Dallas County Pioneers Association President, Mike Judd, and Historian M.C. Toyer, bring Stories of the Pioneers to the Cedar Hill Museum of History Saturday, July 20, 2024, at 2:00 pm on the lower level of the Traphene Hickman Library. M.C. Toyer will chronical the history of the Peters Colony and Mike Judd will share stories of the area’s earliest settlers.

A descendant of Dallas pioneer Beeman and Glover families, M.C. Toyer attended schools in Wheatland and Oak Cliff, is an Army veteran and semi-retired carpenter. The Three Forks region of North Texas, which includes the Peters Colony, is his primary research interest, and he has written and published several articles on the subject.

Mike Judd is a graduate of the University of North Texas and has been a financial crimes investigator for a large downtown Dallas bank since 2007. His interest in Dallas County history led him to the Pioneer Association.