Formally organized in 1861 as Antioch Baptist Church of Christ, this congregation first worshiped in a log cabin approximately 2.5 miles south of this site. S.J. Wright, R.T. Gardner and J.D. Thomas comprised the organizing Presbytery.
In 1872, . . . — — Map (db m263848) HM
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 in the Bailey Junction Schoolhouse by the Rev. Isaac Reed. In 1884, soon after the school . . . — — Map (db m204515) HM
Burial site for early settlers of Fannin and Grayson counties. Commonly called "Jenkins Cemetery"as access was through John J. Jenkins' farm. First usage date is unknown; oldest stones have had lettering erased by weather. Earliest dated stone is . . . — — Map (db m204507) HM
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 moved into the area, a burial site was needed and a portion of land on the south edge of the Washburn . . . — — Map (db m263849) HM
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, cotton gin, grist mill, wagon factory. By 1885 town had an academy and 400 people. Bypassed by Houston . . . — — Map (db m263786) HM
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 organization has met in six locations and shared facilities with local businesses and a school. In . . . — — Map (db m237998) HM
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 River to accommodate rapidly increasing highway traffic. One of these bridges was near Colbert . . . — — Map (db m212088) HM
Birthplace
October 14, 1890
of
Dwight David Eisenhower
President of the
United States of America
Presented to the People of Texas
by the
Eisenhower Birthplace Foundation
Amon G. Carter Sid W. Richardson
Web Maddox . . . — — Map (db m72845) HM
Thirty-fourth President of the United States; born here Oct. 14, 1890, third son of David J. and Ida Elizabeth Stover Eisenhower.
Dwight Eisenhower graduated from the U.S. Military Academy, 1915; in 1943, during World War II, was appointed . . . — — Map (db m215133) HM
Originally built as a railroad bridge for the Missouri Oklahoma and Gulf (MO&G) line, this landmark structure across the Red River continues to provide a transportation route between Grayson County, Texas, and Bryan County, Oklahoma. MO&G officials . . . — — Map (db m264040) HM
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 to North Texas from Missouri. After the war David joined the family and they bought this land. . . . — — Map (db m183315) HM
Established about 1853 by Benjamin F. Colbert. Across it came thousands of immigrants into Texas in the fifties. The stages of the Southern Overland Mail Line, which provided mail and passenger service between St. Louis and San Francisco, crossed . . . — — Map (db m212089) HM
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 about 1855. The leader of the group was William L. Holder (1820-1876), who migrated to . . . — — Map (db m183820) HM
Blacksmith Micajah C. Davis (1790-1860), one of the founders of Grayson County, erected this cabin about 1840at Iron Ore Creek settlement near present Denison. The Pioneer home was built of hand-hewn oak logs with a plank floor. Sold in 1870 to . . . — — Map (db m183430) HM
The Presbyterian Board of home missions commissioned Reverend Josiah Milligan to oversee Presbyterian outreach in Texas. Rev. Milligan chose to office in Denison and began holding services in his living room. On December 22, 1872, he organized the . . . — — Map (db m184498) HM
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 Texas (Katy) Railroad and began as a melting pot for many different cultures. Originally conceived . . . — — Map (db m174958) HM
World famed grape culturist. Earned second degree ever given at Kentucky A. & M. College (1870). Moved to Denison 1876; Became a civic leader and had nurseries for wide varieties of plants.
In 1880's helped France save vineyards from root . . . — — Map (db m184107) HM
In 1874 this church was founded to serve the Black community of this growing railroad town. Ministers from several Baptist churches in the county helped organize the new fellowship. Some of the charter members transferred from St. John Baptist . . . — — Map (db m215114) HM
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. About 1866 Miller and his sons built 2-room dogtrot house of oak logs over stone cellar with gun . . . — — Map (db m215121) HM
A Native of Missouri, Jesse Elvis Hendricks (1837-1920) cane to Grayson County in 1846. In 1863-64, he built this log home five miles southeast of this site. It was originally a one-room cabin with a loft, but Hendricks and his wife, Susan Matilda . . . — — Map (db m183614) HM
Livestock broker from Illinois, whose pioneering in cattle markets helped Texas rebuild the economy which had been wrecked in 1861-1865 by Civil War.
