FIRST Settlement in Fannin County, TX
N 33° 47.973 W 096° 08.180
14S E 765115 N 3743618
The vicinity of the very first settlement in today's Fannin County is noted by a 1967 Texas Historical Marker on the west side of FM 2554, a little south of the Tulip community, and about 4.5 miles southwest of Elwood.
Waymark Code: WMV5JK
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/27/2017
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These colonies are ghosts today: You won't find anything left up here in rural Fannin County. The marker reads:
(1 mile east of landing)
Established April 1836 by five pioneers moving to Texas on the "Rover," one of few steamboats to pass around snags and bends of Red River to this area. The colonists -- from four states of the "Old South" -- were Richard Locke, Dr. Daniel Rowlett, Daniel Slack, Edward and John Stephens. They were soon joined by Jabez Fitzgerald and Mark Roberts and families, who traveled overland.
Leader of settlers was Rowlett, planter and lawyer as well as doctor, instrumental in creation of Fannin County, 1837; he served Republic of Texas in army and in 2nd, 4th and 8th Congresses.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Place or Location
Date of FIRST: 04/01/1836
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