Time Line
A Daily Calendar of Collin County History through the Years
Collin County Lifeprints, Joy Gough
January 1842 Throckmorton wagon
train arrived in Collin County and established first settlement
January 1, 1885 First drug store in Farmersville opened – Pendleton, Yeary and
Rike Drug Store
January 1, 1957 Plano appointed its first police chief
January 2, 1906 East Louisiana Street burned in McKinney
January 3, 1873 The town of Russell changed its name to Melissa
January 3, 1873 Felix Bush married Frances Elkin
January 4, 1854 First homicide in McKinney. Joe Peake was killed by Alfred
Johnson. It was called self defense
January 4, 1882 Chaddick and Brinson Gin burned
January 5, 1923 Chambersville School started serving the first hot lunches in
Collin County
January 6, 1893 Desert post office established
January 8, 1846 Comfort McMillen received a headright in Murphy
January 9, 1900 Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Company granted right to
construct poles and wires in Plano
January 10, 1906 Fire destroyed the north side of the square in McKinney
January 10, 1923 East side of the square in McKinney burned
January 11, 1876 Allen post office established
January 12, 1874 W. H. Chandler family arrived in Collin County
January 12, 1912 Spinal meningitis scare in Celina
January 13, 1877 Coldest day on record in Collin County—18 degrees below zero
January 14, 1901 Branch post office established
January 14, 1905 McKinney City Council issued bonds for electric light plant
January 15, 1845 William Sachse came to Texas
January 16, 1854 Weston post office established
January 17, 1918 Collin County women were allowed to vote for the first time
January 18, 1934 Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow go through McKinney evading
sheriffs
January 19, 1905 Reception held in Plano for state organizer of Women’s &
Children’s missions
January 20, 1904 W. M. Kerr of Vineland shipped 2 turkeys to Wapanucka, I. T.
January 20, 1900 Lebanon Masonic Lodge #837 constituted and met for the first
time.
January 22, 1910 Oratorical contest held in Plano
January 23, 1913 The Mississippi store collapsed in McKinney killing 8
January 24, 1850 Grand Lodge of Texas granted dispensation for Masonic Lodge No.
51 in McKinney
January 24, 1909 Three week revival in Plano ended
January 25, 1901 Farmers and Merchants National Bank of Plano chartered
January 25, 1904 The Irving French Co. was at the Opera House in McKinney
presenting “A Runaway Wife.”
January 26, 1909 Privately owned electric light plant offered for sale to Plano
for $6000
January 27, 1876 Rhea Mills post office established
January 27, 1932 Raymond Hamilton broke out of the McKinney jail
January 28, 1904 The Rush Lights met in McKinney
January 29, 1905 The 44's club, consisting of people born in 1844 who served in
the Confederacy, met in Plano
January 30, 1914 Six boys-still in kneepants-broke into the Boren & Stewart
store after dark and took 5 boxes of cigars, 5 boxes of chewing gum, 2 boxes of
22 rifle cartridges and 3500 cigarettes
January 31, 1901 Aleo post office discontinued
February 1859 McKinney Messenger,
first newspaper in Collin County, started
February 1915 The first good road built in the county--The Celina Pike
February 1, 1825 Gov. James W. Throckmorton born in Sparta, Tn
February 1, 1887 Lake Mills post office discontinued
February 2, 1848 United States & Mexico signed treaty ending Mexican War
February 2, 1902 Rock Hill started moving to Prosper
February 3, 1940 Three Collin County Home Demonstration Club women appear on
KRLD radio
February 4, 1905 Collin County Teachers Institute met in McKinney
February 5, 1914 Frisco Water Works Co. established
February 6, 1902 Robbery at Stiff’s Saloon in McKinney netting $9.60
February 7, 1857 Mantua Masonic Lodge No. 209 established
February 7, 1889 Post office established in Princeton
February 7, 1929 A heavy light fixture at Collin County National Bank fell onto
a rolltop desk. No one was injured
February 7-8, 1902 Public auctions held for town lots in Blackland Townsite and
Emerson
February 8, 1900 Lieu post office discontinued, Moses S. Hamell, postmaster
February 9, 1884 Weekly Democrat-Gazette established
February 9, 1885 Church of Christ established in Lebanon by Elder Horn
February 10, 1914 Dr. Ellis, Plano city health officer, urges residents to use
plenty of lime due to smallpox epidemic
February 11, 1897 A fire in Plano burned Floyd's Opera House and Harrington’s
Furniture store
February 11 - 14, 1899 Coldest temperature in Farmersville, -16º
February 12, 1848 Rowlett Creek Baptist Church founded at the home of Elder
Jonathan Phillips
February 13, 1913 Altoga State Bank organized
February 14, 1893 Plano grants Southwest Telegraph and Telephone right to erect
poles
February 14, 1902 Judge J. R. Faulkner, F. E. Wilcox, R. C. Merritt, K. P. Brown
and T. J. Jackson debated on "Men have greater influence than women."
