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Fascinating Stories about Amazing People and Places in Sherman,
Pottsboro, Denison, Van Alstyne, Preston, Toadsuck and ghost towns in
Grayson County
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TRUE
Ghost Stories of Grayson County Texas...and Other Strange and Scary
Tales "Chapter 1: TRUE GHOST STORIES - Chapter 2: BURIED ALIVE - Chapter 3: WEIRD TRUE ANIMAL STORIES - Chapter 4 - THE STRANGE, WEIRD, AND SCARY. It is left to the reader to believe what they will and draw whatever conclusions they wish from the articles and stories, but they certainly DO make for entertaining reading. This book will not only recount ghost stories, and identify places reputed to be haunted, but also many odd, strange or scary phenomena will be examined which have been found to occur in Grayson County and the near vicinity over the years..." . . . Read more Look inside . . . for more like this please see Mysterious Texas |
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Murder
At The Corners Of all the painful times in the history of our country, there is no period harder or more painful for more people than the years that followed the close of the War Between the States ... But in north-central Texas, where the counties of Grayson, Collin, Fannin, and Hunt joined, the postwar misery was sharply and for long years augmented by the flaming of a dreadful feud. |
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Texas
Boys In Gray Based on a 1912 publication about Texans who fought for the South in the Civil War, Texas Boys in Gray presents a collection of fascinating remembrances of those who were there. Found inside: "When I got to the old home I found that my old parents had "refugeed" to Texas, and I found them near Pilot Grove, Grayson County, July 15, 1865, just four years from the date of enlistment. Like a great many other boys, what I had left was on my back . . . " Read more Look inside |
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The
Ranger Ideal Volume 2: Texas Rangers in the Hall of Fame, 1874-1930 "Horse theft was already rampant in Grayson and the adjacent counties by the spring of 1873, when Hall faced a notorious practitioner of that trade and two comrades, all heavily armed, on the banks of the Red River. The two companions threw down their weapons and fled, while the horse thief surrendered rather than test Hall's marksmanship. On May 15, Hall, already known as " . . . Read more Look inside |
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Texas
Far and Wide: The Tornado with Eyes, Gettysburg’s Last Casualty, the
Celestial Skipping Stone and Other Tales Found Inside: "In early 1930, a forty-one-year-old African American farmhand named George Hughes moved to Sherman, Texas, from Honey Grove. After relocating he labored on various farms before going to work for Ned Farlow near Luella. By late April, however, Hughes had grown frustrated with Farlow about unpaid wages. At 10:00 on Saturday, May 3, Hughes stopped working Farlow's fields and headed to the Farlow residence carrying a double-barreled shotgun . . ." Read more Look inside |
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The
Encyclopedia of Lawmen, Outlaws, and Gunfighters "Quantrill's raids made him as feared and as despised in the South as the North. His guerrillas rode into Sherman, Texas, killing Confederates as well as Unionist, an act that on March 31, 1864 got him arrested by Gen. Henry McCulloch. Quantrill broke out of confinement . . ." Read more |
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The
Trail Drivers of Texas: Interesting Sketches of
Early Cowboys These are the chronicles of the trail drivers of Texas those rugged men and, sometimes, women who drove cattle and horses up the trails from Texas to northern markets in the late 1800s. Found inside: J. M. Cowley, "I was born in Sherman, Grayson County, Texas January 29th, 1865, and left home in Sherman in the spring of 1881, when a lad sixteen years of age, and worked for Suggs Brothers on the IS Ranch, near the mouth of Beaver Creek, in the Chickasaw Nation, about 25 miles north of Montague ..." Read more Look inside |
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The
Blue Tattoo: The Life of Olive Oatman In 1851 Olive Oatman was a thirteen-year old pioneer traveling west toward Zion, with her Mormon family. Within a decade, she was a white Indian with a chin tattoo, caught between cultures. The Blue Tattoo tells the harrowing story of this forgotten heroine of frontier America ... Based on historical records, including letters and diaries of Oatman’s friends and relatives, The Blue Tattoo is the first book to examine her life from her childhood in Illinois—including the massacre, her captivity, and her return to white society—to her later years as a wealthy banker’s wife in Texas. Found inside: "The Fairchild home in Sherman, Texas. Olive threw lawn parties here for her daughter, Mamie, every summer" . . . Read more Look inside |
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Jake
Loy: "Daddy of Grayson County" by Rita Ownby Holcomb Jacob Jackson Loy was a state rep, state senator and Grayson County Judge in the 1920s-1940s. As a state rep he authored the free bridge legislature resulting in the Red River war and Guided the county through the Great Depression and much division in the aftermath of the Sherman Riot...." Read more Look inside |
