On South Dixon Street at West Main Street, on the right when traveling south on South Dixon Street.
Settlement of the area now known as Cooke County began in late 1845. The county was created by the State Legislature in 1848 and named for William G. Cooke, Republic of Texas Quartermaster General and a participant in the Battle of San Jacinto. Land . . . — — Map (db m97598) HM
On West California Street (Farm to Market Road 51) west of Frontage Interstate 35 Frontage Road, on the right when traveling west.
Front
Cooke County
C.S.A.
Military, defense center in Civil War. Cooke voted 231 to 137 anti-secession, yet nine military units served Confederacy from here. In constant danger of Federal or Indian attack. Col. Wm. . . . — — Map (db m121778) HM
On West California Street (Farm to Market Road 51) 0.2 miles west of Interstate 35, on the right when traveling west. Reported damaged.
Created March 20, 1848. Organized March 10, 1849.
Named in honor of
William G. Cooke
1808-1847
Captain of the "New Orleans Greys," 1835
Assistant Inspector General
at San Jacinto, 1836
Member of the Santa Fe Expedition, 1841 . . . — — Map (db m121775) HM
Alabama native Francis Marion Dougherty came to Texas in the 1840s, moving to Gainesville in 1858. Following service in the Civil War, where he saw action in the Red River Campaign of western Louisiana, he returned to Cooke County and worked as a . . . — — Map (db m188054) HM
Two long, narrow strips of timber extending parallel to each other from Oklahoma to Central Texas; form a marked contrast to adjacent prairie. The more fertile East Cross Timbers begin here in Cooke County. Area was famous pioneer landmark as well . . . — — Map (db m97590) HM
On East California Street at S Schopmeyer St, on the left when traveling west on East California Street.
Prior to President Lincoln's election in 1860, tension in northern Texas was brewing between secessionists and Unionists. While most prominent planters and politicians were for secession, Gov. Sam Houston was against it and tried to persuade Texans . . . — — Map (db m308981) HM
On U.S. 380 0.1 miles east of 16th Street (State Highway 373), on the right when traveling west.
In June 1841, Republic of Texas President Mirabeau B. Lamar commissioned an effort to increase Texas' political, military and commercial influence in Santa Fe, then a part of Mexico claimed by the Republic of Texas. A party of 321 men set out from . . . — — Map (db m200134) HM
On West Main Street at North State Street, on the right when traveling west on West Main Street.
County named for Henry A. Wise, U.S. Senator from Virginia who supported Texas annexation, later Governor and C.S.A. general. Wise County was part of District One of 33 brigade districts of Texas established to recruit men for Confederate and state . . . — — Map (db m108530) HM
On West Oak Street west of Mounts Avenue, on the left when traveling west.
James Newton Rayzor was born December 10, 1858 in Lockport, Kentucky. He immigrated to Texas in the fall of 1866 with his family and settled in Collin County. In 1871, the family moved to Cooke County where Rayzor later taught school at Prairie . . . — — Map (db m178608) HM
On North Bell Avenue at East Sherman Drive, on the right when traveling north on North Bell Avenue.
In 1932, newlyweds Elbert Norfleet "E.N." Woodrum (1901-1955) and Comette Josephine (Ramsey) Woodrum (1910-1986) hired contractors to construct a Tudor revival house. Notable architectural features include asymmetrical cross gables, a large . . . — — Map (db m290738) HM
Near State Highway 92 Spur 0.3 miles west of State Highway 77.
On February 11, 1843, Captain Ewen Cameron led Texan prisoners from the Dawson and Mier expeditions in an escape from Hacienda Salado, 80 miles south of Saltillo, Coahuila. Dr. Richard Fox Brenham died attempting escape, one of five Texans killed. . . . — — Map (db m201814) HM
On Lamar Street (State Highway 56) east of Crockett Street, on the left when traveling east.
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
On Interstate 30 Frontage Road 0.2 miles west of Division Street, on the right when traveling west.
