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CALLOWAY/SILVER LAKE: Located east of S. H. 157 and south of Trinity Blvd. at the site of Bird's Fort and Spring. Used for recreation and swimming around the turn of the century. Now private property. Located at 7O on the 1895 map a clubhouse is shown in the crescent of the lake. See Bird's Fort
"BIRD'S FORT: Established in 1840 on the Military Road from Red River to Austin. Historical Marker located on S. H. 157 just south of Trinity Blvd. Bird Springs was where William Bird settled in 1841 building a blockhouse on the north east side of Calloway Lake. There was once a cemetery here with dates between 1841 and 1843. The 1936 Historical Marker is located one-half mile south of the southern end of Euless South Main Street. From FM 157, east on Calloway Cemetery Road to South Main Street, then south to the Silver Lake Gun Club which leases the property around the cresent shaped Silver Lake (Calloway Lake).
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