On U.S. 69 south of Main Street, on the left when traveling south.
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
Near Eastline Road, 0.3 miles south of Lovers Lane, on the right when traveling south.
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
Near U.S. 69/75 at milepost 1,, 3.7 miles north of North Eisenhower Parkway (U.S. 69), on the right when traveling south.
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
Near Layne Drive north of West Washington Street, on the right when traveling north.
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
On U.S. 75 (U.S. 75) south of Franklin Drive, on the right when traveling south.
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
Near RC Vaughan Road north of West Loy Lake Road, on the right when traveling north.
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
Near RC Vaughan Road north of South Polaris Street, on the right when traveling north.
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
On North Burnett Avenue south of West Gandy Street, on the right when traveling south.
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
On West Hanna Street at South Mirick Avenue, on the right when traveling east on West Hanna Street.
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
Near RC Vaughan Road north of West Loy Lake Road, on the right when traveling north.
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
On Houston Avenue (State Highway 120) at Main Street, on the right when traveling north on Houston Avenue.
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
Near Farm to Market Road 1310 at State Highway 91.
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
On Ridgeway Circle north of West Shepherd Street, on the left when traveling north.
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
On Houston Avenue (State Highway 120) at Main Street, on the right when traveling north on Houston Avenue.
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 Main Street near the railroad tracks east of Houston Avenue (Texas Highway 120), on the left when traveling east.
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
Near RC Vaughan Road north of West Loy Lake Road, on the right when traveling north.
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
On Park Avenue north of Loy Lake Road, on the right when traveling north.
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
On Martin Luther King Street at N. Burnett Ave. on Martin Luther King Street.
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
On West Woodard Street at North Fannin Avenue, on the right when traveling west on West Woodard Street.
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
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
On Main Street at Crockett Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Main Street.
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
Near RC Vaughan Road north of West Loy Lake Road, on the right when traveling north.
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
On West Hanna Street east of South Mirick Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
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
Near RC Vaughan Road north of West Loy Lake Road, on the right when traveling north.
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
On Houston Avenue (State Highway 120) at Main Street, on the right when traveling north on Houston Avenue.
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 Kentucky’s 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
On West Main Street (Farm to Market Road 121) 1.5 miles west of Preston Road (State Highway 289), on the right when traveling west.
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
On North Denny Street (State Highway 5) at East O'Connell Street, on the right when traveling north on North Denny Street.
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
On Hall Cemetery Road, 0.6 miles east of Farmington Road, on the right when traveling west.
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
Near Hall Cemetery Road, 0.6 miles west of Farmington Road.
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
On North Denny Street (State Highway 5) at East O'Connell Street on North Denny Street.
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
Near Hall Cemetery Road, 0.6 miles west of Farmington Road.
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
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 Lamar Street (State Highway 56) east of Crockett Street, on the left when traveling east.
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
On Houston Street (State Highway 56) west of Travis Street, on the left when traveling west.
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
On Travis Street at Pecan Street, on the right when traveling north on Travis Street.
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
On Travis Street south of Houston Street (Texas Highway 56), on the left when traveling north.
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
On Crockett Street at Houston Street (Texas Highway 56), on the left when traveling south on Crockett Street.
[Front]
Military, defense and supply center in the Civil War. 11th Tex. Cav. Regt. raised in this and area counties, May 1861. Removed immediate danger from North by capture [of] Forts Washita, Cobb, Arbuckle in Indian Territory. Beef for . . . — — Map (db m73382) HM
On Lamar Street (State Highway 56) at Crockett Street, on the right when traveling east on Lamar Street.
Former Missourian and Civil War veteran Rufus Gaines Hall established a Sherman dry goods store in 1868. The company prospered, in part because it sent 30 notion wagons to sell supplies to settlers on rural farms across 13 counties in North . . . — — Map (db m73390) HM
On Travis Street north of Lamar Street (Texas Highway 56), on the left when traveling north.
Opened law practice here, 1884. Became an assistant attorney general of Texas, 1893. Won election, 1897, to Railroad Commission; served 26 years — 16 years as
chairman. The commission had been created in 1891 to regulate shipping rates and . . . — — Map (db m201821) HM
On Travis Street at Lamar Street (Texas Highway 56), on the left when traveling north on Travis Street.
Used extensively throughout WW2
468# Gross Weight
Range: 3,075 Yds.
Impact Burst: 40 Yds.
Restoration completed April 2004
due to the efforts of:
Grayson County
Red River Valley
Chapter of the MVPA
(Military Vehicle . . . — — Map (db m73234) HM WM
On Houston Street (State Highway 56) west of Travis Street, on the left when traveling west.
The Ninth Texas Cavalry consisted of about 1,000 mounted volunteers from Grayson, Tarrant, Hunt, Hopkins, Cass, Red River, Titus, and Lamar counties. They gathered about 15 miles northwest of here at Brogdon's Springs on October 2, 1861, and . . . — — Map (db m73243) HM
On Houston Street (State Highway 56) at Travis Street, on the left when traveling west on Houston Street.
Peter Wagener Grayson was born in 1788 in Bardstown, Virginia (later part of Kentucky) to Benjamin and Caroline (Taylor) Grayson, members of a politically prominent family. He served in the War of 1812 and worked in Louisville as an attorney, . . . — — Map (db m73251) HM
On Travis Street north of Lamar Street (Texas Highway 56), on the left when traveling north.
