Downtown – Sherman, Texas
GRAYSON COUNTYIN THE MAINSTREAM OF TEXAS HISTORY FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY, THIS AREA WAS, IN 1837, THE SITE OF COLONEL HOLLAND COFFEE’S TRADING POST, A LANDMARK STRUCTURE AT THE PRESTON BEND CROSSING OF THE RED RIVER. IT WAS A FOCAL POINT, BEGINNING IN 1842, FOR SETTLERS OF THE IMPORTANT PETERS’ COLONY. IN 1846 THE COUNTY WAS CREATED FROM PART
