This piece of vintage farm equipment was gifted by the family of Homer E. Carter, Sr. It serves as a memorial to the farmers who settled here and tamed this blackland prairie for those who came after them. Fence was built by the Frisco Garden Club. . . . — — Map (db m309724) HM
Honoring Veterans of World War I & II
Sponsored by Frisco Garden Club
1948
Honoring Veterans of Korea, Vietnam and Desert Storm
By the Frisco Garden Club
1996
Honoring Veterans of Global War on Terrorism and Iraq War . . . — — Map (db m308600) WM
Rev. William and Abbie Allen built this Queen Anne-style house circa 1903. Rev. Allen, a circuit-riding preacher, state senator, and author, and Abbie were pioneers, missionaries, and educators who played pivotal roles in Frisco’s early history. . . . — — Map (db m309750) HM
Not so long ago an estimated 40 to 60 million bison roamed this continent in vast herds. Fed by seas of grassland prairie, the herds migrated in undulating waves from North to South with the seasons. Their numbers were not much threatened as they . . . — — Map (db m214128) HM
This Folk Victorian home was built circa 1902 in what is now Frisco’s “Original Donation,” a section of land mapped out by the Blackland Townsite Company, a subsidiary of the St. Louis & San Francisco Railway Company that was running track through . . . — — Map (db m309766) HM
The battlefield cross is a symbolic representation for someone who has been killed in action. This current tradition originated during World War I and has continued in every conflict since. Comrades in arms erect the cross to show honor and . . . — — Map (db m308601) WM
A 5+ acre city park was opened on this site in 1954. In 1975 Mayor Harold Bacchus obtained a grant from Texas Parks and Wildlife which provided funds to improve the park. It was renamed in 1976 as part of Frisco’s celebration of our country’s 200th . . . — — Map (db m309725) HM
The land this park rests on runs through an ecoregion known as the Blackland Prairie. The Blacklands consist of about 12.6 million acres, extending from the Red River through Central Texas as far south as San Antonio. The prairie was named after . . . — — Map (db m308513) HM
The word calaboose comes from the Spanish word calabozo and literally means “dungeon”, in the Southern United States it was also a term used for a jail. The Frisco calaboose got its start in 1911 as recorded in the City Council minutes from April . . . — — Map (db m308420) HM
Built about 1911 to house the business established by 3 sons of Dr. J. D. Carpenter. This building was one of the few standing on the north side after the fire of 1922. Later it housed the Holmen Textile Co. for several years and was first site of . . . — — Map (db m191468) HM
In September 2017, the City of Frisco was designated a Purple Heart City by the Military Order of the Purple Heart organization. It is an expression of gratitude to the men and women in Frisco who were awarded the Purple Heart combat decoration. . . . — — Map (db m308603) HM WM
One of the first of 3 houses in Frisco, this Folk Victorian home was built on a lot purchased from Blackland Townsite Company when the Hill family moved from Little Elm, TX in 1902. Later it was home of George & Alta Wright Marion & their ancestors . . . — — Map (db m309782) HM
This Frisco Commons Park Trail is dedicated by the residents of Frisco, Texas to honor Corporal Hill, age 18, was serving as a U.S. Army automatic rifleman with E Company, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division on December . . . — — Map (db m308508) HM WM
This Frisco Commons Park Trail is dedicated by the residents of Frisco, Texas to honor Corporal Courcy, age 22, was serving as a U.S. Army infantryman with D Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st . . . — — Map (db m308421) HM WM
This Frisco Commons Park Trail is dedicated by the residents of Frisco, Texas to honor Corporal Brown, age 20, was serving as a U.S. Army infantry indirect fire crewman with B Company, 4th Battalion, 47th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division . . . — — Map (db m308506) HM WM
Each night the trail crew would seek a camp near water for the cattle. The cook often pointed the tongue of the wagon toward the north star to guide the crew the next day. Once the cattle were bedded down in an open area, the men took turns as . . . — — Map (db m214088) HM
This two-story house was originally built in 1895 by Nannie Chambers Crozier in Lebanon, a community near the present-day intersection of Preston Road and John Hickman Parkway. The house’s foundation is made of bois d’arc tree stumps. Its . . . — — Map (db m309769) HM
The St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company was established in 1849, and its expanding rail lines reached the Frisco area in the early 1900s. The first train rolled through town on March 20, 1902, as the tracks from Denison to Carrollton were . . . — — Map (db m308411) HM
Isaac Rogers was born in 1861 on a farm northeast of Frisco where his father’s family settled in 1847. As a lad Isaac attended Allen Academy in the Bethel area and in 1886 received his medical degree from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn. . . . — — Map (db m309775) HM
This bungalow was built around 1918 and has had several owners, but none more important to Frisco history than Dr. William L. Saye who lived in the home from 1933 until his death in 1952. At that time, he was the only doctor in town.
