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History
in a Pecan shell
1840: Peters Colony attracts first settlers
by offering land grants
1845: Fort Fitzhugh established 3.5 miles Southeast
of the future town
1850: Town established on 40 acres donated by Mary Clark
1851: post office is granted
1858: Gainesville becomes a stop on the Butterfield
Stagecoach Line from Missouri to California
1862: The "Great
Hanging" incident where 40 men were lynched (and 2 shot) for being Union
loyalists
1873: Town is incorporated
1886: The Santa Fe Railroad comes
through Gainesville
1915: Gainesville's population reaches nearly 7,500 people
1942: Camp Howze opens as an
Infantry training facility - population doubles |
Gainesville
Landmarks / Attractions
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Howze
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WWII POW Camp and Infantry Training near Gainesville |
Gainesville
ChroniclesThe
1862 Hangings at Gainesville Texas
by W.T. Block
Certainly one of the worst atrocities of the Civil War
occurred in Gainesville, Texas in Oct. 1862, when 40 men, suspected of Union sympathies,
were hanged... Flagpole
by Mike Cox
This story is about a mystery involving the flag staff
that once stood at Camp Howze, a sprawling World War II Army base at Gainesville...
Circus
by Mike Cox
Being a newspaper editor always has been something of
a high wire act. But for Peggy O’Neal, it was easy... |
Gainesville
Native Sons
Bring
'Em Back Alive: Frank Buck
Archie P. McDonald
Before the late Steve Ervin wrestled his first crocodile,
before Jane Goodall learned to communicate with chimps, before swimming champion
Johnny Weissmuller personified Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan and Jungle Jim in
movies and serials, and before John Wayne performed in a film titled "Hatari!"
about a professional trapper of animals for zoos, Frank Buck captured American
and international audiences with tales of his adventures doing just those kinds
of things everywhere on the planet..."My
Blue Heaven: Gene Austin"
by Archie P. McDonald
Gainesville, in Cooke County, gained a native
son named Eugene Lucas on June 24,1900. Lucas became one of the nation's most
popular entertainers during the 1930s, but by then he used his stepfather's name-Austin...
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Cotton
Gin in Gainesville, 1910
Postcard courtesy www.rootsweb.com/ %7Etxpstcrd/
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Gins |
Gainesville
Tourist Information Gainesville
Area Chamber of Commerce:
P.O. Box 518 101
South Culberson Street, Gainesville,
TX 76241
Toll Free: 888-585-4468 Local: 940-665-2831
http://www.gainesvilletexas.org/
City
of Gainsville
200 S. Rusk Street, Gainesville, Texas 76240
940-668-4500
Website: http://www.gainesville.tx.us/Gainesville
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