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Early Times in Grayson County Told by W S Adair
U S Creager recalls being among Grayson County’s early settlers born November 25, 1846 with rival claimants to early birth. He paints frontier life near Van Alstyne, the McKinney family, buffalo bones, Indian threats, and wagon trade routes via Preston Road and Jefferson Shreveport. He notes farming beginnings, horse markets, and bois d a aub bois d are wagons from Van Alstyne era.
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W. S. Adair
Dallas News
Grayson County
U. S. Creager
Belmont Avenue
Farm News
Henry Moss
West Texas
Texiana Dumas
Reese Cannon
van Alstyne
William Creager
Virginia
Kentucky
Texas
Tom Bean
Bexy McKinney
Daniel McKinney
McKinneys
Creagers
Father
Red River
Sherman
Cooke County
Hall County
Jefferson
Shreveport
W. W. Wheat
Dumas
Kansas
Preston Road
Preston Trail
Millican
San Antonio
C. W. Wysong
North
Blackjack Grove
Hunt County
Mount Pleasant
Gray Rock
Titus County
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