Dr. Saye came . . . — — Map (db m309764) HM
This family cemetery was established in 1867 with the burial of Polly Dunaway, mother of Foster Dunaway, and the last burial is that of Dora Ellen Evans, a daughter of Foster. The Foster Dunaway family is featured prominently in the local history . . . — — Map (db m309926) HM
The family patriarch Foster W. Dunaway, a single man, left Tennessee to come to Texas about 1846 and first settled in Dallas alongside John Neely Bryan. Foster and Eucebia Navell Granberry married and soon were farming in the area known as Lebanon. . . . — — Map (db m309925) HM
This flagpole and memorial garden were built and installed as Zachary Pechar’s Eagle Scout Service Project, with support from Cpl. Robert Ray Brown, VFW Post 8273. This site honors veterans and families laid to rest here.
May this memorial serve . . . — — Map (db m309917) WM
First occupant was First Guaranty State Bank, followed by Frisco State Bank which failed in 1928. Frisco was without a bank for the next 18 years. First State Bank occupied building from 1947 to 1975. Served as Frisco’s City Hall since 1977. — — Map (db m309777) HM
Built circa 1906 by Ed Jackson on acreage developed by the Blackland Townsite Co. W.B. Fletcher, a farmer, purchased the house plus 15 acres of farmland in 1918. Edna Willits acquired the house in 1970 and commenced painstaking restoration of this . . . — — Map (db m309731) HM
Foncine was first settled near this location in the late 19th century when Robert Coleman Fisher built a general store, gristmill, cotton gin and grain elevator, serving the needs of a growing rural population, almost all involved in farming. Also . . . — — Map (db m309912) HM
This Spanish Mission-style school built under Pres. F.D. Roosevelt’s Works Project Administration housed:
All grades, 1939–1963 •
High school, 1963–1973 •
Middle school, 1973–1998 •
Sixth grade, 1998–2000 •
Student Opportunity Center since . . . — — Map (db m309773) HM
Area frontier settlers William and Frances Rogers, Peter and Sarah Teel, and Elizabeth Rogers, and the Rev. Joab Biggs, a Methodist circuit-riding minister, organized this congregation in William Rogers' log home in 1848. Known as Bethel Methodist . . . — — Map (db m191459) HM
Erected in 1924 by Pittsburg-Des Moines Steel Co. to replace wooden tower that burned. With 50,000 gallon capacity, it served as Frisco’s only elevated storage tank until 1985. The logo of the SL & SF Frisco Railroad, for which Frisco was named, is . . . — — Map (db m309780) HM
“Under the spreading chestnut tree, the village smithy stands…”
—The Village Blacksmith by Henry Wildsworth Longfellow
This poem was memorized by American school children into the 1950’s and reminds us that rural villages throughout . . . — — Map (db m308416) HM
On this site in 1925 a wood frame building, named in honor of Reverend Jack Hamilton was erected to serve Frisco’s African-American citizens as both school and church until 1964 when local public schools integrated.
City of Frisco Parks and . . . — — Map (db m309915) HM
In 1847, the Rogers brothers traveled 14 weeks from their home in Bethel, Tenn., to Texas. Settling along Panther Creek, they named their new home Bethel, which became a popular campground for pioneers and known for its brush arbors. Brush arbors . . . — — Map (db m309913) HM
Frisco Commons Park was built in 2004 and has since become one of Frisco’s premier parks. With its walking trails, playgrounds, and other amenities, the community park was designed to be a gathering place for all ages and abilities. The park is . . . — — Map (db m308592) HM
One of the first physicians in Frisco, Dr. Ogle was born in Tennessee in 1870 and moved to Frisco in 1902. This home was designed and built by Dr. Ogle in 1912 for his wife Clara and three daughters, using lumber salvaged from Frisco’s first . . . — — Map (db m309771) HM
Born in Frisco, TX in 1935. After losing his sight as a teenager, Turner went on to be successful in business and was appointed by six Governors to serve more than three decades on the Texas Commission for the Blind, was a Director on the Board of . . . — — Map (db m309770) HM
Established on a 1 acre plot near Cottonwood Creek donated by Joel S. Clark. It appears that a headstone engraved “A.S. 1808-1862” marks the first burial. Volunteers organized in 1903 by Mrs. Wm. Robertson and led by their Pres. Mrs. Ella Hawkins . . . — — Map (db m309918) HM
The City of Frisco, Texas, recognizes Kathy A. Seei for her tireless dedication, loyalty, and devoted years of civic service to Frisco.
