[Texas Historical Commission Marker: Whitemound]
Description:
Photograph of the Texas Historical Commission marker for Site of Early Grayson County Settlement Whitemound in Tom Bean, Texas. Text: Named for two large white mounds of rock nearby. Settled 1849 by Henry Lackey and his 9 children, from Missouri. Town grew up around A.S. Lackey Grist Mill. It had a post office, churches, businesses, several doctors, and Bosworth Academy.
Most residents moved away after Cotton Belt Railroad bypassed this site in 1888.
Date:
2011-12/2012-03
Creator:
West, Carolyn Effie
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