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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E1M_stone-from-old-ox-mill_Sherman-TX.html
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Here passedMarcy's California Trail 1849Butterfield Trail 1858
Rededicated [November 22,] 2013Moved and restored byLove Monument Companyin cooperation withJudge Drew BynumandGrayson County Facilities Depart…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E1H_butterfield-overland-mail-route-through-grayson-county_Sherman-TX.html
In the mid-19th century, mail traffic between the eastern United States and the western states and territories was accomplished via Panama and Cape Horn. In 1857, Congress authorized the postmaster to contract a new overland mail service. The succ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E1E_courthouses-of-grayson-county_Sherman-TX.html
From pioneer log cabins to a native Texas limestone structure, Grayson County courthouses have taken many shapes and sizes since the county's establishment in 1846. The first courthouse, a frame building on bald prairie a few miles west of the cur…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DZT_veterans-memorial_Van-Alstyne-TX.html
Presented toDorothy Fielder ParkIn Remembrance of All Veterans
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DZS_van-alstyne_Van-Alstyne-TX.html
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 and Texas Central Railway (H&TC) extended its track through this area instead. That year a depot wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DZQ_first-united-methodist-church-of-van-alstyne_Van-Alstyne-TX.html
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 Methodist Circuit, and M. F. Cole. In 1855, after a rainstorm that detained quarterly conference de…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DZN_first-christian-church-of-van-alstyne_Van-Alstyne-TX.html
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 in Bowie County near the Texas-Arkansas border.
Collin McKinney, pioneer settler and Signer of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DTT_missouri-kansas-texas-railroad_Denison-TX.html
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. In 1870, with construction completed to the border of Indian Territory, the line was renamed the Miss…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DTQ_katy-park-rededication_Denison-TX.html
This monument commemorates the restoration in the year 1985 of the original Katy Park, built in the early 1900's and honors the many dedicated Denisonians and others who made the achievement possible. Their names appear here along with these major…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DTP_veterans-memorial_Denison-TX.html
In memory ofthe men and women ofDenison, Texaswho have servedtheir country———————Knights of ColumbusDenison County 830May the souls of thedearly departed, throughthe mercy of God,rest in peace.
Rededica…