Historical Markers of Texas

11909 1931 Free Bridge Controversy US 69/75 at Texas Travel Information Center, 1 mi. S of the Red River As a result of late 1920s legislation in Texas and Oklahoma, the two states cooperated on a project to build free highway bridges spanning the Red ...

7402 Aaron S. Mangum West Hill Cemetery, 900 W. Lamar St. (September 3, 1812 - August 10, 1884) South Carolinian Aaron Mangum came to Texas with a Georgia battalion in 1835 and served under Colonel James ... 7334 Allison Cemetery 9 mi. north of Whitesboron on US 377, then 1 mi. west on Allison Rd. to Rich Rd. Believed to date from the mid-1800s, Allison Cemetery occupies three acres of land. The oldest dated marker is that of a 53-year-old man who was ... 7383 Andrew Hanson West Hill Cemetery, 900 W. Lamar St. (1855-1940) Owned Sherman's first bakery for 35 years. Born in Schleswigholstein, Denmark. Came to United States, 1872, and to Texas, 1878. With ... 13857 Andrew L. Randell West Hill Cemetery, first addition, lot 104 (Aug. 15, 1880 - Mar. 14, 1931) A native of Denison, Andrew Randell graduated from Princeton University and the University of Texas. He opened a ... 12431 Antioch Baptist Church corner of Pink Hill and Antioch Rd. Formally organized in 1861 as Antioch Baptist Church of Christ, this congregation first worshiped in a log cabin approximately 2.5 miles south of ... 7335 Austin College 900 N. Grand Ave. Oldest college in Texas operating under original charter. Founded in 1849 by the Presbytery of Brazos under leadership of Daniel Baker. Named for ...

11914 B. H. Zauk West Hill Cemeter, 1304 W. Lamar, Sherman (September 11, 1857 - May 12, 1919) Bruno H. Zauk came to America alone at age 16 from his native Germany. He founded Sherman's first cigar factory ... 7336 Barron Cemetery Collinsville Named for John Barron (1831-87), a Civil War veteran who came here from Virginia and bought a good farm in 1870. Married first to Delilah Ward (d. ... 7337 Barron-Veazey House marker reported missing 11/2019, in process of getting a replacement March 2020 Influenced by the Prairie School of architecture in its form and its large, overhanging eaves, this home was built in 1905 for the family of Walter ... 7339 Bennett-Richardson House 125 Center St. at North St. This residence was built in 1902 for the family of local business leader Bland Bennett and Grace (Dunlap) Bennett. Exhibiting Victorian and classical ... 7340 Bethel Baptist Church SH 160, 3.5 mi. south of Whitewright. Building razed Jan. 2007. This congregation grew from an early prayer group, established in the Bethel community in 1875. A small group met in the schoolhouse, which also ... 7341 Binion Homestead .7 mi. south of Pilot Grove on Binion Rd. to Taylor Rd., west on Taylor .10 mi. to marker on no side of Taylor Rd. Georgia natives Thomas Noel Binion (1827-1900) and Pauline Walker Binion (1829-1915) migrated to Texas after the Civil War. They moved to the Oxford ... 7359 Birthplace of Dwight D. Eisenhower Eisenhower Birthplace State Historic Site. RTHL medallion 1962, inscription plate added 1968. Thirty-fourth president of the United States; born here Oct. 14, 1890, third son of David J. and Ida Elizabeth Stover Eisenhower. Dwight Eisenhower ... 12886 Boy Scout Troop 1 (Troop 44) 238 Blassingame Avenue Boy Scout Troop 1 (Troop 44) The U.S. Congress chartered the Boy Scouts of America organization in 1910. Just two years later, three Van Alstyne ... 11905 Butterfield Overland Mail Route Through Grayson County Grayson County Courthouse lawn, Lamar & Travis In the mid-19th century, mail traffic between the eastern United States and the western states and territories was accomplished via Panama and Cape ...

7344 Cannon Cemetery FM 121, 4.5 mi. east of Van Alstyne Elijah Cannon, his eleven sons, and slaves moved from South Carolina to Texas in 1852 and settled nearby. In 1874 the family graveyard was included ... 7394 Capt. John Henry LeTellier West Hill Cemetery, 900 W. Lamar St. (January 21, 1842 - July 18, 1913) Born in Virginia. Educated at Bethany College. In 1861 he joined Confederate army, serving in Co. K, 24th Va. ... 7342 Captain N. A. Birge House 727 W. Birge at Woods St. Connecticut native Noble Allan Birge (1832-1902) came to Texas prior to the Civil War. Settling in Jefferson with his wife and children, he was the ... 12812 Carpenters Bluff Bridge Carpenters Bluff Road, south of FM 120 Originally built as a railroad bridge for the Missouri, Oklahoma and Gulf (MO&G) Line, this landmark structure across the Red River continues to ... 7345 Carr-Taliaferro House 516 N. Grand Ave Prosperous farmer-landowner Richard Bell Carr (1855-1918) and wife Susan (1858-1940) moved into town from cedar community. They employed highly-regarded ... 7347 Central Christian Church 401 S. Travis This congregation traces its beginnings to the late 1850s, when pioneer minister Benjamin Franklin Hall came to this area to preach and organize ... 11535 City of Sherman Travis & Crockett Sts Settled in 1846. Named in honor of General Sidney Sherman 1805-1873. Commander of the left wing of the Texas Army at the Battle of San Jacinto. Member ... 11913 City of Tom Bean SE corner E. King and Britton streets, in front of city hall Thomas Bean, a wealthy Bonham landowner and surveyor, donated fifty acres of land in southeast Grayson County to be used for a branch railroad line ... 7350 Coffman Cemetery 1000 block N. Layne Dr., just north of intersection with Washington While David Harman Coffman (1827-1888) served in the Confederate army during the Civil War (1861-1865), his wife Harriet (Jones) and four sons came ... 7351 Colbert's Ferry Denison Established about 1853 by Benjamin F. Colbert. Across it came thousands of immigrants into Texas in the fifties. The stages of the Southern Overland ... 7352 Cold Springs Log Cabin School Loy Lake Park / Frontier Town, west side of US 75 Pioneers, who were camped near a spring on property of William S. Reeves (1794-1879) while waiting for their land grants, built this one-room schoolhouse ... 12500 Courthouses of Grayson County 100 W. Houston St. From pioneer log cabins to a native Texas limestone structure, Grayson County courthouses have taken many shapes and sizes since the county's establishment ...