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Eternity
at the End of a Rope: Executions, Lynchings and
Vigilante Justice in Texas, 1819-1923
Since 1819 over 3,000 souls found their personal ''eternity at the end of a rope'' in Texas. Some earned their way. Others were the victim of mistaken identity, or an act of vigilante justice. Deserved or not, when the hangman's knot is pulled up tight and the black cap snugged down over your head it is too late to plead your case. This remarkable story begins in 1819 with the first legal hanging in Texas. By 1835 accounts of lynching dotted the records. Although by 1923 legal execution by hanging was discontinued in favor of the electric chair, vigilante justice remained a favorite pastime for some... Read accounts of lynching and vigilante justice in Grayson County . . . Read more Look inside |
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Texas:
Land of Legend and Lore There is a myriad of little known, often forgotten, and sometimes unbelievable events, places and people that make up the warp and woof of the Texas mystique. Found Inside: "The first pole was set in Denison, Texas November 12, 1874. Some 3,500 poles had been distributed along the proposed line to Fort Richardson ... while some posts were lost to prairie fires, other posts were pushed over by buffaloes scratching their backs on the posts. These oversized "scratching posts" were no doubt irresistible to the shaggy-haired animals . . . " Learn more |
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The
Old Country Store in NW Grayson County Texas
Remember the old country stores. and, some in-town "mom-and-pop" neighborhood stores? Revisit those nostalgic days in this book about the Old Country Stores in northwestern Grayson County from the earliest days until now . . . Read more Look inside |
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Hidden
Headlines of Texas: Strange, Unusual, & Bizarre Newspaper Stories
1860-1910
"The writer noticed in The News of several weeks ago a story with a romantic tinge, written by Mr. Wheliss, in which he spoke of "Mormon Grove," in Grayson County, Tex,. how it got the name, and of a romantic occurrence which transpired there some years ago. Having had the pleasure of spending a night in that historic place, and meeting and being acquainted with several of the early pioneers of the community in which Mormon Grove is located and having heard odd stories connected with the place, I will relate one that..." Read more Look inside . . . for more like this also see Mysterious Texas |
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Red
River Hauntings - TRUE Ghost Stories of Grayson
County Texas....and Southern Oklahoma and Other
Strange and Scary Tales Volume 2: Including
North Texas and Southern Oklahoma
The ghost stories and strange tales in this book and the previous volume, are not just fun scary stories, they are also part of our history. Many of these true ghost stories also contain a great deal of this area’s past. While we are reading and enjoying the interesting tales, we are learning about the past. Who said history has to be boring, right? . . . Read more Look inside See also: Mysterious Texas
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Texas
Bigfoot: History, Legends, and Modern Encounters in the Lone Star
State For nearly two hundred years, residents of the Lone Star State have reported dramatic encounters with elusive wildmen and hair-covered beasts that surely rival those from any part of the world. Grayson County Deputy James Spaugh, who answered Mrs. Conrad's call for help, said that as far as he was concerned "Conrad definitely saw something and it wasn't a man... It wouldn't be the first time a non-indigenous animal had been seen in the Sherman area. Police Captain V.J. Brown told the Sherman Democrat some years earlier a local resident had been awakened by a "trampling noise"...." Read more Look inside
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The
Life and Times of Grayson County, Texas
by R. C. Vaughan |
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Quantrill's
Raiders In North Texas and Grayson County Texas:
Including Bloody Bill Anderson And The James
Younger Gang
When one thinks of William Quantrill, Bloody Bill Anderson, and men like the James and Younger Brothers, they may automatically think of Missouri and Kansas. But Quantrill’s Raiders are a fascinating part of Grayson County and North Texas history as well. This book will attempt to explore their activities in North Texas, both during, and after the Civil War . . . Read more Look inside |
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The
Poor Farm: of Grayson County, Texas A place vanished from many record books was a home to many residents of Grayson County, Texas...it was, The Poor Farm. Follow the colorful history of this eventful place from its beginning to its end. The County Farm of Grayson County, like other County Poor Farms, provided a home for the needy and less fortunate. From times of peace, prosperity and production, to Edna Gladney's famous march on the dire circumstances that surrounded the county farm of Grayson County. Trace the intimate history of many of the residents . . . Read more Look inside |