Secession was an issue that Hunt County residents did not agree on. The county vote on secession was close, 416 to 339, but ultimately secession won. Once the war started, hundreds of county men joined and fought in the war effort. Greenville raised . . . — — Map (db m282760) HM
On West Walnut Street at North State Street, on the right when traveling east on West Walnut Street.
Absalom Bishop (1804-1883) began his military service as a Captain of Militia in the Seminole War in Florida. He later attained the rank of Colonel. Bishop lived in several states before arriving in Hopkins County, Texas, in 1852, and then in what . . . — — Map (db m108529) HM
On West California Street at Red Barn Road on West California Street.
With support from the Kiwanis Club and the Parent-Teacher Association, Randolph Lee Clark (1871-1941) began promoting the idea of a junior college upon his arrival in 1923 as superintendent of Gainesville's public schools. In May 1924, the city . . . — — Map (db m238040) HM
On East Main Street at South Schopmeyer Street, on the left when traveling east on East Main Street.
Facing the threat of invasion from the north and fearing a Unionist uprising in their midst, the people of North Texas lived in constant dread during the Civil War. Word of a "Peace Party" of Union sympathizers, sworn to destroy their government, . . . — — Map (db m97585) HM
Mrs. Giles (Frances Dougherty) Houston, one of the heirs to a Cooke County fortune, built this magnificent example of frontier Victorian architecture in 1898. J. G. Garrett (1858-1919), a local man credited with the plans for many fine Gainesville . . . — — Map (db m188223) HM
On Funfest Boulevard at Comanchero, on the right when traveling south on Funfest Boulevard.
Cowboy, lawyer, state official and jurist. Born in Arkansas, Browning received only a few months formal education, but taught himself by reading at night by the dim light of a pine knot. At 16, he came with his family to Cooke County, Texas, . . . — — Map (db m88796) HM
On West California Street at Red Barn Road on West California Street.
Hubert H. Moss was born in Woodbine in 1892. After attending North Texas State Normal College, he became a teacher before leaving Cooke County to serve in World War I. After the war, Moss taught high school and became a chemistry professor at newly . . . — — Map (db m238032) HM
J.D. “Ikard” Sugg (1854-1925) Joseph D. Sugg was born in Mississippi, the youngest of 13 children. After his mother’s death, he headed west, working on a cattle drive heading north from the Red River in 1868. Later a rancher in partnership with . . . — — Map (db m308990) HM
Near Fair Avenue south of Elizabeth Street, on the left when traveling south.
Georgia native W. O. Davis served in the Confederate Army and was admitted to the Georgia Bar in 1870. He moved to Texas, settling in Gainesville, and was soon involved in local politics and civic life. In a long public service career, Davis served . . . — — Map (db m188047) HM
On North Caddo Street (State Highway 174) north of East Chambers Street (Business U.S. 67), on the left when traveling north.
Organized in 1854, Johnson County located its seat of government to Wardville and in Buchanan before moving in 1867 to Camp Henderson, which later became Cleburne. The Buchanan courthouse was moved to the new county seat and used until 1869, when . . . — — Map (db m73143) HM
On U.S. 377 at Tamplen Road, on the right when traveling north on U.S. 377.
The community of Dixie was formed from families arriving around the end of the Civil War. One early settler, John Chisum, settled the area with immediate and extended members of his family. The site of Dixie Cemetery was sold when early landowner . . . — — Map (db m315713) HM
On South Dixon Street near East Pecan Street, on the right when traveling north.
Erected 1884. First floor was fire station, with ladder truck, hose wagons and horse stalls. Insignia for the three fire companies appear above doors.
Second floor contained city offices. Jail or "Calaboose" was in rear. Architect was J. J. . . . — — Map (db m308987) HM
On U.S. 82 at State Highway 510 Spur, on the right when traveling east on U.S. 82.
Formed from Cooke County
Created December 24, 1857
Organized August 6, 1860
Disorganized in 1862
because of Indian raids
Reorganized August 4, 1873
Henrietta, headquarters for
buffalo hunters until 1878
The first Hereford . . . — — Map (db m96691) HM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
