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Butterfield Road 
The
trail entered Grayson County by crossing the Red River at Colbert's
Ferry and proceeding into Sherman. It crossed the county toward
Gainesville in Cooke County en route to Franklin (later El Paso).
The citizens of Sherman are credited with especially courting the
mail route to use Colbert's Ferry instead of entering Texas near
Preston, 8 miles upriver. Sherman became a distribution poin in
1858, bringing mail service to Texas settlements.
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