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"The Gov. has put down a Fairbanks Scale capable of weighing 16,000 pounds, which is now ready for the use of the public."
"Gov. Owings has recently doubled the capacity of his commodious livery stable, by putting up a large addition, sheds, etc. He can not stable over a hundred horses. The stalls are nearly full every night...."
"Gov. L.S. Owings has just closed a contract by which he will be furnished with as many carloads of corn and oats as he may desire during the winter, which will be shipped from Kansas over the M.K. & T. road. The corn is to be delivered in Denison at fifty cents a bushel and the oats at thirty-five cents a bushel - currency."
"Messrs. Stone & Guy...are among our first merchants, and have built up a good local and country trade by courtesy and fair dealing."



Grayson County Firsts

Denison History


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