William H. Gaston
Encyclopedia
William Henry Gaston was a Dallas landowner and Confederate
soldier originally from Prairie Bluff
, Alabama
(USA
). In 1868 he and Aaron C. Camp founded Gaston and Camp, the first banking house in the city of Dallas. A middle school in the Dallas Independent School District
bears Gaston's name.
Confederate States of America
The Confederate States of America was a government set up from 1861 to 1865 by 11 Southern slave states of the United States of America that had declared their secession from the U.S...
soldier originally from Prairie Bluff
Prairie Bluff, Alabama
Prairie Bluff, also known as Daletown and Prairie Blue, is a ghost town in Wilcox County, Alabama.-History:Prairie Bluff first appeared on maps in 1819, the same year that Alabama was admitted to the Union as a state. It was listed erroneously as Prairie Blue on Fielding Lucas' Geographic,...
, Alabama
Alabama
Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...
(USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
). In 1868 he and Aaron C. Camp founded Gaston and Camp, the first banking house in the city of Dallas. A middle school in the Dallas Independent School District
Dallas Independent School District
The Dallas Independent School District is a school district based in Dallas, Texas . Dallas ISD, which operates schools in much of Dallas County, is the second largest school district in Texas and the twelfth largest in the United States.In 2009, the school district was rated "academically...
bears Gaston's name.