February 15, 1890 Daughters of the Confederacy branch formed in McKinney
February 16, 1850 Liberty Baptist Church started at home of Henry Cook
February 16,1927 Celina MacDowell Music Club organized
February 16, 1928 Fire in the Waddill Bldg. and the America Theatre in McKinney
February 17, 1838 Daniel Rowlett issued 1st class headright in Collin County
February 17, 1894 Plano bought steam-powered gin
February 17, 1945 Biggest ice storm ever recorded in county
February 18, 1902 Sam Burks graded the streets of Prosper
February 19, 1894 Plano City Council approved the purchase of a lot to build a
city hall and a calaboose
February 20, 1900 Striking clocks were installed over the court house in
McKinney
February 21, 1889 A cold blizzard hit Nevada, temperature dropped to -16º
February 21, 1934 Post Office mural unveiled
February 22, 1876 Frederick Schimelpfenig married Louise Rammer
February 22, 1878 First train robbery in Texas—Sam Bass robbed a train in Allen
February 23, 1854 Mantua town map recorded
February 24, 1957 Alla and Celina school districts consolidated
February 25, 1852 W. S. Forman born—said to be the first child born in Plano
February 25, 1935 Raymond Hamilton and Ralph Fults spent the night with the
Mayes family near Weston, taking 3 hostages when they left
February 27, 1902 A hard storm hit Prosper, destroying some of the newly moved
buildings
February 28, 1881 Celina post office established
February 28, 1862 Capt. A. J. Hardin company A of the Sixth Regiment of Texas
Cavalry mustered
February 28, 1954 Valdasta and Murphy post offices discontinued
February 28, 1967 Curtsinger Drug Store in Frisco closed after 45 years
March 1, 1874 McKinney's
population is 300 and Collin County teaches 5000 students
March 1, 1899 Hickman post office discontinued
March 1, 1860 Lebanon post office established
March 2, 1836 Texas declared independence from Mexico
March 2, 1899 Dump post office established
March 3, 1908 First election held in Frisco
March 4, 1859 Land for town square in Farmersville given by William Gotcher
March 4, 1897 The McKinney Daily Courier Gazette established
March 5, 1836 Fall of the Alamo
March 5, 1861 Texas seceded from the Union
March 6, 1894 Chambersville post office established
March 7, 1862 Capt. Gabriel H. Fitzhugh Company, 16th Regiment of Brigade of
Texas Cavalry Volunteers established
March 8, 1847 Birth of first white male born in Collin County-W. A. McMillan
March 8, 1890 Tickey post office changed to Viney
March 8, 1896 Collin County votes in favor of prohibition
March 9, 1861 Dr. Henry Dye graduated from medical school
March 9, 1909 Plano began trash collecting
March 10, 1862 Capt. John W. Kolfus Company, 16th Regiment of Texas Cavalry
Volunteers mustered
March 10, 1885 Plano enacted an ordinance prohibiting erection of barbed wire
fences on public streets
March 11, 1860 First Christian Church of Plano formally constituted
March 12, 1859 Wilson Creek bridge erected by John and James Cave and James
Farris
March 12, 1902 First child born in Frisco, daughter of James Gregory
March 12, 1913 A blizzard hit Nevada
March 13, 1883 Collin County National Bank chartered
March 14, 1902 McKinney Fireman’s Band Mastodon Minstrels perform
March 15, 1900 Rural free mail delivery established in Weston
March 15, 1907 Eastern Star No. 977 started in Wylie
March 16, 1848 Hackberry Bluff post office discontinued, William H. Pulliam,
postmaster
March 16, 1862 Alfred Johnson’s Spy Company organized
March 17, 1900 Cornerstone laid for present building of First Baptist Church of
Farmersville
March 18, 1957 Collin County begins using water from Lake Lavon instead of from
deep wells
