Ted -
We need to meet and go see Page. He's been asking me back quite a while. I figured you would know him.
I can show you where all those sites are.
Buckner was the name given to McGarrah's Trading Post when it became the county seat. Its right where the 3rd Monday Trade Days are on 380 West of McKinney. There is a cemetery and historical marker there, (go any other time than the 3rd Monday weekend) and is accessible through the parking lots. There is a McGarrah Cemetery in Stonebridge Ranch a couple of miles south where his brother lived.
The Throckmorton Community was around the Throckmorton Cemetery, just off present US 75 between the Melissa and Anna exits, but on private property. It's on the east side north of Throckmorton Road just before the power line in a clump of trees you can see from the service road. I have a webpage with photos. If you go east on Throckmorton Road it passes the Highland Cemetery. The blacksmith and stage stop were just a bit northeast of there.
Colbert's Ferry, where the1858-61 Butterfield crossed Red River, is east of US 75 about half a mile, also on private property on both sides of the river. Colbert also ran Holland Coffee's ferry at Preston after Coffee was killed in 1846 before moving to the last location.
Iron Ore Creek is northwest of Sherman, is crossed by the ca 1848 Preston to Sherman Road, but I have an earlier account of immigrants passing there in 1844/45 and seeing a cabin If you take Travis Street north-northwest from Sherman it becomes Preston Road and part was also the Butterfield route from Colbert's to Sherman.
I'll have to check my maps for detail on the other locations. The museum at Loy Lake Park between Sherman and Denison is a good resource.
The early settlements along the original Military Road were Preston (mostly underwater now), the original Sherman (only the historical marker and traces of the Butterfield remain) and Lebanon. Several of the vintage buildings in Lebanon were moved to the Frisco Historical Park before everything was paved over by the shopping center. Lolaville was a bit south of Lebanon, not as old, but same fate.
Throckmorton was the earliest settlement in Collin County first located in 1841 and settled in 1842 by several of the Bird's Fort evictees along with the Throckmortons, Wilsons, and others. I think Daniel Rowlett came in 1841 but decided not to stay.
Mantua was a bit north of Throckmorton later, but like most early communities faded away or moved to the rail lines. I think Weston, west of Anna, dates from about 1845 and still is a town, of sorts - couple of churches and an old school building repurposed as a cabinet shop.
The 3 expansions of the Peters Colony influenced the location of settlements. There was also still the Indian danger for those who ventured too far west alone. A couple of massacres occurred between McGarrah's and Throckmorton in 1843.
Contact me direct - most of my maps are too large to post or pm.
mctoyer@hotmail.com
We need to meet and go see Page. He's been asking me back quite a while. I figured you would know him.
I can show you where all those sites are.
Buckner was the name given to McGarrah's Trading Post when it became the county seat. Its right where the 3rd Monday Trade Days are on 380 West of McKinney. There is a cemetery and historical marker there, (go any other time than the 3rd Monday weekend) and is accessible through the parking lots. There is a McGarrah Cemetery in Stonebridge Ranch a couple of miles south where his brother lived.
The Throckmorton Community was around the Throckmorton Cemetery, just off present US 75 between the Melissa and Anna exits, but on private property. It's on the east side north of Throckmorton Road just before the power line in a clump of trees you can see from the service road. I have a webpage with photos. If you go east on Throckmorton Road it passes the Highland Cemetery. The blacksmith and stage stop were just a bit northeast of there.
Colbert's Ferry, where the1858-61 Butterfield crossed Red River, is east of US 75 about half a mile, also on private property on both sides of the river. Colbert also ran Holland Coffee's ferry at Preston after Coffee was killed in 1846 before moving to the last location.
Iron Ore Creek is northwest of Sherman, is crossed by the ca 1848 Preston to Sherman Road, but I have an earlier account of immigrants passing there in 1844/45 and seeing a cabin If you take Travis Street north-northwest from Sherman it becomes Preston Road and part was also the Butterfield route from Colbert's to Sherman.
I'll have to check my maps for detail on the other locations. The museum at Loy Lake Park between Sherman and Denison is a good resource.
The early settlements along the original Military Road were Preston (mostly underwater now), the original Sherman (only the historical marker and traces of the Butterfield remain) and Lebanon. Several of the vintage buildings in Lebanon were moved to the Frisco Historical Park before everything was paved over by the shopping center. Lolaville was a bit south of Lebanon, not as old, but same fate.
Throckmorton was the earliest settlement in Collin County first located in 1841 and settled in 1842 by several of the Bird's Fort evictees along with the Throckmortons, Wilsons, and others. I think Daniel Rowlett came in 1841 but decided not to stay.
Mantua was a bit north of Throckmorton later, but like most early communities faded away or moved to the rail lines. I think Weston, west of Anna, dates from about 1845 and still is a town, of sorts - couple of churches and an old school building repurposed as a cabinet shop.
The 3 expansions of the Peters Colony influenced the location of settlements. There was also still the Indian danger for those who ventured too far west alone. A couple of massacres occurred between McGarrah's and Throckmorton in 1843.
Contact me direct - most of my maps are too large to post or pm.
mctoyer@hotmail.com