 In
the late 1850's the Springville Community was sometimes
called Toadsuck. The community took the name from
the Toadsuck Saloon. It is possible that an earlier settler and mill
owner, John Jones, may have named the community after the city of
Toadsuck, Arkansas. Legend states that the name referenced men
consuming liquor until they swelled up like toads.
A cattle trail, called the Sedalia, Missouri Trail, had been beaten out by herds of longhorn cattle and the cowboys who drove them, near Spring Creek. The cowboys and their herds made their overnight stopping place at Spring Creek. Jim Swindle and other men began businesses nearby. Businesses included a hotel, a livery stable, a blacksmith shop, a saloon, a grocery store and a post office that established the small community called Toadsuck. It flourished there until the completion of the Missouri Kansas and Texas and the Texas and Pacific railroads laid tracks about one fourth mile west of Toadsuck. Eventually, the businessmen and residents moved near the railroad tracks and the new community was named Collinsville. Source The History of Grayson County Texas by Grayson County Frontier Village; c1979, pg629, by Jim Swindle Toadsuck History Towns Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson CountyTXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message.  |