March 19, 1870 Land purchased for Pecan Grove Cemetery in McKinney
March 20, 1894 Saint Paul post office discontinued
March 20, 1900 West brothers established both a grocery store and dry goods
store in Princeton
March 20, 1902 Regular train service through Frisco commenced
March 21, 1957 North Texas Municipal Water District started
March 22, 1928 Wood's Cafe opened for business in McKinney
March 23, 1885 Farmersville Times printed its first issue
March 23, 1902 Frisco train track opened between Denison and Carrollton, running
through Celina and Frisco
March 24, 1904 Tornado hit Lebanon
March 24, 1905 W. S. Knight Department Store grand opening
March 25, 1861 Farmersville Cavalry Company, No. 1, 15th Brigade established
March 25, 1893 Fire burned several businesses on Mechanic Street in Plano
March 26, 1908 Woodmen of the World "Log Rolling" held in McKinney
March 27, 1837 Santa Anna orders the killing of 330 Texas prisoners at Goliad
March 27, 1902 A severe hail storm hit Wylie
March 28, 1924 Texas Power and Light began serving Frisco
March 29, 1873 Eli Murphy store in Plano sold to Lee and Oglesby
March 29, 1874 Elm Grove Cumberland Presbyterian Church established near
Westminster
March 29, 1910 The Opera House in McKinney burned
March 30, 1910 First Guaranty State Bank of Plano chartered
March 31, 1879 Charles Stibbens died, only veteran of battle of San Jacinto
buried in Collin Co.
March 31, 1904 Tib and Callis post offices continued
March 31, 1921 McKinney City Hospital dedicated
April 1870 Methodist Church of Celina organized by Rev. John Noble
April 1,1848 First Christian Church established in McKinney
April 1, 1873 S. J. B. Plemmons started a bus line in McKinney that could be
called the oldest in the state
April 1, 1921 McKinney hospital dedicated
April 1, 1943 Construction finished on Ashburn Hospital in McKinney
April 2, 1917 Frisco Chapter #93 Order of the Eastern Star instituted
April 2, 1957 Tornado hit Melissa
April 3, 1846 Created Collin County from Fannin County
April 4, 1902 WCTU Institute held first meeting in McKinney
April 5, 1929 Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig both hit home runs to defeat the Dallas
Steers 12 to 11.
April 6, 1882 Mt. Olive Baptist Church started west of McKinney at White’s Grove
April 6, 1884 Allen Cemetery established
April 7, 1902 McKinney Electric Light Company & McKinney Ice & Coal Company
consolidate
April 8, 1890 Street commission established in Plano
April 9, 1898 Chambersville band organized by Prof. W. S. Smith
April 9, 1909 First meeting of the Celina City Council
April 10, 1883 Commissioners court let a contract for a bridge over the East
Fork
April 10, 1919 A tornado hit Blue Ridge
April 11, 1852 Five inches of snow in McKinney
April 11, 1899 Cotton gin erected in Plano
April 12, 1876 St. Paul post office established
April 12, 1902 First edition of the Celina Record published
April 13, 1921 Tornado struck Melissa killing 8 persons
April 14, 1904 North half of East side of square in McKinney burned
April 15, 1884 Frank James struck an old man over the head with a spittoon at
the Elm Saloon
April 15, 1886 Beth post office discontinued, Wm. G. Matthews, postmaster
April 16, 1925 Third floor opened of the Commercial Hotel in McKinney
April 17, 1766 Collin McKinney born in New Jersey
April 18, 1902 Dr. Mantooth graduates from medical college in Chattanooga this
week
April 19, 1910 City and School combined taxes set for year at $1.15 for $100 in
Plano
April 20, 1925 Tom J. Lane opened the South End Grocery in McKinney
April 21, 1836 Battle of San Jacinto
April 21, 1894 Ex Gov. Throckmorton died in McKinney
April 21, 1932 Clyde Barrow stole guns from a hardware store in Celina
