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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E5N_war-memorial_Sherman-TX.html
In Honor of All War Veterans
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E5M_grayson-county-c-s-a_Sherman-TX.html
[Front]Military, defense and supply center in the Civil War. 11th Tex. Cav. Regt. raised in this and area counties, May 1861. Removed immediate danger from North by capture [of] Forts Washita, Cobb, Arbuckle in Indian Territory. Beef for these pos…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E2H_the-first-confederate-monument-erected-in-texas_Sherman-TX.html
under the auspices of the Ex-Confederate Association of Grayson Co. Tex. Organized July 21, 1888Changed toMildred Lee Camp U.C.V. May 21, 1892. Sacred to the memory of our Confederate Dead: true patriots. They fought for home and country. Fo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E2G_peter-w-grayson_Sherman-TX.html
Peter Wagener Grayson was born in 1788 in Bardstown, Virginia (later part of Kentucky) to Benjamin and Caroline (Taylor) Grayson, members of a politically prominent family. He served in the War of 1812 and worked in Louisville as an attorney, busi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E2D_eleventh-texas-cavalry_Sherman-TX.html
In May 1861, a frontier unit was organized at Camp Reeves in Sherman. Drawing volunteers from Cooke, Grayson, Hopkins, Red River, Fannin, Collin, Titus and Bowie counties, the regiment began with nearly 900 men and officers. Initially led by the n…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E29_ninth-texas-cavalry_Sherman-TX.html
The Ninth Texas Cavalry consisted of about 1,000 mounted volunteers from Grayson, Tarrant, Hunt, Hopkins, Cass, Red River, Titus, and Lamar counties. They gathered about 15 miles northwest of here at Brogdon's Springs on October 2, 1861, and were …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E28_grayson-county_Sherman-TX.html
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 structure at the Preston Bend crossing of the Red River. It was a focal point, beginning in 1842, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E23_home-county-of-conservationist-allison-mayfield_Sherman-TX.html
Opened law practice here, 1884. Became an assistant attorney general of Texas, 1893. Won election, 1897, to Railroad Commission; served 26 years — 16 years as chairman. The commission had been created in 1891 to regulate shipping rates and p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E22_president-roosevelts-visit-to-grayson-county_Sherman-TX.html
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 United States to Grayson County. Traveling to San Antonio to attend a reunion of the "Rough-Riders…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E20_japanese-model-92_Sherman-TX.html
Used extensively throughout WW2468# Gross WeightRange: 3,075 Yds.Impact Burst: 40 Yds. Restoration completed April 2004due to the efforts of:Grayson CountyRed River ValleyChapter of the MVPA(Military Vehicle Preservation Assn.) Special Thank…
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