Kentuckytown Remembered as Pioneer Hub in Grayson County
H. L. Piner recounts Kentuckytown Grayson County Texas as the pioneer town near Sherman, its founding around 1852, the Kentuckians arrival, rapid move to Whitewright after the Katy railroad, and the community’s social life, notable settlers, and lasting memory of a brief but influential settlement activity.
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Kentuckytown
Grayson County
Sherman
Texas
Anson Jones
Texas Republic
J. Pinckney Henderson
Josiah L. Heiston
Ann Eliza
Andy Thomas
Tennessee
Katy
Denison
Greenville
Whitewright
Early Town History of Ken tuckytown and Its Pioneers
The piece describes Ken tuckytown’s origin with John Dyer opening a general store in 1848 and Alfred Drye following as another general merchant. It notes the town later becoming a post office, losing it with rural free delivery, and mentions the oldest house, Dyer’s original home with a long front gallery.
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John Dyer
Ann Eliza
Alfred Drye
Kentuckytown
Bus Schedule From Whitewright to Sherman and Greenville
Whitewright departures to Sherman at 8 00 am 1 10 pm 4 10 pm and 8 25 pm. To Greenville at 10 20 am 1 20 pm and 4 20 pm. Depot at Dyer and Jones phone 10 residence 228.
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RED Ball Bus Line
Whitewright
Sherman, Leonard and
Greenville
Sherman
Dyer & Jones
Cedar transplant age noted in historic photo description
A historic caption notes cedars moved from the Red River bottom about eighty years ago, highlighting a long standing landscape change captured in the photograph.
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Red River Bottom
Roped and Branded A Scotchman Calls for Doctor
A Scottish man, in agitation, asks a doctor to come quickly because his child has swallowed a sixpence. The doctor inquires the age of the child, and the man answers with a witty misdirection, saying the year 1894.
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Kentucky
H. L. Piner
Metropolis
Jefferson
Goldsmith's
Ann Eliza Nor
A. S. Lackey
White Mound
Missouri
Mary Catherine Willett
W. P. Head
Parish
Dr. McComb
G. W. Newcome
E. Y. Skaggs
D. W. Light
C. W. Batsell
J. H. Reeves
J. B. Roberts
John Turner
T. J. Yowell
G. W. Pope
Tom Connelly
H. R. Eatherly
Ed Douglas
J. Calvin Sewell
North Texas
M. E. Church
South
Planters National Bank
Chevrolet
Flint
Michigan
City and Farm Loans
H. G. Webster
Whitewright, Texas
Lloyd Moore
Earl
Carl Jenkins
Chesley
First National Bank
America
L. LaRoe & Company
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