Grayson County TXGenWeb

Denison, Texas

1st Council Meeting	March 13, 1873 at high noon
1st Mayor	L. S. Owings, former territorial governor of Arizona
1st Birth	Texana Denison McElvaney
1st Hominy Mill	A.R. Collins & Co.
1st Tax Collection	Marshall McDowell announced first collection of city property taxes May 26, 1873
1st Municipal Water Supply	Authorized Sept. 12, 1873
1st Lot Sold	Auctioned by Denison Township Co. to Sam Cook for $200
1st Business	A saloon constituted of a split log between two trees in Forest Park; owner John A. Collins
1st Eating House	Temporary shack thrown together opened by Gus Howard & Wyatt Cutler
1st Train	Arrived three months after Denison was founded
1st Preacher	Josephus Milligan, a Presbyterian
1st Newspaper	Denison Daily News, editor and proprietor, B. C. Murray

source: Denison The Way It Was in 1873 by John H. Crawford