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Historic plaque - Fannin County Courthouses
Photograph of a historic marker. It reads: "Fannin County Courthouses. Commissioners' Court first met at Jacob Black's cabin on Feb. 26, 1836, before Fannin County was officially organized. In 1838 Warren (near present Ambrose in Grayson County) was named the county seat. The courthouse built there in 1840 was a two-story oak and cedar structure with rough plank floors. In 1843 the county seat was moved to Bois D'Arc, town's name was changed to Bonham, for an Alamo hero, the next year. Judge John P. Simpson donated land for the small log courthouse of 1843. Later another cabin was built with a breezeway connecting the two. In this early courthouse jurors sat above the courtroom in a loft that could be reached only by an outside ladder. This log building served until 1881 when a two-story brick structure was erected at the same location. This was replaced in 1888 by a three-story courthouse made of native stone from Gober, south of Bonham, and built by Scottish-born stonemasons Kane and Cormack. Fire in 1929 destroyed the clock steeple, and the building was remodeled. Using part of the 1888 structure, this courthouse was constructed in 1965-6 with a facade of Leuders stone. …
Date:
October 10, 2005
Creator:
Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Fannin County Courthouse
Photograph of the Fannin County Courthouse in Bonham. It has many windows, and a flagpole stands in front of the building. There are four cars parked in front of the courthouse.
Date:
October 10, 2005
Creator:
Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
James Butler Bonham statue
Photograph of the James Butler Bonham statue on the grounds of the Fannin County Courthouse. It was created by artist Allie Tenant in 1938, according to the date on the statue.
Date:
October 10, 2005
Creator:
Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Confederate memorial, Fannin County
Photograph of a Confederate memorial in Fannin County. It reads: "To the Confederate soldiers who sacrificed their lives for a just cause, this monument is lovingly dedicated by the Daughters of the Confederacy, aided by the Confederate Veterans Association of Fannin county."
Date:
October 10, 2005
Creator:
Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Confederate memorial, Fannin County
Photograph of a Confederate memorial on the grounds of the Fannin County courthouse. It is a tall monument, with a statue of a man at the top. There is text on the base of the statue, and there are cars parked behind it.
Date:
October 10, 2005
Creator:
Belden, Dreanna L.
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coffee Pot.
Patent for a new and improved coffee pot. This design consists in "the cover, the jointed parts by means of which the cover is connected to the pot, and the guide through which the part has a sliding movement" (lines 79-83). This novel construction "is to produce a coffee pot in which the cover is made adjustable, so as to be adapted to close over the top of the pot, or to be dropped back out of the way when the condenser is used" (lines 17-21).
Date:
May 10, 1887
Creator:
Cummings, James K.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow.
Patent for improved “reversible hillside-plows and enable the plowshare to be rapidly changed from one side of the plow to the other and to move in front of the standard and over the foot of the same and obviate the necessity of lifting the entire plow every time it is desired to change the position of the plowshare" (lines 10-17), includes illustration.
Date:
March 10, 1891
Creator:
Williams, Irvin
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Power Fan.
Patent for a new and improved power fan. This design consists in "the combination of the slowly-revolving spring-barrel and the toothed gearing, the pitman-rod operated from the revolving gearing by a crank, the fan-lever connected to the pitman-rod, a weight sliding upon the fan-lever, and a ratchet mechanism for automatically raising the sliding weight" (lines 78-84).
Date:
January 10, 1888
Creator:
Mason, James Alexander; Mulkey, Elijah F. & Houston, George W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Honey-Grove Enterprise (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 26, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 10, 1870
Weekly newspaper from Honey Grove, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 10, 1870
Creator:
Burnett, Tom R.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Honey Grove Signal. (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, July 10, 1896
Weekly newspaper from Honey Grove, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
July 10, 1896
Creator:
Lowry, J. H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Honey Grove Signal. (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, April 10, 1896
Weekly newspaper from Honey Grove, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
April 10, 1896
Creator:
Lowry, J. H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Honey Grove Signal. (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 28, Ed. 1 Friday, January 10, 1896
Weekly newspaper from Honey Grove, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 10, 1896
Creator:
Lowry, J. H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Honey Grove Signal. (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, June 10, 1910
Weekly newspaper from Honey Grove, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
June 10, 1910
Creator:
Lowry, J. H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Honey Grove Signal. (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, November 10, 1911
Weekly newspaper from Honey Grove, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
November 10, 1911
Creator:
Lowry, J. H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Honey Grove Signal. (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, March 10, 1911
Weekly newspaper from Honey Grove, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
March 10, 1911
Creator:
Lowry, J. H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Honey Grove Signal. (Honey Grove, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, February 10, 1911
Weekly newspaper from Honey Grove, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
February 10, 1911
Creator:
Lowry, J. H.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Fannin County, Inset G01
Inset map for Fannin County, Texas showing detail within a census block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:1,692.
Date:
December 10, 2010
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Fannin County, Inset F01
Inset map for Fannin County, Texas showing detail within a census block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:1,332.
Date:
December 10, 2010
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Fannin County, Block 6
Parent map for Fannin County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:19,000.
Date:
December 10, 2010
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Lamar County, Block 20
Parent map for Lamar County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:17,000.
Date:
December 10, 2010
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Fannin County, Block 4
Parent map for Fannin County, Texas showing the area of one geographic block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:19,000.
Date:
December 10, 2010
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Fannin County, Index
Index map for Fannin County, Texas showing the distribution of census blocks and smaller inset areas for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:97,233.
Date:
December 10, 2010
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Fannin County, Inset B01
Inset map for Fannin County, Texas showing detail within a census block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:4,040.
Date:
December 10, 2010
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History
P.L. 94-171 County Block Map (2010 Census): Fannin County, Inset K01
Inset map for Fannin County, Texas showing detail within a census block for which the U.S. Census Bureau collected data. The plotted map scale is 1:2,681.
Date:
December 10, 2010
Creator:
United States. Bureau of the Census.
Object Type:
Map
System:
The Portal to Texas History