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Texas Outlaws and Lawmen "Renowned black Lawman Bass Reeves was born in 1841 or perhaps the previous year in Arkansas, then removed with the Reeves family to Grayson County, Texas. Reeves was apparently the first black deputy U.S. marshal to be appointed west of the Mississippi . . ." Read more Look inside . . . for more like this please see Black Texans in History |
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Texoma
Tales - Volume One: Stories of the People of
Northwestern Grayson County Cattlemen, Farmers, Sailors and Pioneers - CONTENTS -Erwin Smith, Texoma’s Own Western Photographer Pg 4- 8 - Cattle Ranching Pg 9-10 - Hudgins Ranch Pg 11-17 - Edward Younger E.Y. Goode, Cowman Pg 18-44- Bill Goode, Deputy and the Sherman Riot Pg 45-59- Kimberlin Ranch Pg 60-66 - Olive Ann Oatman, Emigrant, Indian Captive, Rancher’s Wife Pg 67-82- Memories of Indian Territory in 1887 Pg 83-84- Pioneer Holder Family Pg 84-91- Pottsboro Postmaster Pg 92-93 - Pottsboro Man on USS Indianapolis Pg 94-96- Stories About the Good Ole Days in Pottsboro in the 40s by Connie Bedgood . . . Read more Look inside |
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Red
River Women (Women of the West)
During the Victorian era (1837-1901), many women took the best and worse of Texas and not only endured, but thrived. Author Sherrie McLeRoy profiles eight of these women who shared a simple link of geography by living on the bawdy, brawling Red River for at least some critical part of their years . . . Read more |
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The
Outlaw Youngers: A Confederate Brotherhood This biographical history tells the story of an American family in conflict and four brothers' attempts to regain the prestigious position their family once held. Found inside: "Bruce Younger remained close to his cousins Bob, John and Jim Younger and would often help them secure horses when they lived in Grayson County, Texas. Although he was arrested for participation in the Rocky Cut train robbery in July 7, 1876, Bruce . . . " Read more Look inside |
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When
the West Was Wild in Delaware Bend - Volume 5:
Horse Theft and Murder on the Red River Bend in
Grayson & Cooke County Texas
Horse Theft and Murder on the Bend of the Red River in Grayson and Cooke County, Texas. When The West Was Wild in Delaware Bend, Orlena, Coesfield and Dexter. A lot of people think Denison or Sherman were wild towns in the Old West days, but the area this book covers may have had them beat. Out in extreme northwestern Grayson County, and northeastern Cooke County, a war was being waged just south of the Red River between outlaws and the lawmen trying to keep order: Delaware Bend, Orlena, Coesfield and Dexter . . . Read more Look inside |
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A
Lone Star Cowboy: Being Fifty Years’ Experience
in the Saddle as Cowboy, Detective and New
Mexico Ranger "In the early 1870s the State of Texas had made a deal with Gunter and Munson, of Sherman, Texas, to survey most of the Texas Panhandle. Their pay being a deed to every third section (640 acres) of land. There being about twenty-five counties in the Panhandle, you can imagine the number of sections these two Sherman lawyers owned . . . " Read more Look inside |
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Rollie
Burns: or, An Account of the Ranching Industry on the South Plains In 1925, when Rollie Burns turned sixty-eight, like many old-timers he decided it was time to write down his reminiscences of a long, full life on the West Texas plains. Born in 1857 in Missouri, he had been brought to Texas by his parents about the beginning of the Civil War, and he grew up near Denison, then the only shipping point on the cattle trail north and a fascinating place for boys who were to become cowboys . . . Read more |
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Remembering
Mattie: A Pioneer Woman's Legacy of Grit Traveling in covered wagons and by train, young Martha Jane Smith and her family left Texas in the early 1900s. Determination was ignited early in Mattie's life-beginning with a rattlesnake bite that meant almost certain death in those days. When Mattie was eleven, her mother died. When Mattie was 22, her husband died from the Spanish Flu. A second marriage produced three sons; the first died one day before his first birthday. " Savanna and husband, Levi Edge, had come to Grayson County The Edges' had five daughters -- Margaret, Nancy, Sallie, Harriet and Martha (Mattie) Levi Edge died when Mattie was about a year old" . . . Read more Look inside |
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Legendary
Ladies of Texas This is an exploration of Texas women and the conflicting images and myths that have grown up about them. Found Inside: "Not far from Warren was the home to which Coffee had brought his bride and it was hardly her idea of a honeymoon cottage. It was more fort than home--a hundred-foot-square building of logs that served both as house and trading post. Located not far from present town of Denison in Grayson County, it overlooked the Red River. The trading post had prospered because it was near a cut in the bluff that formed a natural chute for herding cattle . . . " Read more Look inside |