Cattle had increased greatly in wartime. Texas had no market; long drives were necessary, so . . . — — Map (db m258713) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m72895) HM
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 are flood control, power generation, and recreation. Lake Texoma was promoted largely through . . . — — Map (db m212090) HM
Organized a year after Denison was founded, Lone Star Masonic Lodge was chartered June 6, 1874. Meetings were held in several locations before the construction of this lodge hall. The northern half of the building was erected in 1900 and the . . . — — Map (db m258715) HM
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 to this home, he designed several others in the Edgewood addition, as well as banks, schools, . . . — — Map (db m183994) HM
On homesite bought Oct. 15, 1866, by J.K. Miller (1826-1908), this spring supplied his household, neighbors, travelers on nearby ferry road. Civic-minded Miller gave alternate business area lots to the city of Denison; also sites for each early . . . — — Map (db m215120) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m72898) HM
On December 24, 1872, a Missouri, Kansas & Texas (Katy) Railroad train carrying 100 passengers arrived here in the newly established railroad town of Denison. Its arrival marked the culmination of years of effort by the Katy to construct a rail . . . — — Map (db m72862) HM
Oldest extant house in city. Erected in 1850's by Dr. R.L. Bullock. Built around typical "dog run" or entry hall. Had first window glass in county.
Family home of Confederate Col. T.C. Bass since 1867. His daughter Nettie, born here 1868, . . . — — Map (db m183762) HM
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 Air Corps personnel began arriving in August. The base was to serve as a basic flight training facility. . . . — — Map (db m238003) HM
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 up at the foot of a rocky bluff. The sandstone of the bluff's face became an inscription rock, in . . . — — Map (db m183906) HM
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 first of six Texas schools organized by the Sisters. After purchasing a house, Sisters Augustine, . . . — — Map (db m258720) HM
Churches and private schools provided early educational training for African American students in Denison until 1886, when Anderson Public High School opened at 530 W. Bond Street. To meet the need for improved and centralized facilities, district . . . — — Map (db m215118) HM
Denison's oldest house of worship and oldest Episcopal Sanctuary in Grayson County.
Site given by Denison Town Company and visitation by the Rt. Rev. Alexander Gregg, first Bishop of Texas, in May 1873.
Cornerstone was laid in 1875 by . . . — — Map (db m184648) HM
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 by noted architect Nicholas J. Clayton, was completed in 1898. Destroyed by fire in 1911, the . . . — — Map (db m258716) HM
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 years later the federal government agreed to create a small lake on land provided by the county. . . . — — Map (db m215130) HM
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 grocery store and saloon. He added the top three floors in 1909-11 as his family's residence. In . . . — — Map (db m72853) HM
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 in 1859. On return from Confederate army he erected this house in 1866. He was prosperous and . . . — — Map (db m183656) HM
Built by world-famed scientist. Munson (1843-1913) was born in Illinois; educated in Kentucky; married Ellen Scott Bell, 1870; had eleven children.
Settled in Denison 1876, and developed extensive nurseries.
Built this Victorian home . . . — — Map (db m201911) HM
Built by Judge G. Thompson in the early 1840's on the south bank of the Red River at Presto Road.
In 1942 it was bought by Ms. Nellie Chambers and moved east of Denison to save it from the advancing waters of the newly formed Lake Texoma. . . . — — Map (db m183566) HM
In memory of
the men and women of
Denison, Texas
who have served
their country
———————
Knights of Columbus
Denison County 830
May the souls of the
dearly departed, through
the mercy . . . — — Map (db m72894) HM
William Benjamin Munson (1846-1930) was born in Fulton County, Illinois. He was the first graduate of Kentuckys Agricultural and Mechanical College (later, University of Kentucky) in 1869. He had moved to Texas by 1871, settling in Sherman and . . . — — Map (db m215125) HM
In March 1873, after a survey of the newly-established town of Denison enumerated 40 citizens of the Methodist denomination, Reverend Alexander Jamison was sent to the town to organize a Methodist congregation. A new church was soon established as a . . . — — Map (db m258722) HM
The Waples-Platter Grocery Company was established in 1872, before the City of Denison. Founded as Hanna, Owens & Co. In 1871, the company supplied Missouri-Kansas-Texas (MKT) railroad workers with provisions. The company moved to Main Street where . . . — — Map (db m258723) HM
