During its brief existence, the Congress of the Republic of Texas made significant efforts to plan for the inevitable increase in settlement. One of those efforts was the establishment of the Central National Road, designed to connect the Red River . . . — — Map (db m246080) HM
In 1888, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Tarrant recruited several local families to meet with Baptist Missionary Rev. Petty at the Reed’s Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church school house to organize a Baptist congregation. W.M. Wolfe served as the church’s first . . . — — Map (db m246088) HM
The City of Josephine began as a gift when the St. Louis Southwestern Railway began construction in the area in 1887. Jesse Hubbard donated four acres of land for the construction of a new town to be named after his daughter. The prior settlement of . . . — — Map (db m246086) HM