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Texas
Cowboys: Memories of the Early Days The thirty-three Depression-era interviews presented here were culled from the WPA-Federal Writers' Project. They faithfully show how old-time Texas cowhands lived and how they felt about their glamour-less existence. "About the first thing I done in the line of work after I reached the Turkey Track was to go with some other cow puncher over to the T-Anchor, Colonel Jot's other ranch in Elm Flats in Grayson County " ... Read more Look inside |
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Cow
Boys and Cattle Men: Class and Masculinities on the Texas Frontier,
1865-1900 "Henry Sanborn arrived in Sherman, Texas in 1875 and set up a demonstration ranch in Grayson County. He only sold a small amount of barbed wire at first, but anticipating a large market among ranchers, he ordered more shipped to Texas and imported an additional salesman, Jud Warner, based in Austin. The following year Sanborn and Warner began to push . . . Read more Look inside |
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Slave
Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with
Former Slaves. Texas Narratives, Part 2 "Betty Farrow, 90.. "bout three years 'for de war marster sol' his plantation for to go to Texas. I 'members de day we'uns started in three covered wagon, all loaded. "Twas celebration day for us chillun. We travels from daylight to dark, 'cept to feed and res'' the mules at noon. I don' rec'lec' how long we was on de way, bet 'twas long time and 'twarn't no celebration towards de las'. After while we comes to Sherman, in Texas, to our new farm . . . Read more |
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The
Texas Calaboose and Other Forgotten Jails Found Inside: " Larger cages were also used as mobile jails. One example is a metal cage on the grounds of the Grayson County Frontier Village in Denison that was used to transport road gangs to and from work ... " Read more Look inside |
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Grayson County Ghost Towns | |||||||
The
Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who
Survived the Great American Dust Bowl Following a dozen families and their communities through the rise and fall of the region, Egan tells of their desperate attempts to carry on through blinding black dust blizzards, crop failure, and the death of loved ones. "Alfalfa Bill was himself a bully, but these times need such a man, he said. Born in Toadsuck, Texas, in 1869, Murray ran away from home at the age of twelve, worked on a series of farms, and then got involved in populist politics. He bought a newspaper, educated himself so well he passed the the bar, and made a . . . " Read more Look inside |
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Ghost
Towns of Texoma - Georgetown, Fink and
Reevesville: The Lost Towns of Grayson
CountyTexas 274 pages of information, maps, stories, pictures and newspaper articles found nowhere else concerning the Ghost Towns of Georgetown, Fink and Reevesville in northwestern Grayson County . . . Read more Look inside |
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Ghost
Towns of Texoma - Hagerman
This book has the history of the town of Hagerman, and the subsequent Hagerman Wildlife Refuge from the late 1800s to the present . . . Read more Look inside |
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Ghost
Towns of Texoma - Locust & Mill Springs, Willow
Springs & Overton Examines the history of the Locust community and Willow Springs west of Pottsboro in Grayson County. Locust is a little-known ghost town by many people in Grayson County today. However, for the people of northwestern Grayson County, west of Pottsboro, Locust was one of those places that was small in size, but loomed large in the people’s hearts. It was “community” in the true sense of the word and everyone there, though not all related by blood, nevertheless considered each other family. People helped each other when work needed doing, or when tragedy struck or hard times were at hand. . . . Read more Look inside |
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Ghost
Towns of Texoma - Martin Springs and Mineral
Springs: The Lost Towns of Grayson CountyTexas . . . Read more Look inside |
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The
Five Civilized Tribes: Cherokee, Chickasaw,
Choctaw, Creek, Seminole Found Inside: The officials of the tribes in endeavoring to prevent the introduction of whisky in their country ran counter to the habits and wishes of the officers and men at these posts. Five Indian officers, George Perkns, Imihl-hla-tubbe, Chafa, Wilson Beams, and Ka-li-tish-ka intercepted and destroyed a shipment of 199 gallons of whisky being taken from Preston, Texas to Bergwin and Eastman, traders at Boiling Springs near Fort Washita. The officers at Fort Washita took the loss of whisky much to heart . . . Read more Look inside |
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Downtown
Denison, Texas: A History of Denison's
