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Although Frisco’s roots are buried deep mean the railroad’s importance can
along the lines of the railroad, earliest
accounts of the area are buried just as deep in
farming. The St. Louis and San Francisco rail-
road began operating regular trains through
what is today Frisco in March 1902.
Yet Frisco, perhaps unofficially, had its
beginning long before the railroad tracks were
put in place. That’s because Frisco “is located
in Collin County - the center of the cotton,
com and the grain region of Texas. It is a ban-
ner county for oats, the average seldom being
less than 75 bushels to the acre. Com can be
grown anywhere in the county. Wheat yields
from 45 to 75 bushels per acre. The cotton
crop is practically certain every year”.. .reads a
poster advertising plans for the town’s forma-
tion in February of 1902.
Earliest reports find churches organized as
early as 1848, schools operating in 1876, and
always - always - farming the primary eco-
nomic force. Agriculture was the cornerstone
of Frisco and it was a cornerstone laid long
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one can dispute the long and prosperous mar-
riage that transpired.
Even though agriculture had been thriving in I
this area for more than 50 years before the rail- I
road arrived, the railroad was the driving force {
that brought it all together.
In many ways, the railroad put Frisco on the |
map. History even indicates Frisco was tailor- |
made by the railroad. Yet, history also notes
what supplied the threads. Farming.
Farming: These roots were the real thing
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History of Frisco Schools 1876-2003 (Frisco, Tex.), newspaper, 2003?; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1234382/m1/7/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Heritage Association of Frisco.