Mayor Seei dared us to dream big and inspired us to work together to make Frisco’s dreams come true. . . . — — Map (db m309923) HM
Built in 1911 to house a hardware store and undertaking business. It has been used for a wide variety of retail, service, manufacturing and storage businesses. Today it is home for Griffin Enterprises. Marker placed by Linda Griffin Feld and Mike . . . — — Map (db m191457) HM
By 1835, the under-funded provisional government of Texas offered to pay its soldiers with land. Surveying parties flooded the frontier, ingressing Native hunting grounds. Hard-fought battles and skirmishes brought no lasting victories to the . . . — — Map (db m244229) HM
Hispanic and Anglo settlers entered Texas to find a land well suited for cattle raising. English herding traditions from the East and Spanish ranching traditions from the South met in this region of vast open grasslands. Here English and Spanish . . . — — Map (db m214675) HM
In the 1800s, this area of Collin and Denton counties was dotted with dozens of small towns and settlements. North Texas settlers arrived in covered wagons in the 1840s to stake a claim in one of the newest states in the Union in search of a . . . — — Map (db m308474) HM
Known variously as the Rio, Gem and Queen. This theater built in 1919 was destroyed by fire in 1922. Left standing was the brick arch and it was embedded into the building that soon rose from the ashes. Weekend movies were enjoyed here for almost 40 . . . — — Map (db m191455) HM
This Frisco Commons Park Trail is dedicated by the residents of Frisco, Texas to honor Platoon Sergeant Hill, age 25, was serving in the U.S. Marine Corps with the 21st Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division on July 21, 1944 when he died of wounds . . . — — Map (db m308518) HM WM
This Frisco Commons Park Trail is dedicated by the residents of Frisco, Texas, to honor Private Cecil Cleveland Waldrum, age 27. Cecil was serving in the U.S. Army in the elite First Special Service Force on February 16, 1944, when he was killed . . . — — Map (db m308588) HM WM
This Frisco Commons Park Trail is dedicated by the residents of Frisco, Texas to honor Private First Class Duncan, age 24, was serving in the U.S. Army Medical Corps with the 17th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division on April 28, 1945 when he . . . — — Map (db m308511) HM WM
This Frisco Commons Park Trail is dedicated by the residents of Frisco, Texas to honor Private Sparkman, age 26, was serving in the U.S. Army with C Company, 359th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division on February 5, 1918 when he was killed in . . . — — Map (db m309727) WM
This Frisco Commons Park Trail is dedicated by the residents of Frisco, Texas to honor Private Derryberry, age 22, was serving in the U.S. Army with A Troop, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division on November 29, 1944 when he was killed in . . . — — Map (db m308512) HM WM
All Gave Some
Some Gave All
Land of the Free
Because of the Brave
Duty •
Honor •
Country
Our Nation’s Oldest Medal
United States Army •
United States Navy •
United States Marine Corps •
United States Coast Guard . . . — — Map (db m308604) WM
One of Frisco’s most admired early residents, its first doctor and first mayor, Dr. I. S. Rogers, built this home after purchasing Lots 5 and 6 in Block 61 of the original town from the Blackland Townsite Company on February 7, 1902. Dr. Rogers, . . . — — Map (db m309767) HM
This replica of Frisco’s one-room schoolhouse is a model of what schools were like during the town’s early days. The schools were made of wood, usually either unpainted or painted white, and were built as a community project. Farmers in the area . . . — — Map (db m308418) HM
This Frisco Commons Park Trail is dedicated by the residents of Frisco, Texas to honor Seaman First Class Bolton, age 19, was serving in the U.S. Navy as a crew member on the USS Quincy (CA-39) on August 9, 1942 when he was killed in action as . . . — — Map (db m308595) HM WM
This Frisco Commons Park Trail is dedicated by the residents of Frisco, Texas to honor Sergeant Boatright, age 24, was serving as a U.S. Army combat engineer with B Company, 20th Engineer Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division on December 4, 2004 when . . . — — Map (db m308505) HM WM
In 1838 the Republic of Texas Congress appropriated money for construction of a north-south road opening the northern Texas area to trade. The project leader, Colonel William G. Cooke, followed an existing Indian trail which reached from the Red . . . — — Map (db m191471) HM
Settlers traveling to this area of Texas after it opened for settlement as part of the Peters Colony found free land, clear spring water and plenty of timber. Those who decided to stay named it Lebanon and began to establish homes and farms. On . . . — — Map (db m191472) HM
Probably named for the white rock escarpment on which it was built, Rock Hill was established by December 1854 when John Moore became its first postmaster. By the early 20th century the town boasted two schools, four churches, three doctors, a grist . . . — — Map (db m191448) HM
This prairie-style farmhouse was built by Alfred Fletcher “A.F.” Smith Jr. and his wife Harriet “Lou” McKnight Smith around 1905 on land first settled by the builder’s parents Alfred Fletcher Smith Sr. and Elizabeth “Betsy” Griggs Smith in the . . . — — Map (db m308417) HM
Steam Engine Train
Nothing contributed to the westward expansion of the United States more than the railroad. In 1902, the St. Louis-San Francisco Railroad Company, later shortened to the FRISCO line, made its debut in this town. Originally . . . — — Map (db m308415) HM
Pioneer home of T.J. Campbell. Built in Lebanon Tx. on Preston Road, 1869. Moved to Frisco to be on railroad and mail line, 1902.