Commercial District Denison, Texas has one of the most unique and historic downtowns of any city in Texas. For over a century, Main Street and the downtown core have been the civic and commercial center for the city. This work seeks to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Denison's induction into the Texas Main Street City program. The book traces the history of Denison's downtown structures and chronicles different efforts and improvements that have been made to downtown. Featuring memories from local citizens and business owners . . . Read more Look inside |
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When
The West Was Wild In Denison, Texas
The second in the series "When the West Was Wild in....." The first was about Pottsboro, Texas. This one is about its close neighbor just to the east, Denison, Texas. This book will cover the days from Denison’s beginning, through the Wild West days of the late 1800s until the dawn of the twentieth century. Are you ready for some stories about swindlers, lawmen, outlaws and regular folks having a bad day? . . . Read more Look inside |
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Lives
in Photography: Denison, Texas, 1872-1999 Photographers were among the colorful characters who populated the American West and documented its history. The small North Texas town of Denison was a crossroads where several railroads met, a place where travelers and settlers found adventure, made fortunes—and had their portraits made. Founded in 1872, Denison was the "Gate City" to Texas, carved out of the prairie just south of Indian Territory. The town grew and prospered . . . Read more Look inside |
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Frontier
Denison, Texas In 1872, the MK&T Railroad crossed the Red River into Texas and created the town of Denison as a railhead for a new frontier territory. Cattle drovers soon arrived with their herds, and settlers crowded onto trains bound for Texas. This book brings to life the vibrant energy of those early years—the rowdy nightlife, memorable characters, nascent cultural institutions, investment opportunities, schools, churches, and a rapidly filling cemetery. Illustrated . . . Read more Look inside |
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Ghosts
of the Gate City: Hauntings in Denison, Texas Denison, hailed as the Gate City of Texas, has one of the most unique and varied histories in the state. The young and wild town on the western frontier grew into one of the most important cities along the Katy Railroad. Cowboys, bandits, and murderers made their homes alongside Southern belles and professional businessmen, creating a melting pot of different cultures . . . Read more Look inside |
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Theater
Row : Movie Palaces of Denison, Texas As Billy Holcomb shows in this book, from the days of vaudeville to the era of mall cinemas, Denisonians have seen dozens of these theaters open and close. This book documents the progressive loss, through neglect or purposeful demolition, of Denison's cultural heritage . . . Read more |
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Katy's
baby: The story of Denison, Texas Fascinating history of Denison, Texas: how it was founded by the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad because of its location on the Red River, how it grew to be an important railroad junction (with the Houston & Texas Central), and has been home to notable citizens including Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Sam Rayburn. Illustrated throughout with black and white photos . . . Read more |
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Two
Schools on Main Street: The Pride of Denison,
Texas, 1873 - 2007 by Mavis Anne Bryant and Donna Hord Hunt History of Denison High School along with Class Yearbook Photographs for years 1911 - 1954 - battle to save building . . . Look closer |
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Red
River Hauntings Volume Four - Haunted History
and Ghost Stories of Denison, Texas
No one thinks of Denison as a ghost town. It is a vibrant city. In a way, the Denison of the old days has passed away, purged by fire; and a sleeker, more beautiful new Phoenix has always risen from the ashes, stronger than before! - So the old Denison, has a ghostly past, a past rooted in the colorful Wild West days and many of these stories start there too . . . Read more Look inside |
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Land,
Money, Law, Tycoons: Denison, Texas, in 1900 In 1901, a book entitled INDUSTRIAL DENISON documented the finest homes, commercial buildings, store interiors, and landscapes of Denison, Texas. Just emerging from its past as a frontier railroad boomtown, Denison was on the brink of the largest growth spurt in its history . . . Read more Look inside |
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Gospel
Tracks through Texas: The Mission of Chapel Car
Good Will In 1895 a different kind of railroad car rolled into Texas, bringing the “good news” of the evangelical Gospel to transient railroad workers and far-flung communities alike ... Author Wilma Rugh Taylor’s portrayal of this ministry for the car named Good Will, which served Texas, provides a view of life in towns such as Denison, Texline, Marshall, San Antonio, Laredo, Abilene, and Dalhart . . . Read more |
