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Table of Contents
Foreword
Table of Contents
Photos & Sketches
Poems
Land & Prairie
A home where the buffalo roamed
Settlers granted land in Texas
Free land brought first settlers
Dinosaur fossils found in creek
Free land attracted newcomers
Free land attracted many in 1840s
Immigrants settled this area
Taproot
Tall grass prairie covered area
Hogwash about bluebonnets
Lessons deepen appreciation
Texas in party dress of flowers
Shotgun put food on table
Collectors preserve old seeds
Forgotten potherbs
Roses grown in pioneer days
Surveyors depended on landmarks
Odd assortment colonized area
Early settlers had more land
Young turkey herder
Local dialect's terms give clues
Is it spring yet?
Good wells hard to come by
Springs an integral part of history
Old-timers say dowsing a talent
Indians
Recorded Indian sites plentiful
Indians turned hostile
Massacre victims buried on creek
Indian attacks claimed settlers
Indians assist early adventurers
Indians protected hunting grounds
Comanches resisted growth
Taking the land
Fisher family settlers troubled
Army protected Preston Roadi1
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Cattleman settled in Allen 51
Brands showed owner of cattle 52
Cook home a landmark 53
Preston Road integral to area 55
Cowboys often were boys 57
Lebanon had reputation 58
Cattle herded on Shawnee Trail 60
Lebanon hit hard times 62
Republic of Texas - Collin
McKinney, Throckmorton,
Buckner County Seat, Centennial
The Hedgecoxe War 65
Old 'new' Texans 66
Fourth of July of 1846 67
The first Fourth of July 69
Troops from the new state 70
The Mexican War-the beginning 71
The Ranger continues 72
Pioneer signed State Declaration 74
Remember Collin McKinney 76
McKinney, signer of Declaration 77
Collin McKinney, shapes of counties 79
City's namesake helps annex Texas 80
Allen, memorial to Republic 82
James Throckmorton 83
Only cemetery of first county seat 84
Buckner, County seat 86
Texas Centennial 87
Sesquincentennial 89
Lyndon Baines Johnson
L B J fostered Texas image 91
Rowlett schoolmaster marries student 92
Senator Gough dedicated service 93
G.W. Baines led Baptists 95
Baines' interest in law 96
LBJ promoted heritage 97Churches
Railroad led to 1St Baptist Church
Uncle Abe; true type of gentleman
Neighbors worshipped in school
Gough part of history of Baptists
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