Early History of Whitewright From Grayson College Journal
An 1894 account traces Whitewright from a wilderness to a bustling rail town. It notes the 1878 Missouri Pacific line, Batsell Reeves postmasters, early stores and services, churches, a 1887 incorporation, and a series of fires. It highlights Grayson College founded 1886, local option laws, and current civic institutions and professionals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grayson College Journal
Whitewright
Texas
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway
Missouri Pacific
Kentuckytown
Messrs
Jas. A. Batsell
J. H. Reeves
Reeves
Jones & Fennell
Batsell & Reeves
Sherman
Batsell and Reeves
Spencer Wright
E.E. Wallace
W. A. Benedict
Dr. R. May
H. Chowning
W. D. Hoard
J. D. Patterson
R.may
J.B. Woolsey
Sam McCuistian
G. W. Blanton
Whitewright Texas Proud Business Center 1894 Snapshot
Grayson College Journal catalogues Whitewright businesses in 1894 noting a bicycle shop grain houses two newspapers wagon yards a planing mill banks lumber yards galleries and a bustling retail scene with eight dry goods stores three barber shops and numerous contractors. The article praises the town’s cotton market prosperity population a little over 2000 substantial homes and high yields while highlighting peaceful relations between producers and merchants and wealthy citizens like Womack Sears Bryant and May.
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Whitewright
Sherman
Denison
W. B
W. O. Womack
W. T. Sears
Hoard & Lively
C. W. Bryant
Dr. R. May
D. M. Ray
Jones Reinhardt
Dan and
Tom Gillett
S. E. Jones
W. H. King
Henry Sears
J. D. Patterson
W. D. Fuller
Lewis Holland
J. L
First Grand Union flag linked to present Stars and Stripes
The first colonial flag resembling today’s Stars and Stripes was the Grand Union flag or Congress Colors. It had thirteen red and white stripes and a blue canton with St George and St Andrew crosses, symbolizing union with Britain. It flew aboard Colonial Fleet ships in the Delaware River in December 1775 and was later carried by Marines and American Bluejackets in the West Indies in 1776.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Union
Congress
St. George
St. Andrew
U.S. Marine Corps Reserve
Delaware River
West Indies
Also Mentioned on This Page
First National Bank
J. S. Goway
Kit Sears
Christian Church
Lelis Holland
H. S. Ellis
Whitewright Eagle
Plow and Hammer
A. L. McCampbell
Messrs. Batsell& Reeves
Businessmen of
St. Louis
Messrs. Batsell and Reeves
Henry Griffin
Cullers & Henry
J. W. Connelly
Gillett & Reinhardt
Jessie Rathbun
Ling
Academy
Masonic
Fair City
J. W. McCurdy
Dave Ray
Hez Ray
J. A. Batsell
Peter McKenna
N. J. Renshaw
Messrs. Butler, Anderson and Piner
Grayson College
Presbyterian
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