One of the most festive events in Sherman's early history, Theodore Roosevelt's 1905 appearance here marked the first visit of a President of the United States to Grayson County.
Traveling to San Antonio to attend a reunion of the . . . — — Map (db m73236) HM
On Travis Street at Pecan Street, on the left when traveling north on Travis Street.
In the 1870s, a joint stock company was organized to construct a hotel in Sherman. One of the largest stockholders was Judge C.C. Binkley, a community leader for whom the hotel would be named. Binkley was also president of the Merchants and . . . — — Map (db m73402) HM
On Travis Street at Pecan Street, on the left when traveling north on Travis Street.
Formerly a 3-story Victorian structure with twin cupolas. Built by Capt. L. F. Ely, who made the bricks in his city factory.
Lavish interior had carpeted aisle, damask curtains and red plush seats. Benches in economy section were called the . . . — — Map (db m73404) HM
On Lamar Street (State Highway 56) near Travis Street, on the left when traveling east.
[Millstone marker text is damaged]
Here passed
Marcy's California Trail 1849
Butterfield Trail 1858
Rededicated [November 22,] 2013
Moved and restored by
Love Monument Company
in cooperation with
Judge Drew Bynum
and . . . — — Map (db m73220) HM
On Houston Street (State Highway 56) west of Travis Street, on the left when traveling west.
under the auspices of the Ex-Confederate Association of Grayson Co. Tex.
Organized July 21, 1888
Changed to
Mildred Lee Camp U.C.V. May 21, 1892.
Sacred to the memory of our Confederate Dead: true patriots. They fought for home and . . . — — Map (db m73252) HM
On Lamar Street (State Highway 56) at Crockett Street, on the left when traveling east on Lamar Street.
In honored memory of
the men of Grayson County
who served in World War I
1917 - 1918
Duty, Honor, Country
Well Done
Be Thou At Peace — — Map (db m73384) WM
On Blassingame Avenue at WA Denton Drive, on the right when traveling west on Blassingame Avenue.
The U.S. Congress chartered the Boy Scouts of America organization in 1910. Just two years later, three Van Alstyne boys, Rowland Barnett, Otis White and Rae Nunnallee, received a Boy Scout storybook. Barnett made a Christmas wish and, in March . . . — — Map (db m194740) HM
A pioneer leader of North Texas and signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, Collin McKinney was born in New Jersey, a son of Scottish immigrant parents. In 1780 the family moved to Kentucky and in 1824 McKinney migrated across the Red River . . . — — Map (db m194697) HM
On Fulton Street at Waco Street (Texas Highway 5), on the right when traveling west on Fulton Street.
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 . . . — — Map (db m73145) HM
On Preston Street at Fulton Street, on the left when traveling south on Preston Street.
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 . . . — — Map (db m73149) HM
On East Cooper Street at South Waco Street (State Highway 5), on the left when traveling east on East Cooper Street.
Constituted on June 5, 1875, this lodge was organized in the early Grayson County community of Farmington (5 mi. SW). Members voted to move the lodge to Howe in 1887, after the earlier settlement was bypassed by the railroad. In Howe, the first . . . — — Map (db m194721) HM
On East Cooper Street at South Waco Street (State Highway 5), on the right when traveling west on East Cooper Street.
The organizational meeting for this Masonic Lodge was held on Feb.7, 1857, on the second story of H.N. Walcott's store building in the village of Mantua (2 mi. SW). With District Deputy Grand Master J.J. Harrison officiating, the first meeting was . . . — — Map (db m194731) HM
On WA Denton Drive at College Avenue, on the left when traveling north on WA Denton Drive.
In 1889 an association composed of merchants and landowners from the Van Alstyne area saw the need for quality education and established Columbia College. The school served all grades through college level, emphasizing vocational training as well as . . . — — Map (db m194732) HM
On Jefferson Street (State Highway 121) at Main Street, on the left when traveling east on Jefferson Street.
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 . . . — — Map (db m73151) HM
On West Main Street (State Highway 56) 1.1 miles east of U.S. 82, on the left when traveling east.
Founded 1850 by James R. and John Diamond, joined later by their brother George, who had founded paper that today is Houston "Post." Station, 1858-1861, on Butterfield Stage Line. The Diamond brothers were political leaders and active in Texas . . . — — Map (db m96726) HM
On West Main Street (State Highway 56) 1.1 miles east of U.S. 82, on the right when traveling west.
The Diamond Station was a stop along the nearly 700 mile stretch across the Lone Star State for the Butterfield Overland Mail Stage Line Company. The Butterfield Overland Mail Company held the U.S. Mail contract for the first cross-country trek from . . . — — Map (db m96733) HM
On West Main Street (State Highway 56) 1.1 miles east of U.S. 82, on the right when traveling west.
Diamond Cemetery purchased in 1998 by Carroll and Billie Hagan Brown and restored as Pioneer Park. With the assistance of George Rains, the Browns developed this site as a tribute to the founding pioneers of Whitesboro. Maintained as a park and . . . — — Map (db m96742) HM
On East Main Street (State Highway 56) east of North Union Street (Business U.S. 377), in the median.
Settlers moved to this site after Ambrose B. White (1811-83) camped here on his way west from Illinois in 1848. His inn here was on the Butterfield Stage route after 1858. The post office, opened in 1860, was named for White, who surveyed (1869) the . . . — — Map (db m96694) HM