April 22, 1920 Princeton Church of Christ burned
April 23, 1939 Weston school house burned
April 24, 1901 The Chambersville band played for the Odd Fellows picnic in
Parvin
April 24, 1902 Frisco post office established, Erudia post office discontinued
April 25, 1888 Empire post office discontinued
April 26, 1859 Rowlett’s Creek post office discontinued
April 26, 1935 Princeton Times newspaper started
April 27, 1902 Cymmet Debating Society debate
April 27, 1921 Farmersville hires an engineer for plans for water works
April 28, 1853 William Chapman married Maranda Howell
April 29, 1854 Robert A. Burney accepted as carrier for stage and mail service
in Plano
April 29, 1921 Big explosion at Frisco
April 30, 1880 Tornado destroyed several buildings in Plano, including the
Methodist church
April 30, 1904 Moreland post office discontinued
April 30, 1921 Hail storm hits Farmersville
May 1, 1889 Contract signed that would supply McKinney with electric light
May 1, 1914 Frisco Fire Department created
May 2, 1888 Lavon post office established
May 2, 1889 McKinney High School graduated its first class of 3
May 3, 1848 Post office at Buckner closed
May 3, 1948 Tornado hit Princeton & southern part of McKinney, including the
cotton mill, killing three
May 4, 1857 Farmersville post office established
May 4, 1922 Nurses Training school incorporated at McKinney hospital
May 5, 1845 Cynthia Ann Hunn born-said to be the first white girl born in Collin
County
May 6, 1848 The first store was opened on the square in McKinney
May 6, 1886 McKinney passed an ordinance against stock grazing on the public
square
May 7, 1861 McKinney Confederate soldiers went into Indian Territory to protect
the forts
May 7, 1894 Fire destroyed public school building in Plano
May 8, 1851 Spring Creek post office discontinued, James C. Vance, postmaster
May 8, 1902 McKinney voted to go "dry"
May 9, 1927 Tornado struck Nevada killing 27 persons
May 10, 1940 Josephine dedicated a new school building
May 11, 1888 Post office established at Lucas
May 12, 1891 Viney post office discontinued
May 12, 1903 Plano city school building burned
May 13, 1846 Captain Andrew Stapp’s Company, Mounted Volunteers called into
service by the United States
May 13, 1926 First airmail letter received in McKinney
May 14, 1865 First Baptist Church of Farmersville organized
May 14, 1892 Altoga Baptist Church started
May 14, 1894 Price post office discontinued, Alexander Daniels, postmaster
May 15, 1899 First meeting of the Plano School Board
May 15, 1940 Alla School graduates 6
May 16, 1873 Melissa post office established, Highland post office discontinued
May 16, 1904 Rural mail delivery for Allen
May 17, 1908 Protracted meeting started at Methodist Church in Plano
May 18, 1903 First Presbyterian Church, Celina, organized
May 19, 1903 First poll tax enacted in Collin County
May 20, 1857 Sugar Hill renamed Farmersville
May 21, 1851 Millwood post office organized
May 21, 1896 A tornado hit Sherman killing and wounding over 200
May 22, 1846 Buckner post office established
May 22, 1893 Prosper post office established
May 23, 1908 Central Christian Church in Frisco organized
May 23, 1940 National Cotton Week held in McKinney
May 24, 1872 Stephen Ballew executed in McKinney the first legal hanging in
Texas
May 25, 1895 Climax post office established
May 26, 1921 M. T. McGarr Boarding House on N. Tennessee Street in McKinney
burned
May 27, 1940 Doty High School graduates 11
May 28, 1859 McKinney incorporated
May 28, 1973 Audie Murphy Memorial dedicated in Farmersville
May 29, 1883 Anna & Culleoka post offices established
May 30, 1918 First fire truck purchased in Frisco
May 30, 1946 V. A. Hospital dedicated in McKinney
