Editing Glen Rose, Texas (section)

===19th century===
The area was first settled in 1849 by Charles Barnard, who opened a trading post near Comanche Peak. After the region became a federal [[Indian reservation|Indian Reservation]] in 1855, Barnard moved his business to [[Fort Belknap (Newcastle, Texas)|Fort Belknap]]. ''[[Wiktionary:circa|Circa]]'' 1859 when the reservation was abolished, he returned to the area and built the first store on what is now the site of Glen Rose.<ref name="Texas Handbook">{{cite web | url = https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hjg03 | title = Glen Rose, Texas | publisher = [[The Handbook of Texas]] online | access-date = 2009-04-30}}</ref>

A three-story stone [[gristmill]] was constructed along the [[Paluxy River]] and the town that grew up around it became known as Barnard's Mill.<ref name="Texas Escapes"/> The mill was sold to Tyler Calhoun Jordan of Dallas in 1871 for $65,000. Tradition states that Jordan's wife, a native of [[Scotland]], decided to rename the town Rose Glen to reflect the area's natural surroundings, although census records show that she was a native of [[Alabama]].<ref name="Texas Handbook"/> The citizens later voted to call the community "Glen Rose".<ref name="Glen Rose History">{{cite web | url = http://www.glenrosearea.com/pages/history.html | title = The History of Glen Rose, Texas | publisher = GlenRoseArea.com | access-date = 2009-04-30 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090619090426/http://www.glenrosearea.com/pages/history.html | archive-date = 2009-06-19 }}</ref> A post office opened in 1874.

When Somervell County was formed on March 15, 1875, Glen Rose was designated as its county seat.<ref name="Glen Rose History"/> A Baptist college was organized in 1879 and was later sold to the Paluxy Baptist Association. In 1889, the northern Presbyterians opened Glen Rose Collegiate Institute (also known as Glen Rose College), which remained in operation for the next 15 to 20 years.<ref name="Texas Handbook 2">{{cite web | url = https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hcs12 | title = Somervell County | publisher = [[The Handbook of Texas]] online | access-date = 2009-04-30}}</ref> A courthouse around Glen Rose's town square was completed around 1892, but burned down a year later. A newly built [[Romanesque Revival architecture|Romanesque Revival]] style [[courthouse]] was constructed soon after with locally quarried limestone.<ref name="Texas Escapes"/> That building sustained damage in a 1902 tornado that also damaged part of the town square.