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100 years, 100 yards : The
story of Austin College Football
Willie Jacobs
Sherman : Austin College, 1996
1012 Natchez : a memoir of
Grace, Hardship and Love
Njoki McElroy
The author grew up in Texas, spending
summers in her maternal grandparents'
house at 1012 Natchez in Sherman.
Her grandparents, Jefferson and
Julia Washington, move to Sherman in the
1890s and attended Harmony Baptist.
She mentions Sherman neighbors with
the surnames of Tatum and Marant....review
by Marjorie Castle |
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Ancestors
and Descendants
Grayson County
Texas
Compiled & edited by
Grayson County, Texas Genealogical
Society
1980
This book has an Every
Name index.
Out of print, copies are
in most large Texas Libraries and in all
local libraries.
Also found in the Card
Catalog of any Family History Center - microfiche.
Copies can be borrowed by
interlibrary loan or request lookups by
mail at the Sherman
Library
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Baseball
on
the Prairie: how seven small town
teams shaped Texas League History
by Kris Rutherford
published by Arcadia Publishing
The towns were Sherman, Denison, Paris,
Corsicana, Cleburne, Greenville &
Temple
Biographical
books
on Grayson County Families
published
by
Frontier Village
Available by mail.
Both books are in all
local libraries.
Biographical
Souvenir of the State of Texas,
containing biographical sketches...many
early settled families (with list of
surnames)
Black
Land, Red River: A Pictorial History
of Grayson County, Texas
by Sherrie McLeroy
The Butterfield Overland Mail: Only
Through Passenger on the First
Westbound Stage
By Waterman L. Ormsby
available at amazon.com
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Christmas Eve on North Main (Van
Alstyne, Texas)
by Dusty Williams
$17.05
amazon.com
Claiming Their Land : Women
Homesteaders in Texas
Florence C. Gould
& Patricia N. Pando
amazon
Cook, Flippin, Clay, Bryant Family
History: From Tennessee to Pottsboro,
Texas
by Natalie Bauman
available at amazon.com
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Daniel
and Crabtree History in Martin
Springs, Pottsboro, and Hagerman
Texas
by Natalie Bauman
Death Finds A Way: A Janie RIley
Mystery
by Lorine McGinnis Schulze
Denison150 : Celebrating Untold
& Under-Told Stories From Denison's
First 150 Years
Brian C. Hander, Dr. Mavis Bryant, Donna
Hord Hunt & James K. Sears
amazon
"Denison
Dam
- Taming the Raging Red"
Gene Lenore, producer
purchases online at above website -
$1.99
Denison in 1900 ~ series
order
form
INDUSTRIAL
DENISON:
A North Texas Town in 1900
amazon.com
THE
DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY: Denison, Texas, in
1900
amazon.com
HEALTH AND
DEATH: Denison, Texas, in 1900
amazon.com
LAND,
MONEY, LAW, TYCOONS: Denison, Texas, in
1900
Down
by Dixie
by Dusty Williams
$10
amazon.com
A family/community newsletter,
2013-2015.
Dixie is a small community in
northeastern Grayson County, Texas that
dates its existence to the mid-19th
century. The newsletter tells of
family and community events and
happenings as well as several histories
that pertain to the area.
The
Descendants of Owen Dogharty of
Ireland
compiled
by Donna J. Hart
Downtown Denison, Texas: a History of
Denison's Commercial District
by Brian C. Hander
c2019
amazon.com
2
Chicks Home & Market
311 W. Main St.
Denison, Texas
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Foundations
of
American Grape Culture
T.V. Munson
c1909
From the People to the Steeple: History of
Waples Memorial UMC
by Brian C. Hander
c2016
available at amazon.com |
Books available at Frontier
Village or
by mail |
Frontier Denison
by Donna Hord Hunt
Order now: order
form
available at
amazon.com
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Ghost Towns
of Texoma, vol. 1 ~ Preston Bend
by
Natalie Clountz Bauman
Amazon.com
Ghost Towns
of Texoma, vol. 2 ~ Hagerman
by
Natalie Clountz Bauman
Amazon.com
Ghost Towns
of Texoma, vol. 3 ~ Martin Springs &
Mineral City
by
Natalie Clountz Bauman
amazon.com
Ghost
Towns of Texoma, vol. 4 ~ Georgetown,
Fink & Reevesville
by
Natalie Clountz Bauman
available at amazon.com
Ghost Towns
of Texoma, vol. 5 ~ Locust, Willow
Springs, Overton, Mill Springs
by
Natalie Clountz Bauman
available at amazon.com
Ghosts of the Gate City
by Brian C. Hander
available at amazon.com,
2 Chicks Home & Market, 311 W. Main
St., Denison
Proceeds from book sales helps promote
public art around downtown Denison
Gone with the Water...The Saga of Preton
Bend and Glen Eden
by Natalie Clountz Bauman
available at amazon.com
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Ghost Towns
of Texoma, vol 2 ~ Hagerman
by
Natalie Bauman
available at amazon.com |
Ghost Towns
of Texoma, vol 3 ~ Martin Springs &
Mineral City
by
Natalie Bauman
available at amazon.com
Ghost
Towns of Texoma, vol 4 ~ Georgetown,
Fink & Reevesville
by
Natalie Bauman
Large pring paperback
amazon.com
Ghost
Towns of Texoma, vol 5 ~ Locust &
Mill Springs, Willow Springs &
Overton
by
Natalie Bauman
amazon.com
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Grape Man
of Texas : The Life of T.V. Munson
by Sherris S.