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Sherman Sherman was founded in 1846, but because of a lack of wood and water, the town moved east to its present location in 1848. The county seat of Grayson County, Sherman was named for Gen. Sidney Sherman, a hero of the Texas Revolution. From the beginning, Sherman was known as an educational center and was nicknamed "The Athens of Texas." The home of Kidd-Key Conservatory of Music, Mary Nash College, North Texas Male and Female Academy, Carr-Burdette College, and today the prestigious Austin College, Sherman has long been an educational mecca. Sherman was incorporated in 1858, the same year the Butterfield-Overland Stage arrived . . . Read more Look inside |
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100 Years 100 Yards the Story of Austin College Football | |||||||
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1944
Yearbook: Sherman High School, Sherman, Texas . . . See all Sherman Texas Yearbooks |
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When
the West Was Wild Volume 4 Crime and Calamity in Pottsboro, Texas
Read about some of the difficult and Wild Times in Pottsboro, laugh and cry and remember when the West Was Wild in Pottsboro! CONTENTS: Icons of the Wild West in Pottsboro, Early Trouble Around Pottsboro, Thieves, Robbers, Rustlers and Lawmen in Pottsboro, Murder Most Foul in Pottsboro, Railroad Disasters Calamities . . . Read more Look inside |
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When
The West Was Wild in Pottsboro Texas
I will try to present aspects of Pottsboro area history that is not well known and in a different way that I hope you find interesting, informative and entertaining. My purpose for this book will not be to re-hash everything what has been written before in other books. When I was young, I used to think the most entertaining thing to do in Pottsboro was sit around and watch the hubcaps rust on Daddy’s old truck. We may think our area and town is boring, or maybe we look at it as being peaceful. But in the not so distant past, this western town, and its outskirts, were truly . . . Read more Look inside |
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Pottsboro
Texas and Lake Texoma Then and Now Volume One
This is the second edition of the book with updated articles and additions. It is the black and white version which is less expensive. This is a good introduction to the rest of my books. Contents: Timeline of Pottsboro’s Pioneer Days Earliest Days – Preston Bend – Holland Coffee to Quantrill, Pottsboro’s Christening; Preston Road and The Cattle Drives; Icons of the West in Pottsboro; Pottsboro’s Pioneer Schools; Case of the Disappearing School - Riverside; Frosty Fourth of July at Flowing Wells; Snow and Ice Events in Pottsboro; Hagerman – Memories of our Atlantis; Hagerman – Then and Now; “In Loving Memory” -Voices from . . . Read more Look inside |
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School
Days Around Pottsboro Texas 1850-1978
Tons of information and photographs of all of Northwestern Grayson County and especially the Pottsboro area's school from the 1850s to the 1970s. There are stories about the 1972 championship basketball team, the 1977-78 football team, many pages of the old Cardinal Courier newspaper from 1977 and 1978, it has the rare 1965 Georgetown school yearbook . . . Read more Look inside |
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Cook
Flippin Clay Bryant Family History - From Tennessee to Pottsboro
Texas Explores the Cook, Flippin, Clay, and Bryant Family History From Tennessee to Bosque County Texas to Pottsboro in Grayson County Texas. Second Edition - contains 2014 family reunion photos at Georgetown church . . . Read more Look inside |
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Van
Alstyne (Images of America) Images of America: Van Alstyne relates the story of a Texas town born in an era when small-town life was deeply ingrained in America. Founded by 1873, Van Alstyne is a close-knit, patriotic, religious, hardworking, and progressive-minded community. Surrounded by prime farmland, Van Alstyne thrived as a center for cotton ginning. In addition to railroad service, a far-ranging interurban line enhanced Van Alstyne's transportation system for 40 years. The Van Alstyne Grays, a semiprofessional team . . . Read more Look inside |
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1974
Yearbook: Van Alstyne High School, Van Alstyne, Texas
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Gone
With The Water ... The Saga of Preston Bend and Glen Eden
Everyone and every place has a story - a saga. Old Preston Bend, its people and the grand house that came to exemplify Preston – Glen Eden – were no exception. The Saga of Preston Bend and Glen Eden is a very interesting tale. It is full of grand success and failures to match. As most interesting tales are, it is a very old story - one that never really had a definite . . . Read more Look inside |
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Crime
and Calamity at Preston Bend: When The West Was Wild
When The West Was Wild In Preston Bend!- Wild and Wooly Days in Preston - 1. Murders at the Old Preston Bend - 2. Other Crimes in Preston Bend- 3. The Storms of Life…Didn’t Pass Preston Bend By – Natural Disasters - 4. Calamities & Accidents Plague Preston Bend - 5. Just Plain Weird! - 6. The Spirit of Crime - Moonshining . . . Read more Look inside |
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