Located in Haggard Park, Planos first residential neighborhood and only locally-designated heritage district, the Aldridge House was built in 1918 for Charles "C.C." Aldridge (1873-1950), his wife, Elizabeth (Armstrong) Aldridge (1877-1964), and . . . — — Map (db m245915) HM
This cemetery was originally known as Cook Cemetery. Henry Cook founded the cemetery on his property to bury his son, Daniel, who died January 13, 1847. This is the earlist known marked burial in Plano.
Henry Cook (1775-1862) settled in the . . . — — Map (db m214138) HM
Henry Cook (1775-1862), a veteran of the War of 1812, settled here in 1845 as a member of the Peters Colony. His log house, located nearby, was a landmark on the Shawnee Trail. He first used this property as a family cemetery in 1847 for the burial . . . — — Map (db m214156) HM
Presented to the citizens of Plano on
27 April 2006
This plaza is dedicated to the role that Cowboys and Cattle played in the history of Texas. The Shawnee Trail passed over this spot on its journey north. Texas cattle herds, mostly longhorn, . . . — — Map (db m214283) HM
The Black Cutter symbolizes black cowboys who have been part of Texas history since the early nineteenth century. Working as an outrider, it is his job to keep the cattle together and moving as a herd. His leather chaps show the marks of many . . . — — Map (db m214280) HM
Kentucky natives William and Ruth Forman moved to Texas in 1846, and acquired land that included the future location of Plano. The Formans' daughter Letitia married George Barnett in 1853. The Barnetts bought land northwest of Plano along Spring . . . — — Map (db m131505) HM
According to oral history sources, this congregation traces its history to 1846 or 1847, when a group of thirteen people met together in the home of Peters' colonists Joseph and Elizabeth Russell to organize a Methodist church. The group was . . . — — Map (db m220379) HM
This church traces its history to 1856 when a group
of Presbyterians began holding regular worship services in Routh Woods. They shared a building with the
local Baptist congregation. Dr. Henry Dye was the lay
leader of the Cumberland . . . — — Map (db m220382) HM
This was one of several brick buildings erected on Mechanic Street after an October 1895 fire. S. J. And Nancy Mathews came to Plano in 1893 and opened a store across the street before relocating here in 1906. Mathews Department Store sold dry . . . — — Map (db m149772) HM
The Plano Institute opened on this site in 1882 before a public school system existed in Plano. In 1891, city officials bought the school and took over operations. Later schools built here included one in 1924 which became the core of the current . . . — — Map (db m138457) HM
Among the earliest graveyards in Collin County, this cemetery traces its beginnings to 1852 when Dr. Lillie was buried on land belonging to his uncle William Forman. A Kentucky native, Forman came to Texas about 1850 and bought 640 acres in 1851 . . . — — Map (db m245918) HM
After a building they shared was destroyed by fire in 1895, the Plano National Bank (est. 1887) and the I.O.O.F. (Odd Fellows) Lodge (est. 1870) erected this commercial building here in 1896. In 1936 the structure was redesigned by . . . — — Map (db m149947) HM
Robert Temple Summers was born on August 13, 1940. He began creating figures and animals with bread dough at the age of two, was painting and sketching by school age, graduating to oil at the age of mine. Summers has no formal training and works as . . . — — Map (db m214672) HM
The largest of the thirteen cemeteries in the Plano area, Rowlett Creek Cemetery has more than 1250 gravesites and remains active. Ancestors of President Lyndon Baines Johnson are buried here amidst the gravesites of many early pioneers and their . . . — — Map (db m212324) HM
In 1836 Dr. Daniel Rowlett (1786-1848), a Kentuckian, came to Texas with his wife and six other families. Rowlett, a physician, lawyer, surveyor, and politician, settled near present Bonham. He located much of his large 1838 land grant in the . . . — — Map (db m212321) HM
The Houston & Texas Central Railroad brought access to agricultural markets and growth to Plano in the 1870s. Celestine (Pillot) (1854-1932) and Charles Frederick (C.F.) (1840-1906) Saigling moved from Houston to Plano in 1881 to pursue business . . . — — Map (db m177380) HM
Built in 1908 by the Texas Traction Company (Texas Electric Railway after a merger in 1917), this station served passengers and freight customers of the company's North Texas routes. The wood frame passenger depot and the attached brick . . . — — Map (db m94724) HM
The Texas Longhorn is a sturdy hybrid breed resulting from a random mixing of Spanish retinto stock and English cattle brought to Texas in the 1820s and 1830s by Anglo-American frontiersmen. Longhorns with their long legs, hard hoofs, and little . . . — — Map (db m214132) HM
The Texas Longhorn is a sturdy, hybrid breed resulting from a random mixing of Spanish retinto stock and English cattle brought to Texas in the 1820's and 1830’s by Anglo-American frontiersmen. Longhorns, with their long legs, hard hoofs, and little . . . — — Map (db m214279) HM
The Texas Longhorn is a sturdy, hybrid breed resulting from a random mixing of Spanish retinto stock and English cattle brought to Texas in the 1820's and 1830’s by Anglo-American frontiersmen. Longhorns, with their long legs, hard hoofs, and little . . . — — Map (db m214673) HM
Hunter T. and Mary A. Farrell built this Victorian home in 1891. It typified the substantial houses of the late 19th century in this agricultural community. In 1934 Mrs. Farrell gave her daughter Ammie Wilson (1880-1972) a life tenancy in the . . . — — Map (db m245913) HM
McBain Jameson and Jeremiah Muncey settled in this vicinity in 1840 and 1842. While hunting in late 1844, William Rice and Leonard Searcy came to Muncey's hut and found the savagely slain bodies of Jameson, Muncey, Mrs. Muncey, and a small child, . . . — — Map (db m220380) HM
The Trail Boss was responsible for leading the cattle drive to market. A hard delivered by contract drovers typically
consisted of as many as 3,000 head of cattle and employed
about eleven persons.
Most days were uneventful. Drudgery was . . . — — Map (db m214281) HM
The Vaquero or Cowboy, served the cattle industry of Texas and contributed to the mythical's spirt of the West. Between 1821 and the end of the trail-driving era, Mexican stock handling techniques and horsemanship represented great influence on the . . . — — Map (db m214130) HM
This graveyard was part of the Peters Colony land grant of Joseph Klepper (d. 1884). He immigrated to Collin county from Illinois about 1845. The burial site contains graves of five Peters colonists, their families, and other early settlers. Through . . . — — Map (db m245919) HM
This congregation was organized in 1884 as the Mt. Zion Colored Baptist Church. Led by the Rev. Z.T. Stuart, the charter members were Ammon Drake, Lula Drake, Minnie Drake Stuart, and Kanzetta Bowen. Located at this site since its organization, the . . . — — Map (db m227428) HM