McLeRoy & Roy E. Renfro, Jr., P.H.D.
amazon.com
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Grayson
County Marriage Records
1846 -
1877
Frances
T. Ingmire
Mountain
Press
P.O. Box 400
Signal Mountain, TN 37377
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Grayson County Texas : Miscellaneous Wills and
Probates 1833-1923
Abstracted by Charlotte
Holder & Catherine Overturff
Bryan County Heritage
Assn., Inc.
PO Box 153
Calera, Oklahoma 74730
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Hall Cemetery
c1999-2000
Hall
Cemetery Association, P.O. Box 664,
Howe, Texas 75459-0664
Hidden
Headlines
of Texas : Strange, Unusual and
Bizarre Newspaper Stories, 1860-1910
Compiled by
Chad Lewis |
High
on
a Windy Hill
by Margery Evans Eldridge
Eakin Press, c2001
amazon.com
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History
and
Business Guide of Sherman and Grayson
County, Texas
Ed H. Anderson, c1940
OUT OF PRINT
Contact the Sherman Library for lookups
or interlibrary loan
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The History
of Building the Denison Dam
in
Words & Pictures
By
Natalie Clountz Bauman
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Images of America: Denison
by Donna Hord Hunt & Mavis Anne
Bryant
order
form
available at amazon.com
Images of America: Sherman
by Linda Ashby
available at amazon.com
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I Remember Things: An
Informal History of Tioga, Texas
by Ross Estes
Quannah, TX: Nortex Press,
c1977
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James
George Thompson, 1803-1879:
Cherokee Trader, Texan, Secessionist
by Dr. Mavis P. Kelsey
Dr. Mavis P. Kelsey of
Houston, Texas, died this morning at his
home at the age of 101. Educated at
Texas A&M and the UT Medical School at
Galveston, he is best remembered in
medicine as the founder of the
Kelsey-Seybold Clinic in Houston, which
was modeled on the Mayo Clinic and has
grown into one of the largest medical
providers in Texas. In the 1990s, he
published two retrospective,
autobiographical books about his medical
career. He was also a
scholar of Texas history and
printing. His earliest book was The Family of
John Massie, 1743-c. 1830 (1979), a
work of genealogy. His next
publication was James George
Thompson, 1803-1879: Cherokee
Trader, Texan, Secessionist
(1988). That was followed by Travel
Journals of Mary Wilson Kelsey (1990),
which he edited. He published The
Courthouses of Texas: A Guide (1993 and
revised in 2007), which is the standard
reference on the subject, featuring
short histories and color photographs of
every Texas courthouse. It was meant to
encourage historical tourism. His
last publication, Texas Sayings
and Folklore (2013) was
a
compilation of Texas colloquialisms and
regionalisms that he had spent a
lifetime compiling. His
contribution to Texas printing history
and illustration is his Engraved
Prints of Texas, 1554-1900 (2005),
which lists and illustrates hundreds of
engravings showing Texas scenes and
personalities and is the standard work
on the subject.
The
Jefferson
Highway: Blazing the Way from
Winnipeg to New Orleans
by
Lyell Henry
Order from The Jefferson Highway
Association
Journey to Freedom: A
Genealogical Study of an African American Family and the
Political and Social Issues That Impacted
Their Lives, 1778 - 2013
by Lonnie R. Bunkley
Terrell HS, class of 1948
Author : "Much of the book, which begins
the colonial year 1778, is about
my family's life in Denison"
The Bunkley family
ran a restaurant (Hollywood Gardens) on
the corner of Morton Street and Mirick
Avenue in Denison for many years.
available at amazon.com
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A
Journey Through History : Chronological Listing of Public
Officials Grayson County, Texas, 1846 -
2000
with Related
Stories and Comments
Weldon
O. Williams
c2001
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Katy's Baby
by Jack Mcguire
& Robert S. Stevens
Nortex
Press
amazon.com
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Kentuckytown and Its Baptist Church
Joe W.Chumbley, c1975
D. Armstong Company Inc.
Houston, Texas
OUT OF PRINT
Contact the Sherman Public Library or
the Whitewright Public
Library for lookups.