15840 Dannel Funeral Home 302 S. Walnut Street After training in the mortuary sciences in Chicago, John C. Dannel moved with his new wife, Flossie Louella Wade, to Sherman, Texas, where he purchased ... 7354 Davis-Ansley Log Cabin Home Loy Lake Park / Frontier Village, west side of US 75 Blacksmith Micajah C. Davis (1790-1860), one of the founders of Grayson County, erected this cabin about 1840 at Iron Ore Creek settlement near present ... 7355 Diamond Horse Ranch .7 mi. east of US 82 / SH 56, on SH 56, 1 mi. west of Whitesboro Founded 1850 by James R. and John Diamond, joined later by their brother George, who had founded paper that today is Houston "Post." Station, 1858-1861, ... 14519 Dickson, James Nelson 1304 W. Lamar JAMES NELSON DICKSON (1890-1986) BORN AND EDUCATED IN GRAYSON COUNTY, JAMES NELSON DICKSON BEGAN HIS LONG ASSOCIATION WITH COUNTY GOVERNMENT IN 1914 ... 24179 Dixie Cemetery marker pending marker pending 7356 Dorchester School FM 902 in parking lot of First Baptist Church The community of Dorchester was founded on the railroad during the early years of the twentieth century. Two one-room country schools were established ... 15105 Dugan Family 4664 Dugan Chapel Road

7392 E. M. Kohl Building 300 E. Main Ave. Ernst Martin Kohl (1857-1935), former German Navy captain who came to Denison in 1885, built the first floor of this structure in 1893 to house a ... 14456 Eleventh Texas Cavalry Grayson County Courthouse grounds, Houston at Travis streets In May 1861, a frontier unit was organized at Camp Reeves in Sherman. Drawing volunteers from Cooke, Grayson, Hopkins, Red River, Fannin, Collin, ... 7360 Elliott Cemetery 6 mi. west of Van Alstyne, just west off FM 121 (follow sign) David Elliott (d. 1909), for whom this cemetery is named, was a pioneer settler in the southern part of Grayson County. Born in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, ... 13085 Everheart-Canaan Cemetery From SH 11, 3.3. mil N on US 69, then W on Penny Ln 0.6 mi Emanuel and Rachel Montgomery Everheart arrived here in 1848 with their son, William, and members of her family. By 1850, the Everhearts owned 3,346 ...

11908 Federal Building (United States Courthouse) 101 Pecan St After the Sherman Division of the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Texas was established in 1902, plans were made to construct ... 7400 Fifrty Feet North to Grave of Collin McKinney Van Alstyne Cemetery, E side S. Sherman Street at Austin Street (April 17, 1766 - September 8, 1861) A pioneer leader of north Texas and signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, Collin McKinney was ... 7362 Fink 3 mi. north of Pottsboro on FM 120 at Georgetown Rd. (FM 406) A community grew up near Fort Johnson on the Texas Military Road (also known as the Shawnee Trail) in the 1840s. Earlier called Georgetown and Reevesville, ... 7363 First Baptist Church of Bells US 69, just south of US 82 Originally known as Bell Plain Baptist Church, this congregation was organized in 1879 at the home of J. A. Lindsay. The first services were conducted ... 7364 First Christian Church 274 South Waco Street The predecessor of this church, the First Disciples of Christ congregation in Texas, was founded during the winter of 1841-1842 at McKinney's Landing ... 12872 First Christian Church of Howe N. Denny and O'Connell streets First Christian Church of Howe In the 1840s, settlers moved to this area as part of the Peters Colony. In the early 1870s, plans for the Houston ... 7365 First Methodist Church of Whitewright 305 S. Maple at Blanton This congregation traces its history to Sears Chapel (one mile southeast), a Union Church established in the late 1850s at the home of early settlers ... 13274 First Presbyterian Church Covenant Presbyterian Church, SE corner W. Pecan and N. Rusk streets. By 1870, the Presbyterian Church in the United States sent the Rev. R.E. Sherrill to organize new congregations in northeast Texas. He led a group ... 16853 First Presbyterian Church First Presbyterian Church, N. Burnett Ave., W side between W. Gandy and W. Woodward streets The Presbyterian Board of Home Missions commissioned Reverend Josiah Milligan to oversee Presbyterian outreach in Texas. Rev. Milligan chose to ... 7366 First Presbyterian Church and Manse First Presbyterian Church, NE corner N. Blanton and W. Walnut streets, and historic manse directly E facing on N side of W. Walnut St. Marker faces N. Blanton St. near church entrance. Manse has RTHL medallion. On October 30, 1853, a Cumberland Presbyterian Church was organized in the home of Christopher Sears in nearby Lick Skillet (Pilot Grove). J.A. Zinn ... 11534 First Site of City of Sherman From Sherman, take SH 56 about 4 mi W to Choctaw Trail (SH 289 S intersection) go N to Elliot Rd, go W on Elliot about 1/10 mi to marker on S side of Rd When Grayson County was created on March 17, 1846, by the first Legislature of the State of Texas, the act named the county seat in honor of Sidney ... 7367 First Texas Interurban on SH 91 at Wood Lake Rd. at Sherman-Denison city limit line Electric railways (trolleys) provided convenient travel between many Texas cities for more than forty years. The first Interurban Line was established ... 7370 First United Methodist Church Tom Bean This congregation was organized in the mid-1880s, growing out of brush arbor meetings at the Cedar Campground near Whitemound. The original church ... 7369 First United Methodist Church of Sherman 410 N. Elm at Mulberry First congregation of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South in Sherman. Established in 1859 with the Rev. J. M. Binkley, pastor, the church was born ... 7368 First United Methodist Church of Van Alstyne Fulton and Preston St. Outgrowth of Liberty Class, formed 1847 for Bible study and worship, in log cabin of Jim Creager (1.25 mi. S) by the Rev. Joab Biggs, of the Dallas ... 18727 Forest Park Forest Park, between Munson Stadium and the gazebo. The city of Denison’s first public park was established in 1872. The town was founded in that same year as a terminus for the Missouri, Kansas, and ... 7357 Fred Douglass School 505 E. College St. Named for the famed 19th century African American orator Frederick Douglass, the Fred Douglass School was created as one of Sherman's first three ... 7372 Friendship Cemetery from Sherman, take SH 56 west 2 mi. to Friendship Rd., go north .7 mi. to cemetery -- 7373 Friendship Methodist Church from Sherman, take SH 56 west about 2 mi. to Friendship Rd., go north .7 mi. to church Organized 1867 in log schoolhouse. In 1892 built first sanctuary; second, 1914; added Graves Recreation Hall 1958. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark ...

