Lying on a direct line of travel from the United States to Mexico, California, and points west, the area now Montague County was once a network of trails.
One of the first area roads forged by white men was the Chihuahua Traders' Trail of . . . — — Map (db m187220) HM
The history of the City of Bowie has been molded by forward-thinking pioneers of business, education and industry in the late nineteenth century. Situated along many significant trade and travel routes that traversed the State of Texas, permanent . . . — — Map (db m245772) HM
Located in the bend of the Red River in northeast Montague County, Illinois Bend received an official title in 1877. By the 1890s, Illinois Bend was a thriving community where cotton farming swelled the population. Many churches and schools were . . . — — Map (db m87099) HM
In 1845, before Collin County was formed, Sam Young, a pioneer from Illinois, bought land in the Jacob Baccus survey. He established the Young Cemetery in 1847 when his first wife, Patience Cornell Young, died. Hers is the oldest marked grave in the . . . — — Map (db m264637) HM
The third structure to serve as Montague County Jail, this building was erected by the Southern Prison Company of San Antonio in 1927. The first floor contained living quarters for the jailer and his family, and six prison cells were maintained on . . . — — Map (db m187223) HM
In 1880, the Bob Stone Camp began in Montague County as a means for Confederate veterans of the Civil War to gather. Named in honor of deceased Col. Bob Stone, the camp hosted annual summer reunions for veterans and their families in the area. By . . . — — Map (db m245778) HM
From the immemorial man has searched for a land where streets were paved with gold. As early as the 16th Century he was in Texas, lured by Indian reports of "Seven Cities of Gold." They never were found. But they provided the basis for legends of . . . — — Map (db m187219) HM
Montague County was created in Dec. 1857 and organized in Aug. 1858. A log cabin and a frame store served as temporary courthouses. Fires destroyed a two-story frame building (1873) and a two-story stone courthouse (1884). In that same year, . . . — — Map (db m187222) HM
On December 24, 1882, Baptist ministers H.M. Burroughs and W.A. Mason, a missionary from the Baptist General Convention, met with fourteen local Baptists to organize the first Baptist Church at Bowie with Burroughs as its first pastor. To celebrate . . . — — Map (db m245774) HM
The first known settlers in Montague County arrived in 1849. After the county was formed in 1857, the City of Montague was created a year later to serve as county seat. The town grew slowly at first, but by 1871 was developing rapidly and . . . — — Map (db m187221) HM
Montague County
1858-1958
Commemorating
All Pioneer Families
By their perseverance and
suffering they helped make Texas
a better place in which to live
We honor these known and those unknown
who gave their lives or were . . . — — Map (db m187224) HM
Walter Franklin Landrith served as Grapevine's Cotton Belt Railroad Section Foreman during the years of 1918 to 1925. While living in this house, his wife Maude Scribner Landrith, gave birth here to two children. They were Mildred Landrith - born . . . — — Map (db m305014) HM
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