May 31, 1848 U. S. Post Office Department changed the name of the county seat
from Buckner to McKinney
May 31, 1919 Rotary Club formed in McKinney
June 1, 1886 Valdasta post office established
June 2, 1873 The Texas legislature passed an act allowing Plano, Weston, and
Farmersville to incorporate
June 3, 1878 Sister Grove post office discontinued
June 4, 1862 Charles Gough died returning home from war. Second burial in
Rowlett Cemetery
June 5, 1875 Charter granted to Rhea's Mill Masonic lodge
June 5, 1878 Copeville post office established
June 6, 1902 Rev. J. M. Cocke accepts pastorate of Cumberland Presbyterian
Church in Farmersville
June 6, 1909 Commercial Club of Plano held special meeting to try to get A & M
branch
June 7, 1878 North bound train derails on the trestle over Wilson Creek killing
one
June 8, 1878 Pleasant Garden Primitive Baptist Church started in Blue Ridge
June 9, 1885 First "Blue Law" enacted in Plano
June 9, 1940 Flock of tornadoes near Celina
June 10, 1850 Spring Creek post office established, James C. Vance, postmaster
June 10, 1886 Wylie post office established and Nickelville post office closed
June 11, 1914 Finch Park presented to the City by the McKinney Federated Women's
Clubs
June 12, 1894 Plano voted in prohibition
June 12, 1902 IOOF lodge formed at Donna
June 13, 1940 Lightning strikes Recer’s barn near Climax
June 14, 1868 Presbyterian church of Farmersville organized
June 14, 1871 Lewis Peacock killed in the Lee-Peacock Feud
June 15, 1858 White Rock Lodge No. 234 organized at Frankford
June 15, 1861 Capt. J. M. Bound’s Company of Collin County, Volunteer Infantry
sworn in
June 15, 1905 Lebanon post office discontinued
June 15, 1916 Celina Mill and Elevator Company completed
June 16, 1889 Fire burned southeast corner of Main and Mechanic Streets in Plano
June 17, 1902 Convention of the 5th Senatorial District met in Farmersville
June 18, 1887 East Fork Masonic Lodge No. 650 chartered
June 18, 1902 IOOF lodge formed in Altoga
June 19, 1898 Arch Weatherford set up watch repair service at Maye’s grocery in
Plano
June 19, 1912 Princeton incorporated
June 20, 1887 Maxwell post office discontinued
June 20, 1903 Stock law election held in Melissa, Anna, Valdasta, and
Westminster
June 21, 1886 Pauline post office name changed to Frankford
June 21, 1940 Twenty cases of measles in Verona
June 22, 1902 Honaker Chapel dedicated southeast of Farmersville
June 23, 1875 End of free-ranging in Collin County
June 24, 1846 Capt. Andrew Stapp’s Company of Mounted Volunteer Texas Rangers
started in Collin County
June 25, 1869 Robert Lee killed in the Lee-Peacock Feud
June 26, 1902 Woodmen of the World picnic in Plano at the city park
June 27, 1902 Firemen’s Band picnic at the Old Fairgrounds in McKinney
June 27, 1929 Foote House, a boarding house, destroyed by fire in McKinney
June 29, 1858 Mantua post office established
June 30, 1848 Peter’s Colony contract expired
June 30, 1863 Capt. D. C. Haynes’ Company K of the Fifth Regiment of Texas
mustered
June 30, 1908 First car on the Interurban tracks in McKinney
July 1, 1854 First stage line comes to Plano
July 1, 1858 Sawyer brothers take over stage line. It ran from Clarksville
through McKinney and Plano to Austin
July 1, 1861 Capt. James W. Throckmorton’s Company of Mounted Riflemen from
Collin County established
July 1, 1908 Baccus Christian Church organized
July 2, 1867 Commissioners court closed the bridge over Wilson Creek
July 3, 1848 Joab Biggs organized Bethel Methodist Church north of Frisco
July 3, 1904 Cottonwood Camp WOW held picnic & log rolling in Farmersville
July 3, 1906 A $10,000 fire at the corn sheller of the Frisco Mill and Elevator
Co.