11525 George R. Reeves Georgetown Cemetery, 2 mi NW of Pottsboro, grave is in SE corner of Cemetery (Jan. 3, 1826-Sept. 5, 1882) Man for whom 2600-sq. mi. West Texas county was named. Born in Tennessee. Married Jane Moore in 1844 in Arkansas. Came ... 15986 Grayson Bible Baptist Church 4400 E. Hwy 82 On the evening of Monday, June 22, 1931, John R. Rice began a revival service on the Grayson County Courthouse square. The revival took place where ... 7375 Grayson College Grady St. between College and Cedar -- 7376 Grayson County Courthouse lawn In the mainstream of Texas history for more than a century, this area was, in 1837, the site of Colonel Holland Coffee's Trading Post, a landmark ... 20131 Grayson County Poor Farm North of the County Farm Cemetery also known as Vaden Cemetery near Canyon Creek Drive; Within 100 yards north of the County Farm Cemetery/Vaden near Canyon Creek Drive, Sherman, Texas. FROM 1877-1963, THE GRAYSON COUNTY POOR FARM WAS A REFUGE TO MANY CITIZENS, INCLUDING THE ELDERLY WHO LACKED CAREGIVERS, ORPHANS, WIDOWS STILL RAISING ... 7377 Grayson County, C. S. A. Courthouse lawn (Star and Wreath) Military, defense and supply center in Civil War. 11th Texas Cav. Regt., raised in this and area counties, May 1861, removed immediate ... 7378 Greenwood Cemetery Bells Burial site for early settlers of Fannin and Grayson counties. Commonly called "Jenkins Cemetery" as access was through John J. Jenkins' farm. First ...

7380 Hagerman Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge, 6.3 mi. SW of Pottsboro, N side of Wildlife Rd. 0.1 mi. W of Refuge Rd., 0.3 mi. NW of refuge visitors center. In 1904 James Patillo (J. P.) Smith platted streets here in a 10-acre wheat field and established the town of Hagerman. Named for railroad attorney ... 7381 Hall Cemetery on Hall Cemetery Rd., 3 mi. west of Howe Located on land patented by Anderson White (1801-85), on certificate issued April 23, 1850, by Peters colony, an immigration project which had received ... 13166 Hall Furniture Building Sherman, 118 W. Lamar Hall Furniture Building Former Missourian and Civil War veteran Rufus Gaines Hall established a Sherman dry goods store in 1868. The company prospered, ... 7385 Hendrix Cemetery .3 mi. east of SH 91 on Hilltop Dr. in NE part of Sherman (Marker actually faces Hayes Dr. off Hilltop.) A native of North Carolina, John Hendrix (1798-1893) came to Texas in 1846 with his wife, Ruth (Strader) (1804-1882), their children, and seven other ... 7386 Hiram Lodge No. 433, A. F. & A. M. 104 W. Hughes at S. Main Chartered on June 7, 1875, Hiram Lodge first met in a building on the original Collinsville Town Square. Since 1881, when that building burned, the ... 7398 Home County of Allison Mayfield, Conservationist Courthouse lawn Opened law practice here, 1884. Became an assistant attorney general of Texas, 1893. Won election, 1897, to Railroad Commission; served 26 years ... 7387 Hopewell Baptist Church W. Bond St. at N. Mirick Ave. In 1874 this church was founded to serve the black community of this growing railroad town. Ministers from several Baptist churches in the county ... 7388 Howe Lodge No. 430, A. F. & A.M. Mantua Lodge No. 209, A.F. & A.M., NE corner E. Cooper and N. Waco (SH 5) Constituted on June 5, 1875, this lodge was organized in the early Grayson County community of Farmington (5 mi. SW). Members voted to move the lodge ...

