 Whitesboro
was improving with the building of substantial structures, remodeling
and enlarging older businesses. The men leading in the efforts
were J.P. Harris of Whitesboro, who had three brick business houses
under contract, and Mr. Moore of Gainesville. Additionally
the Sherman firms of Snider Brothers amd Goodrich were in the process
of constructing brick buildings. Rosembaum, a businessman
from Galveston, and J.P. Choice of Whitesboro were building brick
buildings as well. All buildings were being built on Union
Street. Mr. Ware was in the process of building 3 buildings on
Main St. To accomodate the buiding needs of its citizens, there were three lumber yards well stocked: Waples Bros. of Whitesboro, A.T. Lyon of Sherman and Mr. Brown of Chicago; Mr. Brown had plans to abandon his lumber business in Sherman in order to concentrate his entire business in Whitesboro. The cause of the business section expanison was due to the coming of the railroads from Denison to Whitesboro area. Leading Denisonians engaged in business in Whitesboro were: Waterman & Meyer, large wholesale stock of wines, liquors and cigars J.J. Collins, retail grocery business with Mr. Hartnett in charge of the local business George Stroube, stock of groceries & liquor; his bar was operating in early spring 1879 and his plans were to build a house on Main St. for the sale of grocieres; this store would be under the superivision of his brother, Nicholas Stroube. Adam Hornbeck, saloon and billiard hall, known as Le Ton Bon; his equipment included a mammoth icebox in which to store & serve cold beer. Mr. Copeman, restaurant on Main St. Mr. McKnight, who had been in business in Whitesboro several years earlier, opened a drug store Joe Linz, jewelry, watches & silver ware for salein the large and centrally located building occupied by Lous Bornstein of Sherman; his brother, H. Linz was in charge of the Whitesboro business Louis Bornstein, moved his entire stock of dry goods from Sherman to Whitesboro The Lea House, oldest and best know hotel; the house was in charge of Mr. & Mrs. Eddy, former residents of Denison Citizens raised money to construct a large tank about a mile from town, which was fed by live springs The Seminary occupied a large, two-story building erected for educational purposes was under the control of the Masonic and Odd Fellows societies. Prof. White, private school Miss Leccie Colyer, private school (Source: Denison Daily News. Sunday, March 29, 1879, pg. 4)  Whitesboro History Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson CountyTXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |