Temple to honor Bird’s legacy with battle ground upgrade

  • BIRD FAMILY MEMBERS gather at the Burleson County Museum. They include, from left, Mike Weichert, Martha Conrad, Johnny Price, Brenda Bird, David Bird, Cat Bird Allison, Franklin Weber, Pamela Bird, Ellen Bird Weber, Tommy Ryan, Deven Ryan and Dalyn Ryan.
    BIRD FAMILY MEMBERS gather at the Burleson County Museum. They include, from left, Mike Weichert, Martha Conrad, Johnny Price, Brenda Bird, David Bird, Cat Bird Allison, Franklin Weber, Pamela Bird, Ellen Bird Weber, Tommy Ryan, Deven Ryan and Dalyn Ryan.
  • BIRD FAMILY members look over Capt. Bird’s gun at the museum. They include David Bird, Pamela Bird, Jim Bird, Melissa Brune, Ellen Bird Weber and Terry Cooper.
    BIRD FAMILY members look over Capt. Bird’s gun at the museum. They include David Bird, Pamela Bird, Jim Bird, Melissa Brune, Ellen Bird Weber and Terry Cooper.
The historic Bird family of Burleson County, among the county’s first settlers, have long revered the memory of Capt. John Bird.A hero of the Texas Revolution and among the first of Stephen F. Austin’s colonists to settle in Texas in 1829, he became a significant landowner, including a league of land in Burleson County where his descendants have lived for generations.Bird, also a Texas Ranger,…

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