24143 Iron Ore Creek Cemetery Reba Dr. IRON ORE CREEK CEMETERY ESTABLISHED 1883 HISTORIC TEXAS CEMETERY – 2010

7407 J. K. Miller House 1401 W. Walker St. at Brown St. Pioneer home of James Kinsey Miller and wife Orrena (Tabor), who came to Texas from North Carolina in 1852, settling in 1860 in area of later Denison. ... 7382 Jabez and Harriet Haning Hall Cemetery, 3 mi. west of Howe Jabez Haning (1827-1883) came to Grayson County with his family in 1846. In the 1850s Jabez Haning obtained a grant of 320 acres of land from the ... 7358 James P. Dumas Dumas Cemetery, Wolf Front Road 0.5 mi. S of FM 121, east of Van Alstyne (1820-1875) Born in South Carolina. In 1841 married May Thompson and moved to the Republic of Texas. In his capacity as surveyor, he helped map land ... 7384 Jesse Elvis Hendricks Log Cabin Loy Lake Park / Frontier Village, US 75 A native of Missouri, Jesse Elvis Hendricks (1837-1920) came to Grayson County in 1846. In 1863-64, he built this log home five miles southeast of ... 12364 Jesse P. Loving in West Hill Cemetery (1836-1919) Missouri native Jesse "Jess" P. Loving came to Texas with his family in 1847. They settled first near relatives in Denton County, and ... 7399 Joseph G. McCoy, Promoter of Chisholm Trail 300 block of E. Johnson St. at RR tracks (1837-1915) Livestock broker from Illinois, whose pioneering in cattle markets helped Texas rebuild the economy which had been wrecked in 1861-1865 ... 11904 Judge C. C. Binkley West Hill Cemetery, 1304 W. Lamar, Sherman (January 12, 1826 - March 15, 1886) Christopher Columbus Binkley came to Texas in 1852 and became a law partner of Sherman's first mayor. He served ...

23672 Kendall Chapel Cemetery From Whitesboro, TX, east 10 mi on US 82, then south 0.4 mi on Old Southmayd Road On April 20, 1877, Jesse (1802-1882) and Jane (Brown) Kendall (1805-1879) deeded two and a half acres to the Trustees for the Sherman District, North ... 7389 Kentucky Town SH 11 at Kentucky Town Rd., about 3 mi. west of Whitewright When first settled in 1830s was known as Annaliza. Renamed by Kentucky emigrants in 1858. Unique layout gave town protection against Indian attacks. ... 7390 Kentuckytown Baptist Church on Kentucky Town Road, .25 mi. north of SH 11, 3 mi. west of Whitewright Founded 1853 by Kentuckians coming here by wagon train. Present building erected 1904. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1966 7391 Kidd-Key College and Music Conservatory 400 N. Elm St. Established in 1875 as North Texas Female College, a finishing school for young ladies, and operated by North Texas Annual Conference of the Methodist ...

11551 L. A. Washington, Jr. and wife Martha A. Between graves of L. A. & Martha Washington Oakwood Cemetery, 300 W Walker Ave at Travis St Grandnephew of George Washington, who had been guardian of L. A.'s father; was a doctor; came to Texas 1849 with inaugural suit, personal letters ... 7393 Lake Texoma FM 1310 / SH 91 in overlook area of Lake Texoma, 4 mi. NW of Denison Completed 1944, Texoma is today the second largest lake in Texas and the eleventh largest reservoir in capacity in the United States. Its main purposes ... 11540 Lee Simmons West Hill Cemetery, 900 W Lamar (1873-1957) Ran for sheriff at request of citizens of Denison. Elected in 1912 and served two years. Was appointed by Governor Pat Neff to special ... 7396 Lone Star Masonic Lodge No. 403, A. F. & A. M. 115 S. Fannin Ave. at Chesnut Organized a year after Denison was founded, Lone Star Masonic Lodge was chartered June 6, 1874. Meetings were held in several locations before the ... 11562 Louis Wilmouth Christian Chapel Cemetery, about 2 mi E of Sadler A San Jacinto veteran, born in Kentucky, 1806. Died November 11, 1893. His wife Ellen Vittitoe Wilmouth died January 26, 1896. (Harshberg Cemetery, ... 7397 Lyon House 716 N. Crockett Built before 1897, this Victorian house was designed by German-born John Tollouch and occupied by hardware merchant George E. Hardwicke (1855-1923) ...