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The Last Buffalo : Walter Potts,
Oldest Documented Buffalo Soldier
E.B. Hogan
Chronicles Walter Potts'
life and family (Denison). Includes
some Fannin & Grayson County
families.
amazon.com
bookshop.org
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Legends
of
the Red River Valley
by Bright Ray (aka G.B. Ray)
Collection of stories
from the early days of the Red River
Valley
$15.00
Whitewright
Public Library
Send
check or money order for the price of
the book(s),
plus $2.00 s/h for each item
Whitewright
Public Library
PO
Box 984
Whitewright TX 75491
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Little Good : The Sisters of St.
Mary in Texas
John
Begnaud
amazon.com
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Little
Stories of Frontier Denison by B.C.
Murray
Available at
Denison Chamber of
Commerce
313 W. Woodard St.
Denison, TX 75020
OR
Main Street Mall
500 W. Main St.
Denison, TX 75020
OR
amazon.com
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Lives in
Photography : Denison, Texas, 1872 -
1999 index
by Mavis
Ann Bryant
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The
Many Faces of Texoma's Red River
by Natalie Clountz Bauman
Mac
and
His Yellow Jacket Boats
by Marty Franz
Accumulated history of the Yellow
Jacket Boat Company of Denison, Texas
and its president, Mac McDerby
Murder at the Corners
by G.B. Ray
Details the Lee-Peacock Feud which took place
1867-1871 in the contiguous corners
of Fannin, Grayson, Collin, &
Hunt counties.
$12.50
Send
a check or money order for the
price of the book(s), plus $3.00
s/h for each item.
Whitewright
Public Library
PO Box 984
Whitewright TX 75491
My Life in
Print
by
Donna Hunt
Donna Hunt's new book, MY LIFE
IN PRINT, has arrived! Here Donna
tells about her life as a child
growing up in Denison, as a young
woman journalist and then editor of
the Denison
Herald, and as a historian,
columnist with the Herald
Democrat, and author of local
history books. The book has lots of
photos and a section listing all of
Donna's writings over the years. It's
for sale at the Denison Chamber of
Commerce, and at Main Street Mall (500
W. Main, Denison). You can also order
by mail, by printing out this form (Linked
from title above) and
following the instructions!
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Mt. Zion
Cooke Co., Texas
History of
Community, School, Church, and Cemetery
By Cass & Sue
Reasor
$30 with $10 of the sale price going to
the Mt. Zion Cemetery Association
Recipes of Yesterday, Today
& Tomorrow
Mt. Zion
Cemetery Association
The
sale price of $7 goes to the Mt. Zion
Cemetery Association
contact :
Cass
Reasor
cwreasor@gmail.com
OR
Sue
Reasor
grangran0330@yahoo.com
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New Town in Texas
by Siddie
Joe
Johnson
C1942
a Juvenile novel about Red
River Co. and early Grayson Co.
available at: AbeBooks
(6 copies), ebay.com, amazon.com, The
Dust
Jacket (1 copy), Easy
Chair
Books (1 copy)
Availalbe free checkout for 14 days
at Internet
Archive
info. as of March 6, 2017
Northwestern
Grayson
County, Texas Cemetery: List of
Burials
by
Natalie Clountz Bauman
c2016
available
at amazon.com |
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The Old Country Store
by
Natalie Clountz Bauman
c2016
Available at amazon.com |
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The Poor Farm of Grayson County, Texas
by Dusty Williams
c2015
amazon.com
Order now. $12.95
A place vanished
from many record books was a home to
many residents of Grayson County,
Texas...it was, The Poor Farm. Follow
the colorful history of this eventful
place from its begining to its end. The
County Farm of Grayson County, like
other County Poor Farms, provided a home
for the needy and less fortunate. From
times of peace, prosperity and
production, to Edna Gladney's famous
march on the dire circumstances that
surrounded the county farm of Grayson
County. Trace the intimate history of
many of the residents, including
farmers, doctors and even a niece of
Davy Crockett who once called this place
home. This book not only documents the
history of the home, but provides
biographies of those who lived here as
well as those who ran the farm
throughout its long history. -Also includes a history of the
Pecan Grove Community, west of Sherman.
Postcard
History
Series : Denison
by
Brian Hander
purchase
at:
Barnes
&
Noble
Arcadia
Publishing
amazon.com
Denison
Chamber
of Commerce
Mary
Karam
Gallery, Denison
Pottsboro Texas &
Lake Texoma Then...and Now
vol. 1 & 2
by Natalie Bauman
ORDER
FORM
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Quantrill's
Raiders in North Texas & Grayson
County
(updated edition)
by
Natalie Clountz Bauman
Print
version @ amazon.com
Kindle
version @ amazon.com
Quantrill's Raiders in Texas
Evault
Boswell
Ft. Worth, Texas :
Eakin Press
c2003
In the fall of 1863, William Clarke
Quantrill, the Missouri bushwacker,
took about 300 of his followers across
Indian Territory to Sherman, Texas.
