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This site is located on the south side of Cheek Sparger Road 1/2 mile east of Central Drive, Bedford, Texas. The historical marker is the only thing on this site.
The first permanent settler to this area was Samuel Cecil Holiday Witten, of Spring Garden, Missouri, who came here in 1854. In 1865, with Milton Moore, he built a schoolhouse here which was named for his Missouri home. The building also served as a meeting hall. Once the site of churches, a Grange and Justice of the Peace Court, Spring Garden declined in the 1870's because of a destructive schoolhouse fire and the nearby development of Bedford. Only the pioneer burial ground at this site marks the location of the early settlement.
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Spring Garden Community