12709 Mame Roberts East side of Denny Street, between O'Connel and Haning (next to Howe Historical Museum) (Aug. 19, 1883 - Dec. 24, 1976) The daughter of James M. and Martha Sue (Baxter) Roberts, Mame Roberts lived her entire life in or near the community ... 7403 Mantua Masonic Lodge No. 209, A. F. & A. M. Mantua Lodge No. 209, A.F. & A.M., NE corner E. Cooper and N. Waco (SH 5) The organizational meeting for this Masonic lodge was held on Feb. 7, 1857, on the second story of H.N. Walcott's store building in the village ... 16389 Martindale-Lackey-Hudgins House Southeast corner of Chapman St and W. Grand Ave. Tinsmith and later volunteer fireman Ott Lackey and his wife, Vesta, lived in this house in the early 20th century. It is believed that Lackey's ... 11907 Mary Florence Cowell 500 Charter St., Whitesboro (November 10, 1860 - July 13, 1940) Mary Florence (Tinsman) Cowell and her husband S. B. Cowell came to Texas from Missouri in 1900. Mrs. Cowell ... 7404 Masonic Temple 1924 201 E. Lamar St. at Walnut Travis Lodge No. 117, A. F. & A. M., was chartered in 1852. This site was acquired in 1916, although this classical revival temple was not built ... 12493 Mattie Davis Lucas West Hill Cemetery, north portion near W. Lamar St. (SH 56) between S. Binkley and S. Ricketts streets (January 12, 1869 - October 27, 1936) Martha Ora "Mattie" Davis was born in Mississippi and moved to Texas as an infant. She earned a teaching certificate ... 16390 Mayes House 7 Ridgeway Circle Architect Donald Mayes (1914-1966) designed and lived in this house with his wife, Rose Marie (Riddle) (1918-2008), whom he married in 1940. In addition ... 7405 Merchants and Planters National Bank 200 N. Travis at Wall St. One of the oldest banks in North Texas. Replaced Sherman's "Pecan Tree Bank"; for 22 years traders hung saddlebags filled with gold on tree's branches. ... 7406 Metz House 506 S. Crockett St. Edward Metz (1854-1913) came to Texas from Michigan as a young man to join his brother, Charles, in a leather goods business. In the 1870s, they ... 7408 Miller's Spring 1401 W. Walker St. at Brown St. On homesite bought Oct. 15, 1866, by J. K. Miller (1826-1908), this spring supplied his household, neighbors, travelers on nearby ferry road. Civic ... 7409 Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Main and Houston In 1865 the Union Pacific Railway southern branch was incorporated to build a railroad from the St. Louis-Kansas City area to the Gulf of Mexico. ... 12715 Mita Holsapple Hall (1885-1965) 1304 W. Lamar Street, West Cemetery Mita Holsapple Hall (1885-1965) Born near Fair Dealing, Kentucky, Mita Holsapple moved with her family to Sherman as a child and graduated from Mary ... 22465 Mt. Tabor Cemetery North of Whitesboro, Texas approximately six (6) miles, turn right off Texas Hwy 377, it is approximately one and one half (1.5) miles east of Sandusky off of Sandusky Road. Burrel Scarbrough (1817-1878) and his wife, Harriett (Melton) (1826-1890), both from Alabama, moved to Texas prior to the Civil War. In 1866, the ...

7412 Ninth Texas Cavalry Grayson County Courthouse grounds The Ninth Texas Cavalry consisted of about 1,000 mounted volunteers from Grayson, Tarrant, Hunt, Hopkins, Cass, Red River, Titus, and Lamar counties. ... 7413 North-South Railway Connection 200 E. Main Ave. On December 24, 1872, a Missouri, Kansas & Texas (Katy) Railroad train carrying 100 passengers arrived here in the newly established railroad town ...

18735 Oak Ridge Cemetery 6.1 miles east of Denison on Fm 120 In 1853, Asa Messenger, Sr. and his nephew, William Lightfoot, traveled to Grayson County and purchased a considerable amount of land. The Lightfoot ... 7414 Odd Fellows Hall 109 N. Walnut at Houston St. Erected in 1875. Third meeting place for Sherman Lodge #45 since organization Sept. 27, 1854. Center of community activity: opened a school (74 students) ... 7338 Old Bass Home Loy Lake Park / Frontier Village, west side of US 75 (Originally at 215 W. Houston, Sherman) Oldest extant house in city. Erected in 1850s by Dr. R. L. Bullock. Built around typical "dog run," or entry ... 7346 Old Cedar Community east of Luella and Sherman, at church on corner of Campground Road and gravel road, near Cedar Cemetery Settled in 1848 by Grayson County pioneers, who reclaimed land from wilderness, raiding Indians and hardships of frontier life soon created need ... 11538 Old Sherman Public Library 301 S. Walnut A subscription library was established in Sherman in 1901 and housed in a rented room. In 1911, the city submitted a request to the Andrew Carnegie ... 11541 Old Thompson Home at Loy Lake Park, Hwy 75 south and Loy Lake Road Oldest house in Grayson County. Contained county's first post office. Built 1830 near Preston Bend, important trail crossing on Red River. Builder ... 7343 Old Town of Cannon FM 121 / FM 2729 in Cannon community, 6 mi. east of Van Alstyne Founded 1852 by Elijah Cannon, who came from South Carolina with his children and slaves, to develop 700 acres of land. Family established a church, ... 7361 Olive Ann Oatman Fairchild West Hill Cemetery, 2nd Addition, Block 9, Lot 4, Space 2 (1837-1903) Captured in Arizona at age 13 (1851) by Yanapai Indians, who massacred 6 members of family. Sold to Mojave Indians, she was treated kindly ...