There they made camp at Mineral
Creek until returning to Missouri in
1864.
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The
Remarkable T.L. Reber
Red River
Bridge War: A Texas-Oklahoma
Border Battle
by Rusty
Williams
Red River
Valley Books, sponsored by Texas
A&M University, Texarkana
c2016
Red
River Hauntings, vol. 1 :
Ghost Stories in Grayson County,
Texas & Southern Oklahoma
Red
River Hauntings, vol. 2 :
Ghost Stories in Grayson County,
Texas & Southern Oklahoma
Red
River Hauntings, vol. 3 : Ghost Stories in Grayson
County, North Texas & Southern
Oklahoma
Red
River Hauntings, vol. 4 : The Haunted History &
Ghost Stories of Denison, Texas
Red
River Hauntings, vol. 5 : The Haunted History &
Ghost Stories of North Texas
Red
River Hauntings, vol. 6 : The Haunted History &
Ghost Stories of North Texas
Red River
Bridge War: A Texas-Oklahoma
Border Battle
by Rusty
Williams
Red River
Valley Books, sponsored by Texas
A&M University, Texarkana
c2016
Red River Women
Sherrie S.
McLeRoy
Republic of Texas Press, c1966
Includes stories about these
Grayson County Women:
Sophia Porter, Lydia
McPherson, Olive Ann Oatman Fairchild, Lucy Ann Thornton Kidd-Key,
Edna Browning Kahly Gladney
amazon.com
The
Remarkable T.L. Reber
Running a
Thousand Miles for Freedom
by
William Craft
amazon.com
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Reflections
Of Faith
The Windows of St.
Patrick Catholic Church
Denison,
Texas
by
Suzanne Broussard
Photography by Marie Anderson
available
at amazon.com
Reflections
on the Beauty of Lake Texoma
by
Natalie Clountz Bauman
available
at amazon.com
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School Days Around
Pottsboro, Texas - 1850-1978
by Natalie Clountz Bauman
Amazon.com
ebay.com
Sherman
Museum
Book Shop |
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Two
Schools
On Main Street
Texoma
Tales, vol. 1 ~ Stories of
Grayson County, Texas
amazon.com
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Theater
Row
: Movie Palaces of Denison, Texas
Billy Holcomb
c1999
Tioga
&
Collinsville
Images of America
by Don & J.R. Davenport
c2014
available at
Arcadia
Publishing
Amazon.com
Kindle
edition
Barnes
&
Noble
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Trails of Our Past
By Dusty
Williams
amazon.com
Cost - $15.00
While
documenting the small portion of Grayson County History
presented here in this book, I have met
many individuals who were and are vital to
the retelling of this history. A special
thank you to all
those involved in every aspect of our
local history. While this book comes to a close, we know that
with history it is never, “The End,” but
rather, “Until Next
Time.” And should, for some reason, I not
be able to continue the documentation and
publication of Grayson County History,
please, dear reader, use this as a dock as you
set sail on your own voyage of discovery.
As you read, research
and uncover long forgotten histories and
mysteries, please share them with the world by publishing
your own compilation of your discoveries.
It is the greatest
gift that we are able to give those who
have gone before us…to honor and to remember them and to
share their stories with all those who are
willing
to read.
Until Next Time…
Dusty Williams
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True Ghost Stories & Other Strange
and Scary Tales, vol. 1 - 3
by
Natalie Clountz Bauman
available
at
amazon.com
also
available
locally on Denison's Main Street :
The Book Rack, Main Street Antique
Mall
Sherman's
Touch
of Class Antique Mall
Pottsboro's
Patsy's
Cafe
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Vittitoe Cemetery Book
published
by Vittitoe Cemetery Board of Directors
2014
Contact :
Laverne Darwin
903-364-2456 |
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When The West Was Wild in
Pottsboro, Texas, vol. 1
by Natalie Clountz Bauman
re-published 2018
When
the
West Was Wild in Denison, Texas, vol. 2
by Natalie Clountz Bauman
When the West Was Won:
Crime and Calmity at Preston Bend, vol.
3
by Natalie Clountz Bauman
amazon.com
When the West Was Won:
Crime and Calmity in Pottsboro, vol.
4
by Natalie Clountz Bauman
amazon.com
When
the West Was Wild in Delaware Bend, vol.
5
by Natalie Clountz Bauman
When
the West was Wild in Gordonville and
Cedar Mills, Texas, vol. 6
by Natalie Clountz Bauman
July 2020
When
the West
was Wild in Sadler and Basin Springs,
Texas, vol . 7
by Natalie Clountz Bauman
c August 2021
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Trail
Susan Hawkins
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