, Debbie Holman invited a friend to visit her home on 18th…
The Night Watchman | Plano Police Officer Green Wesley Rye
After 80 years, the story of the first Plano police officer killed in the…
Relocating the Collinwood House | A Moving Experience
Billy Lemons remembers exactly how he started in the moving business. His dad, Ray…
The Phantom Pianist of Plano’s Carpenter House
Some say Plano’s Carpenter House is haunted. Over the years, residents and visitors have…
Love for the Liberators | Memorial Day
The people of the Netherlands have never forgotten their powerful ties to the United…
Haggard Farm
At one corner of Park and Custer in Plano stands the familiar Walgreens. But…
Gandy Dancers Aplenty
The Role of African Americans in Building North Texas Railways From Denison to Sherman…
Steindam’s Sacrifice
Collin County Courthouse Renamed to Honor Hometown Hero On Feb. 1, 1970 darkness fell…
Stella Olsen Cookie Party at The Wooden Spoon
The home of The Wooden Spoon, a Scandinavian shop at 1617 K Avenue, was…
Plano Smallpox Outbreak of 1895
A Sad Tale of the 1895 Smallpox Outbreak Today, Preston Lakes is a quiet,…
Plano Memories
Growing Up in Plano in the 1950s and 60s Newer residents of Plano might…
Second Mural to be Installed in Downtown Plano Arts District
This past July, North Texas artist Will Heron installed the first of three murals…
“Shorty” Cox: Beloved Janitor Leaves an Unlikely Legacy
If a student had a skinned knee, if a football player needed his ankles…
How Plano Got Its Name
…and other tales of early Plano settler, William Forman I Welcome to Fillmore, Texas,…
Collinwood: The Gateway to Plano’s Pioneer Legacy
The Collinwood House has been the best kept secret in Plano, until now. People…
Davis Cemetery
In 1910 a young African American man came to Plano, Texas. Lee Andrew (L.A.)…
The Saigling House
Restored historic house is the new home for ArtCentre of Plano You may have been…
Remember the Alamo Fun Center
The Battle of the Alamo that took place in San Antonio in 1836 was…
6th Annual Genealogy Lock-In
Learn to Be a Historical Sleuth Want to find military heroes in your family’s…
Senior High Traditions in Plano
Clear eyes. Full hearts. Hair-dos. Wait, what? That’s right — from gold highlights to…
Home Runs and Heartaches | Baseball in Texas
Come September, Texans’ thoughts turn to football. Friday night lights, Saturday college campuses and…
Show Your Support for Saving the Historic Collinwood House
Dear Plano, The Collinwood house is the oldest dwelling still standing among its…
North Texas Masonic Historical Museum and Library
To become historic a building has to stand the test of time and overcome…
Baccus Cemetery
The view from Henry’s Tavern on the corner of Legacy Drive and Bishop Road…
Collin Mckinney’s 250th Birthday Party
Among the 58 statesmen that comprised the Texas Consultation, befriending and working alongside military…
2nd Annual Tombstone Mysteries
Deep in the heart of Texas, the Plano Conservancy for Historic Preservation has restored…
180th Texas Independence Day
Everything’s bigger in Texas. With blue skies and miles and miles of every type…
Plano Vintage Base Ball
On a green pasture a group of nine people in blue uniforms take up…
I Remember When Plano was a Sleepy Town
When I was a child in the 1960s, old men would gather around the…
Plano, 1891 (Then and Now)
The first non-native settlers to Plano came from Kentucky and Tennessee beginning in the…
Collinwood: Plano’s oldest home running out of time
The year was 1861. James Bell was a freighter, hauling logs and boards to…
Heritage Farmstead Museum
Are your cow milking skills a little rusty? How did your last batch of…
The Texas Pool
Cannonball!!! If you’ve ever belted these words from the top of your lungs and…
Thunderbird Roller Rink
Do you smell that? It’s the smell of your childhood calling. You can take…