Handley, Fort Worth, Texas

[1] Handley created a plantation just seven miles from the center of Fort Worth on land that was adjacent to the Sara Gray Jennings Survey of 1847,[2] and a very small community began to grow around him to the west.

[2] Handley as a town began to grow when the Northern Texas Traction Company bought land in the southern part of the community where it developed a holiday resort called Lake Erie.

The company developed its lake and added a roller skate rink, a dance hall, restaurant and rides on a pier above the water.

Its one and two story frame homes are engulfed in trees that populate the neighborhood, formed by Meadowbrook Drive to the north, Hitson Lane to the east, Lancaster Avenue to the south and Loop 820 to the west.

They are already in possession of a restored Union Pacific Caboose and hope to add other cars soon, and will also be opening a museum displaying many pieces of railroad history.