Denton County, Texas
Argyle has 6 official Texas Historical Commission markers in Denton County. The marker list includes records dating to 1976. Common marker themes include courthouse and civic history, churches, cemeteries, and community institutions, railroad, trail, and transportation history. Use this page to preview the markers, then open RoadHistorical on your drive to see nearby stops on the map, listen to narration, and save the places you want to visit.
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This burial ground served the farming community of Graham which grew up here after the Civil War. First known interment was that of an infant, George Isbell, on December 10, 1865. An adjacent structure housed a school…
View on map ↗This area was first settled in the 1850s by members of the Peters Colony. In 1881 the town of Argyle was started by Galveston developer James Morrill, when a rail line was built through the area. Early residents came…
View on map ↗Organized thirteen years after the town of Argyle was founded, this church was chartered in 1894 with twenty-seven members. The first pastor was the Rev. Blueford Henry Webster, a Methodist circuit rider from…
View on map ↗This burial ground was in use by 1882 when adjoining property was deeded to the Prairie Mound Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The earliest marked grave here is that of Edgar Myers (1875-1878), the son of J. E. and M.…
View on map ↗In 1884 this site was designated as a religious campground by the members of the Prairie Mound Methodist Church. Johns' well, named for former owner Hardin Johns, provided the steady water supply needed by campers, area…
View on map ↗ANNIE WEBB BLANTON, BORN AUG. 19, 1870 IN HOUSTON TO THOMAS LINDSEY AND EUGENIA WEBB BLANTON, BEGAN HER TEACHING CAREER AT PINE SPRINGS SCHOOL (FAYETTE CO.) AT AGE 17. SHE THEN TAUGHT FOR A FEW YEARS IN AUSTIN, WHERE…
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