7415 Park of Old Settlers Association of Grayson County 1519 N. Grand Ave. A public-spirited group dedicated to preservation of history and enrichment of contemporary life. Founded in 1879, when oldtimers traveled by wagon ... 7416 Perrin Air Force Base Grayson County Airport, Main Drive Plans began in early 1941 for a U. S. Army Air Corps installation to be located in Grayson County. This 1,160-acre site was acquired in June, and ... 12955 Peter W. Grayson North side of Courthouse square, bounded by Travis, Houston, Crockett and Lamar streets Peter Wagener Grayson was born in 1788 in Bardstown, Virginia (later part of Kentucky) to Benjamin and Caroline (Taylor) Grayson, members of a politically ... 7417 Pilot Grove FM 121 at Pilot Grove Rd. Founded in early 1850s. On Bonham-McKinney Stage Line. Called Lick Skillet; renamed, 1858, for J. P. Dumas' Ranch. Site of Lee-Peacock feud, 1865-1871, ... 7418 Pilot Grove Baptist Church on Pilot Grove Rd., .25 mi. north of FM 121 This congregation traces its history to the establishment of the United Baptist Church here in 1848 on 3.5 acres of land donated by Hezakiah Warden. ... 7419 Pioneer Cotton Seed Oil Mill 1201 E. Pecan St. Here the Sherman Cotton Oil Company was created by John Clement Tassey between 1871-1879, to become, at one time, largest of its kind in the world. ... 7420 Pool Manufacturing Company 1601 S. Montgomery St. Originally chartered September 20, 1909, as Sherman Overall Manufacturing Company. First machinery was secured from a glove manufacturer and placed ... 7422 Pottsboro James G. Thompson Park, 496 Hagerman Road Caddo and Wichita Indian tribes occupied this area before Anglo settlement began in the 19th century. Among the early settlers was James G. Thompson, ... 11563 Present Home of XXI Club in front of Denison Public Library, 241 W Gandy St Founded Oct. 14, 1890, by ten early social leaders. A charter member, Texas Federation of Women's Clubs. Its 2-story brick hall, built 1896, was ... 11527 President T. Roosevelt's Visit to Grayson County Courthouse lawn - Between Travis, Crockett, Lamar & Houston Sts One of the most festive events in Sherman's early history, Theodore Roosevelt's 1905 appearance here marked the first visit of a president of the ... 11910 Preston Road/Shawnee Trail James G. Thompson Park, 496 Hagerman Road In 1840, authorized by an 1838 act of the Congress of the Republic of Texas, Col. W. G. Cooke and the Texas First Infantry Regiment laid out a military ... 11524 Primitive Baptist Church of Tioga Community Building, SW corner Gene Autry Dr. and S. Lamar St. Organized 1884, in Lone Star; moved to Tioga, 1893. Present church built, 1948. T. N. Cutler, first pastor. Sam Rayburn, Speaker, U. S. House of ...

11564 R. N. Younger Home 200 Center St. Victorian home built 1889 by Dr. R. N. Younger, church, banking and school leader. Southern exposure in 10 of 12 rooms and halls. Fine beveled mirrors ... 11526 Roberts House 915 S. Crockett St. at Spring St. Connecticut native Charles Nathan Roberts (1836-1920) moved to Arkansas prior to the Civil War. He served as a captain in the Confederate Army, and ...

