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
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
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
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
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
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
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 m191454) HM
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
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
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
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
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
