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[Photograph of First Christian Church]

Description: Photograph of First Christian Church in Van Alstyne. The church is a two-story brick building with several windows. There are stairs leading up to the entrance, and there are two white columns in front of the entrance. There is a marquee neat the entrance with two wreaths on it. Information for Christmas services is visible on the marquee.
Date: 2011-12/2012-03
Creator: West, Carolyn Effie

[Texas Historical Commission Marker: Antioch Baptist Church]

Description: Photograph of the Texas Historical Commission marker for Antioch Baptist Church in Bells, Texas. Text: Formally organized in 1861 as Antioch Baptist Church of Christ, this congregation first worshiped in a log cabin approximately 2.5 miles south of this site. S. J. Wright, R. T. Gardner and J. D. Thomas comprised the organizing presbytery. In 1872, the congregation moved to the Pink Hill community where it shared a building and land at this site with the Pink Hill school. Baptisms took place i… more
Date: 2011-12/2012-03
Creator: West, Carolyn Effie

[Texas Historical Commission Marker: Pottsboro]

Description: Photograph of the Texas Historical Commission marker for Pottsboro, Texas. Text: Caddo and Wichita Indian tribes occupied this area before Anglo settlement began in the 19th century among the early settlers was James G. Thompson, whose daughter, Sarah Virginia, married James A. Potts (1938-1905), a Confederate veteran, rancher, and land developer who moved to Grayson County in 1868. Recovering from a long construction delay caused by the Civil War, railroads began building lines through this ar… more
Date: 2011-12/2012-03
Creator: West, Carolyn Effie
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