16566 Sadler Cemetery FM 901 at Frank Wood Road, quarter mile south of US 82, one mile south of Sadler This land was already in use as a burial ground known as Bethlehem Cemetery when it was officially dedicated in county records in 1884. Bethlehem ... 11528 Sadler United Methodist Church At the corner of Ram & SH 901 First called Quillin's chapel, this church was organized in Sept. 1876 in a schoolhouse just west of Sadler Cemetery. The Rev. William M. Robbins ... 14187 Saint John Christian Methodist Episcopal Church Iglesia de Dios Vida Nueva. NE corner N. East and E. Pacific streets. This church, organized in 1875 as Saint John Christian Methodist Episcopal (CME) Chapel, held its initial services in a sanctuary located in a local ... 12751 Samuel E. and Mary C. Marshall House NE corner W. Walnut and N. Chapman streets on private property Civil War veteran Sam Marshall (1838-1911), his wife, Mary (1840-1924), and their family came from Kentucky to Grayson County in the late 1860s and ... 11530 Sanborn Ranch 5 mi. E of Whitesboro, south side of the highway, 0.1 mi. E of Old Sanborn Ranch Road Established in late 1870's by H. B. Sanborn, one of the major promoters of barbed wire. Ranch (a showplace) was first large area in Texas to be fenced ... 11532 Sand Springs NE corner of Loy Lake Rd. at Park Rd. A noted watering place on pioneer trails, known as early as 1840 to settlers and prospectors who camped near the strong currents of water boiling ... 11912 Sanford Homeplace FM 1753, 1.7 mi. E of Denison Confederate veteran Thomas Jefferson Sanford and his wife Nannie (Johnson) bought 300 acres including this site in July 1871. Their children, William ... 12513 Sherman Little Theater (The Sherman Community Players) 500 N. Elm St. In the early 1920s, as the Little Theater movement was developing in Texas, a group of Sherman citizens formed a community theater to present dramatic ... 11536 Sherman Manufacturing Company NE corner S. Sam Rayburn Fwy. (US 75) and W. Park Ave. Sherman Seamless Bag Mill was founded here in 1891, to serve the cotton industry of North Central Texas. Elected to board of directors on March 18, ... 23479 Sherman Riot of 1930 Grayson County Courthouse grounds. The Sherman Riot of 1930 was one of a number of major incidents of racial violence that occurred in the United States at the onset of the Great Depression. ... 12871 Site of Binkley Hotel SW corner of Travis and Pecan Site of Binkley Hotel In the 1870s, a joint stock company was organized to construct a hotel in Sherman. One of the largest stockholders was Judge ... 7353 Site of Campus of Old Columbia College 588 WA Denton Dr. at Third St. in front of Van Alstyne Elementary/Junior High School In 1889 an association composed of merchants and landowners from the Van Alstyne area saw the need for quality education and established Columbia ... 7395 Site of Captain LeTellier's School 723 S. Travis at Sparrow St. This school for boys, founded in 1871, was officially known as the Sherman Private School, but informally as "The Cap'n's. It was established and ... 11559 Site of Early Grayson County Settlement - Whitemound On FM 902, in Whitemound community, just west of Tom Bean Named for two large white mounds of rock nearby. Settled 1849 by Henry Lackey and his 9 children, from Missouri. Town grew up around A. S. Lackey ... 7374 Site of Fort Johnson County road right of way, 1.3 mi. W of FM 120, 4.3 mi. NW of 120/996 intersection in Pottsboro Established by William G. Cooke in 1840 as a part of the defense of the Military Road from Red River to Austin. Named in honor of Colonel Francis ... 11537 Site of Old Sherman Opera House 300 N Travis St. at Pecan (on bldg. at NW corner) Formerly a 3-story Victorian structure with twin cupolas. Built by Capt. L. F. Ely, who made the bricks in his city factory. Lavish interior had ... 11911 Site of Saint Francis Xavier Academy 401 Rusk Avenue Founded in 1876 by the Sisters of St. Mary of Namur, Belgium, in association with St. Patrick's Catholic Church, St. Francis Xavier Academy was the ... 15189 Site of Terrell High School SE corner W. Martin Luther King St. and N. Burnett Ave. Churches and private schools provided early educational training for African American students in Denison until 1886, when Anderson Public High School ... 7349 Site of the Trading Post of Holland Coffee FM 120 at Preston Cemetery, about 8.5 mi. north of Pottsboro Established about 1837 for trade with the Indians of the Red River region and the western plains. Here many white captives of the Red Men were redeemed. ... 7421 Sophia Porter FM 120 at Preston Cemetery about 8.5 mi. north of Pottsboro (1813-1899) Settled 1839 at Glen Eden, a site now under Lake Texoma, north of here. Husband, Holland Coffee, early trader, built fine home, welcomed ... 11529 St. Luke's Church Fannin at Woodard St. Denison's oldest house of worship and oldest Episcopal sanctuary in Grayson County. Site given by Denison Town Company and visitation by the Ret. ... 12710 St. Mary's Catholic Church 727 S. Travis St. Mary's Catholic Church The first recorded mass in Sherman took place in 1872, and three years later Bishop Claude Dubuis of the diocese of Galveston ... 11531 St. Patrick's Catholic Church St. Patrick Catholic Church, SE corner N. Rusk Ave. and W. Sears St. St. Patrick's parish was founded in 1872 by the Roman Catholic bishop of Galveston, Claude Dubuis. The first church building at this site, designed ...

11906 The Civilian Conservation Corps at Loy Park Grayson County Frontier Village, R.C. Vaughan Road north of Loy Lake Road Grayson County officials became aware of a growing need for a public recreation facility for the area's approximately 65,500 residents in 1930. Three ... 7371 The Fitzgerald Home Frontier Village Built on 800-acre farm near Bells by Geo. S. Fitzgerald, who moved with family from Virginia to Texas in 1857. He cut building timber on his farm ... 11539 The Great Sherman Storm of 1896 West Hill Cemetery Main Gate, 900 Blk of W Lamar In the late afternoon of Friday, May 15, 1896, a disastrous tornado swept Sherman, killing about 66 persons, injuring many others, and causing severe ... 14362 The Rev. J.M. Binkley West Hill Cemetery (February 26, 1833 – January 13, 1916) Jacob Monroe Binkley came to Texas from Tennessee in 1852. Before being licensed to preach in 1855 he was ... 12896 The Rev. John Silliman Moore West Hill Cemetery, 1304 W. Lamar, The Rev. John Silliman Moore Born in Mississippi in 1840, John Silliman Moore attended college in Georgia before serving in the Civil War, where ... 13195 The Reverend J.H. Reynolds West Hill Cemetery, near NE corner or intersection of Lamar and Ricketts streets Kentucky native John Humphreys Reynolds served as a Methodist circuit rider in Tennessee, where he married and began a family. In 1879, he moved ... 11533 Thomas Jefferson Shannon West Hill Cemetery (1808-1864) Thomas J. Shannon came to Texas in 1839 and settled in what became Grayson County in 1845. Elected first Grayson County representative ... 7411 Thomas V. Munson Home 530 W. Hanna St. at Mirick St. Two markers -- Thomas V. Munson Home mounted on house, and Home of Thomas V. Munson at curb (see text field for both inscriptoions) Home built by world-famed scientist. Munson (1843-1913) was born in Illinois; educated in Kentucky; married Ellen Scott Bell, 1870; had eleven children.Settled ... 13817 Tioga Cemetery 1 mi. N on US 377, 0.5 mi. W on FM 922 In November 1881, settlers established the community of Tioga on the eastern edge of the East Cross Timbers, and it incorporated as a city in 1906. ... 14714 Tioga Cemetery Tioga 11542 Tioga United Methodist Church Shiloh Church of Tioga, NE corner Porch and Sherman streets Services began in homes of the Shiloh community, two miles to the east of here. In 1887, the worshipers organized the Shiloh Methodist Church, with ... 12754 Tom Randolph West Hill Cemetery (Nov. 13, 1854 - Jan. 8, 1918) Tennessee native Thomas Randolph came to Grayson County with his family in 1859. Groomed to be a businessman, he was ... 7379 Town of Gunter, on Old Gunter Ranch FM 121, 1.5 mi. west of Gunter Established 1880s by Jot Gunter, developer of Texas real estate, prominent Grayson County businessman. In mid-1890s his ranch exceeded 20,000 acres. ... 11544 Travis Lodge No. 117, A. F. & A. M. 2817 N Travis St. just N of Lamberth Founded in 1852, only six years after Sherman was designated the county seat, this Masonic Lodge is one of the oldest continuing institutions in ... 11545 Trinity United Presbyterian Church Covenant Presbyterian Church, SE corner W. Pecan and N. Rusk streets, exhibited inside the church (originally installed at the congregation's former site at 607 W. Burton St.). Map dot approximate. See also 2005 marker titled Trinity United Presbyterian Church, outside Covenant Presbyterian Church facing N. Rusk St. Chartered on Oct. 12, 1851, as a Cumberland society, this was the first Presbyterian congregation in Sherman. The Rev. W. A. Provine was founder ... 13275 Trinity United Presbyterian Church Covenant Presbyterian Church, SE corner W. Pecan and N. Rusk streets. See also 1976 marker titled Trinity United Presbyterian Church (Atlas entry 5181011545) exhibited inside Covenant Presbyterian Church (this was at the congregation's former site at 607 W. Burton St.) In the 19th century, Protestant denominations began sending representatives into Texas to organize new churches. By 1850, the Cumberland Presbyterian ...