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 the first woman's clubhouse in Texas. Had facilities for music, drama, art. Gave Denison its first free . . . — — Map (db m258718) HM
The community of Dorchester was founded on the railroad during the early years of the twentieth century. Two one-room country schools were established to provide for the education of the children of the families who moved to the area. The Dorchester . . . — — Map (db m238005) HM
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, in 1817, he joined the crew of a boat on the Mississippi River at an early age. He later served . . . — — Map (db m281785) HM
Established 1880's by Jot Gunter, developer of Texas real estate, prominent Grayson County businessman. In mid-1890's his ranch exceeded 20,000 acres. Gunter, born in North Carolina in 1845, came to Texas to practice law after he served in . . . — — Map (db m194779) HM
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 McLean. The settlers, who were farmers and ranchers from Mississippi and other southern states, . . . — — Map (db m281782) HM
In the 1840s, settlers moved to this area as part of the Peters Colony. In the early 1870s, plans for the Houston and Texas Central Railroad coming through the settlement brought new residents to the community, known as Summit. Renamed for railroad . . . — — Map (db m194745) HM
Located on land patented by Anderson White (1801-85), on certificate issued April 23, 1850, by Peters Colony, an immigration project which had received a large land grant in this region from the Republic of Texas. Burial plot was begun Jan. 6, 1857, . . . — — Map (db m194769) HM
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 Peters Colony. His land was located about nine miles south of the town of Sherman. Harriet Campbell . . . — — Map (db m194778) HM
The daughter of James M. and Martha Sue (Baxter) Roberts, Mame Roberts lived her entire life in or near the community of Howe. Largely self-taught, she worked as a substitute teacher in the lower grades at the Howe Public Schools in the early 1900s . . . — — Map (db m194747) HM
William Whitley Wheat (1820-1890) was born in Alabama to Samuel and Cynthia (Stinson) Wheat. He married Cynthia Ann Maynard, and the couple came to Texas in 1842 to Peters Colony. They moved three years later to what is now Grayson County, settling . . . — — Map (db m194771) HM
When first settled in 1880's was known as Annaliza. Renamed by Kentucky emigrants in 1858. Unique layout gave town protection against Indian attacks. On freight and stage routes. "Sacred Harp", a robust frontier gospel style of singing and . . . — — Map (db m256516) HM
Founded in early 1850's. On Bonham-McKinney stage line. Called Lick Skillet; renamed, 1858 for J.P. Dumas Ranch. Site of Lee-Peacock feud, 1865-1871, between ex-Confederate Capt. Bob Lee with his gold and Union supporter Lewis Peacock. Although Lee . . . — — Map (db m256940) HM
This congregation traces its history to the establishment of the United Baptist Church here in 1848 οn 3.5 acres of land donated by Hezekiah Warden. By 1850 the town of Pilot Grove contained the Baptist church, a post office, grist mill, . . . — — Map (db m256937) HM
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, the settlement became known as Fink when a post office (500 feet north) was established in . . . — — Map (db m223629) HM
Man for whom 2600-sq. mi. West Texas county was named. Born in Tennessee. Married Jane Moore in 1844 in Arkansas. Came to Texas about 1845. Was Grayson County tax collector, 1848-1850; sheriff, 1850-1854. Served as State Representative, 1855-1861. . . . — — Map (db m264062) HM
In 1904 James Patillo (J.P.) Smith platted streets here in a 10-acre wheat field and established the town of Hagerman. Named for rail-road attorney James P. Hagerman, the town consisted of 250 residents, a cotton gin, school, church, post office, . . . — — Map (db m264054) HM
In Honor of Our Veterans
Buried here in Georgetown
Gone But Not Forgotten
Chandler Crews-Eagle Scout Project
Created & Dedicated to my Grandfather
WWII Veteran Gene LaFoy
Gone But Not Forgotten — — Map (db m264042) WM
Caddo and Wichita Indian tribes occupied this area before Anglo settlement began in the 19th century. Among the early settlers was James G. Thompson, whose daughter, Sarah Virginia, married James A. Potts (1838-1905). A Confederate veteran, rancher, . . . — — Map (db m264095) HM
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 road from Austin north through what became Dallas to the Holland Coffee Trading Post on Red . . . — — Map (db m264096) HM
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 W. Johnson (1799-1888). Commander of the Texas Army at the capture of San Antonio, December 10, 1835. . . . — — Map (db m223628) HM
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. From its vicinity the Snively Expedition set out for New Mexico on April 25, 1843. Abandoned . . . — — Map (db m223626) HM
Settled 1839 at Glen Eden, a site now under Lake Texoma (N of here). Her husband, early trader Holland Coffee, built fine home. Guests included Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, other army officers, 1845-60.