Constructed of lumber hauled by wagon train from Jefferson. Has cypress siding and windows. Gingerbread added . . . — — Map (db m191450) HM
This Frisco Commons Park Trail is dedicated by the residents of Frisco, Texas to honor Technical Sergeant Johnson, age 25, was serving in the U.S. Army Air Forces as a top turret gunner on a B-24 Liberator aircraft with the 714th Bombardment . . . — — Map (db m308587) HM WM
The legendary Texas Longhorn, the first uniquely American breed of cattle, has its roots in the blending of cultures and cattle during the heyday of the Republic of Texas from 1836 to 1845. Spanish Retinto cattle were introduced into the San Antonio . . . — — Map (db m214083) HM
In 1902 this t-shaped house was pulled from Lebanon over log rollers by a steam engine. It has served as a Dr's office, rooming house, home to many & Randy's Steak House since 1996. Marker placed by Don and Kathy Burks — — Map (db m316259) HM
During the Texas cattle drives of 1867-1890, the typical crew had a trail boss, ten cowboys, a cook, and a horse wrangler. The trail boss, who found good water for the cattle and chose where they would bed down each night, might earn up to $100 per . . . — — Map (db m214091) HM
Commercial cattle-trailing companies delivered more than half of all Texas cattle driven to the Kansas railheads. Many large ranches did not want to spare their men for a trail drive lasting one or two months. Smaller ranches had to rely upon family . . . — — Map (db m214674) HM
Texas cattle trailing to Louisiana developed as a business in the Galveston/Houston area during the Spanish period (ending in 1821) and the Mexican period (1821-1836). The process continued under the Republic of Texas (1836-1845), when the "Texas . . . — — Map (db m214676) HM
Long before the City of Frisco existed, American Indians including the Wichita, Tonkawa and a few small bands of the Delaware called North Texas home. Comanches, Apaches, Kickapoos, and Kiowa also occasionally traveled here from the west to trade . . . — — Map (db m308591) HM
Long before the City of Frisco existed, American Indians including the Wichita, Tonkawa, and a few bands of the Delaware called North Texas home. Comanches, Apaches, Kickapoos, and Kiowa also occasionally traveled here from the west to trade and . . . — — Map (db m309920) HM
Long before the City of Frisco existed, American Indians including the Wichita, Tonkawa, and a few bands of the Delaware called North Texas home. Comanches, Apaches, Kickapoos, and Kiowa also occasionally traveled here from the west to trade and . . . — — Map (db m309921) HM
Hand dug wells tapped into the natural springs surrounding the Frisco-Lebanon area were the life-source for early settlers, ensuring a year round water supply. Travelers and cattle drovers along the Preston Road often stopped at a place called Twin . . . — — Map (db m309922) HM
William and Lucy Wagoner were born and married in Tennessee. They had no children but raised a cousin, Frank Parks, who came with them to Frisco in late 1902. Mr. Wagoner had one of the first livery stables in Frisco on Main Street. In December . . . — — Map (db m309914) HM
This land was located adjacent to the original town of Frisco, laid out by the Blackland Townsite Company in 1902. Ownership changed several times before the one-story, bungalow-style home was built about 1920. Walter Dodson “Dot” and Thelma Kerley . . . — — Map (db m309730) HM
Dedicated December 7, 2016
Eagle Scout Project of
Nicholas Morrow
Sculptor Sondra L. Jonson
Special thank you to
Families of WWII Veterans
for their generous donation
Additional Donations and Recognition to:
Caliber . . . — — Map (db m308597) WM
Frisco’s first designated elementary school was built in 1963 on an 11-acre plot donated by Mattie Acker Smith and served as the only school for lower grades until 1987. The Acker family left Alabama for a better life in Texas in the late 1800s and . . . — — Map (db m309784) HM
In the mid 1800s promise of free land brought settlers to this area known as Hawkins Settlement. A Methodist society was formed & Zion Church & Cemetery were established on land owned by J. Henry Hawkins. Earliest known burial was in 1859. Sitting . . . — — Map (db m309916) HM