11546 Umphress-Taylor Home 161 Paris at Preston Pioneer area landowner, banker, agriculturalist, and community leader James C. Umphress (1841-1917), a Confederate veteran of the Civil War, built ...

11547 Van Alstyne 103 W Main The town of Mantua was established about 3 miles southwest of here in 1854. Mantua prospered but was unexpectedly bypassed in 1873 when the Houston ... 15732 Van Alstyne Cemetery 501 S. Sherman Street Established 1846 Historic Texas Cemetery - 2005 11548 Vittitoe Cemetery 3 mi. W of Whitewright on SH 11, then south on Andy Thomas Rd. about 1 mi. This graveyard was begun as a family burial plot by Samuel and Ellen Vittitoe, who settled on land surrounding this site in 1852. Their son, Frank, ...

17519 W. B. and Ella Munson Home Northeast corner of the intersection of West Morton Street and North Perry Avenue William Benjamin Munson (1846-1930) was born in Fulton County, Illinois. He was the first graduate of Kentucky’s Agricultural and Mechanical College ... 11549 Walnut Street Church of Christ 315 S Walnut Completed in 1920, this classical revival sanctuary first served the congregation of the Walnut Street Church of Christ since 1963, when it moved ... 16373 Waples Memorial United Methodist Church 830 W. Main Street In March 1873, after a survey of the newly-established town of Denison enumerated 40 citizens of the Methodist denomination, Reverend Alexander Jamison ... 17878 Waples-Platter Grocery Company 104 E. Main, near the intersection of Main St. and Houston Ave. The Waples-Platter Grocery Company was established in 1872, before the City of Denison. Founded as Hanna, Owens & Co. In 1871, the company supplied ... 11550 Washburn Cemetery 2.5 mi W of Bells on US 82, 1 mi S on Washburn Rd, 1/4 mi. E on Rattlesnake Rd. Samuel and Mary Washburn and their family moved to Texas from Missouri in 1836. Washburn was granted 1280 acres of land in 1838. As more settlers ... 11552 Washington Iron Works Inc. 318 E Lamar In 1875 Solon Totten (1847-1932) made two horseback trips to Texas from Quincy, Ilinois, searching for better conditions for the family blacksmith ... 11558 Whitaker Cemetery From Gunter, take McConnel Rd 3 mi NE to Whitaker Cemetery Rd, follow Rd South to cemetery Pioneers in the Clayton school-house community began using this site on J. W. Whitaker's farm as a burial ground in 1866, with the interment of Joseph ... 11560 Whitesboro Center of E. Main Street between N. Union and Center streets, near water well. Marker in temporary storage as of Jan. 2018. Settlers moved to this site after Ambrose B. White (1811-83) camped here on his way west from Illinois in 1848. His inn here was on the Butterfield ... 11561 Whitewright at the US 69 & FM 151 intersection Early settlers in this part of Grayson County established communities at Orangeville (4 mi. E), Pilot Grove ( 4 mi. S), and Kentucky Town (3 mi. ... 12902 Whitewright Masonic Lodge No. 167 110 W. Pine Whitewright Masonic Lodge No. 167 In 1855, men in Kentucky Town organized a Masonic lodge, receiving their charter the following year as the Kentucky ... 12965 William Whitley Wheat Hall Cemetery William Whitley Wheat William Whitley Wheat (1820-1890) was born in Alabama to Samuel and Cynthia (Stinson) Wheat. He married Cynthia Ann Maynard, ... 13508 Wilson N. Jones 500 N. Highland at Hillcrest, Wilson N. Jones Medical Center (c. 1827 - 1901) Born in Mississippi, Wilson N. Jones was a member of the Choctaw Nation. As a young boy, Jones joined his family and the rest of ... 24211 Woodlake marker pending marker pending

7401 Younger Scott McKinney Home Jim Cannon Rd. about .25 mi. north of SH 3133, 4 mi. east of Van Alstyne The land surrounding this house was originally owned by Collin McKinney, a prominent early Texas statesman. In 1857 McKinney deeded the acreage to ...