During Civil War, wined and dined . . . — — Map (db m223627) HM
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 Church, the source of the original name, was originally across the road before the congregation . . . — — Map (db m258726) HM
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 (1836-98), then serving the Dexter circuit, was the founding pastor. J.P. Collier, E.J. Craven, William . . . — — Map (db m258725) HM
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 until 1924. Designed by local architects John Tulloch and the firm of Clyce & Rolfe, the building features . . . — — Map (db m223640) HM
Albert, father of John Hendrix, entered the service five times during the Revolutionary War for Independence. His verified pension statement recounts that he served with General Washington. He was awarded annual pension $99.56 which was then paid to . . . — — Map (db m263946) HM
Owned Sherman's first bakery for 35 years. Born in Schleswigholstein, Denmark. Came to United States, 1872, and to Texas, 1878. With F.W. Boedeker (whose interest he soon bought) started the Star Bakery, 1879. Had first delivery service, first . . . — — Map (db m256823) HM
A native of Denison, Andrew Randell graduated from Princeton University and the University of Texas. He opened a law practice in Sherman and was active in civic and church affairs. He and his wife Vera (Harrison) had two daughters. It was in . . . — — Map (db m256824) HM
Oldest college in Texas operating under original charter. Founded in 1849 by the Presbytery of Brazos under leadership of Daniel Baker. Named for Stephen F. Austin, father of Texas. Opened in Huntsville with Sam Houston, Anson Jones, and Henderson . . . — — Map (db m255167) HM
Oldest college in Texas operating under original charter. Founded in 1849 by the Presbytery of Brazos under leadership of Daniel Baker. Named for Stephen F. Austin, father of Texas. Opened in Huntsville with Sam Houston, Anson Jones, and Henderson . . . — — Map (db m263937) HM
Bruno H. Zauk came to America alone at age 16 from his native Germany. He founded Sherman's first cigar factory in 1876, and became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1880. Mr. Zauk acquired extensive land holdings in West Texas and Oklahoma. A . . . — — Map (db m256840) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m73214) HM
Born in Virginia. Educated at Bethany College. In 1861 he joined Confederate Army, serving in Co. K, 24th Va. Inf. Fought in battles of Manassas, Williamsburg, Seven Pines, Gettysburg and others.
Received several wounds, one serious (at . . . — — Map (db m256700) HM
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 first elected sheriff of Marion County in 1860.
Following his service as a captain in the . . . — — Map (db m263869) HM
This congregation traces its beginnings to the late 1850s, when pioneer minister Benjamin Franklin Hall came to this area to preach and organize a church. Early meeting places included a brush arbor and a Union meeting house at the local Masonic . . . — — Map (db m223635) HM
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 of congress of the Republic of Texas 1842-1843, rapid growth and prosperity followed its . . . — — Map (db m256683) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m73211) HM
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 the Sherman Undertaking Company. Johns father had owned and operated an undertaking parlor in . . . — — Map (db m223652) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m73248) HM
After the Sherman Division of the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Texas was established in 1902, plans were made to construct this building to serve the court and the postal service. U. S. Treasury Department Supervising . . . — — Map (db m73399) HM
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 of Sherman residents in forming a church in 1871, and by late 1874 the members had constructed a . . . — — Map (db m263924) HM
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 Sherman (1805-73), an heroic leader at the Battle of San Jacinto and in the affairs of the Republic . . . — — Map (db m238002) HM
Electric railways (trolleys) provided convenient travel between many Texas cities for more than forty years. The first Interurban Line was established in Grayson County, connecting the cities of Sherman and Denison. Founded in 1900 by Fred Fitch and . . . — — Map (db m263947) HM
First congregation of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South in Sherman. Established in 1859 with the Rev. J. M. Binkley, pastor, the church was born of labors of circuit riders who braved this frontier area even before the county was organized. The . . . — — Map (db m223636) HM
Named for the famed 19th century African American orator Frederick Douglass, the Fred Douglass School was created as one of Sherman's first three public schools in 1879. Two houses one block west of this site were rented for the education of the . . . — — Map (db m263864) HM
Opened in 1830's with burials of local Yankee town settlers. Closed 1859 by a private owner. Reopened by Madison Walsh and Nolan Stewart, 1861. Enlarged and improved 1892, when adjacent Methodist Church was built. The cemetery has been used in three . . . — — Map (db m264063) HM
Organized 1867 in log schoolhouse. In 1892 built first sanctuary; second, 1914; added Graves Recreation Hall 1958. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark-1967 — — Map (db m264065) HM
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 the 1870s courthouse had stood. That building was burned to the ground in May 1930 during mob . . . — — Map (db m263851) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m73242) HM
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