July 4, 1911 Statue of Gov. Throckmorton presented to the city of McKinney by
the Federated Women's Clubs
July 5, 1940 Lawyer William Robert Abernathy, Jr. died
July 6, 1944 Sam Rayburn came to Celina & gave a talk on the town square
July 7, 1878 Prosper Presbyterian Church organized
July 7, 1921 Last service held at old Mantua church
July 9, 1895 Plano enacted a law regulating the conduct of porters and hackmen
near the train station
July 10, 1798 Former slave Uncle Jake Chamberlain born in Granger Co., TN. Lived
in 3 centuries
July 10, 1949 Cornerstone laid at First Baptist Church in Plano
July 11, 1873 Mantua post office discontinued, one year after the railroad
bypassed it
July 11, 1902 Shain's meat packing plant burned in McKinney
July 12, 1890 Baptist church organized in Nevada
July 13, 1846 First election held in Collin County
July 13, 1909 First speed limit established in Plano at 7 mph
July 14, 1874 Dr. William L. Meroney received medical degree
July 14, 1884 Plano National Bank bought lower floor of IOOF building
July 15, 1927 Henry A. Wiley Camp of United Spanish War Veterans organized in
McKinney
July 16, 1904 Looney elected state senator
July 17, 1903 First auto in McKinney belonged to T. T. Emerson
July 18, 1882 Plano purchased site for a jail
July 18, 1896 Cottonwood Camp WOW organized in Farmersville
July 19, 1886 Church of Christ in Celina established
July 20, 1875 Lone Tree post office closed
July 20, 1888 Josephine post office established
July 21, 1883 The East Line was built from McKinney to Jefferson
July 22, 1862 Etta Gough born
July 23, 1891 Great Alliance meeting held at Benge Park on Wilson Creek
July 24, 1946 The Lake Lavon project was amended for the start of construction
by the River and Harbor Act
July 25, 1852 Armed men raided the offices of Henry Hedgecoxe and stole the
files, etc.
July 25, 1921 Methodist revival at Fayburg
July 26, 1910 Horse given the right of way over a car in Plano
July 26, 1920 Plano passed an ordinance allowing 8 mph as the maximum speed
July 26, 1929 59er’s Club started for people born in 1859
July 27, 1904 Collin County Driving Club held races at Rambo’s Park
July 27, 1922 Order of the Eastern Star No. 703 instituted in Plano
July 28, 1887 Plano National Bank chartered
July 28, 1947 Community School formed from Nevada, McMinn, Josephine, Lavon, and
Mt. Pisgah
July 29, 1878 Total eclipse of the sun
July 30, 1905 Princeton Christian Church organized
July 31, 1848 Peters' Colony contract expired
July 31, 1862 Capt. J. K. Bumpass Company in Martin’s Battalion of Mounted
Volunteer mustered
July 31, 1902 Knox post office discontinued
August 1, 1846 John McGarrah donated 50 acres of land for the town site of
Buckner
August 1, 1910 Allen Enterprise started
August 1, 1915 Texas Power & Light bought electric distribution plants at Plano,
Melissa, Anna, Howe, Richardson, and Vickery
August 2, 1846 First church in county founded—Corinth Presbyterian Church in
Parker
August 2, 1856 Jacob Routh ordained to ministry
August 3, 1880 Post office established in Nevada
August 3, 1903 Altoga Band played in Princeton
August 4, 1856 George H. Pegues elected Chief Justice for Collin County
August 4, 1903 Vineland String Band played at Bloomdale
August 5, 1922 Curtsinger Drug Store opened in Frisco
August 6, 1897 Engleman post office discontinued
August 7, 1848 Pleasant Wilson elected Chief Justice of Collin County; George Y.
McKinney elected first Tax Assessor and Collector
August 8, 1912 Straight-line winds of over 100 mph hit Verona, Blue Ridge,
Sedalia, Pilot Grove, and Donna destroying church buildings in the area
August 8, 1929 Disastrous fire burned a large part of Melissa
August 9, 1845 Mary Ann Gough born
August 10, 1936 Hottest day on record—118
August 11, 1872 First Baptist Church of McKinney founded
August 11, 1883 First Confederate/Old Settler Picnic
August 11, 1889 Millwood school established
August 12, 1885 Fred Alley married Susan “Callie” Pinkerton
August 13, 1888 D. J. Ferguson got the contract to build a wrought iron bridge
on Wilson Creek
August 13, 1902 First Baptist Church of Frisco organized
August 13, 1904 Graybill post office discontinued
August 14, 1937 Altoga post office discontinued
August 15, 1898 Nevada Camp No. 453 Woodmen of the World chartered
August 16, 1903 Old Settlers Picnic held in McKinney
August 17, 1878 Stony Point Baptist Church started
August 17, 1908 Square in McKinney paved with bricks
August 18, 1882 Shack Culwell hung for the murder of W. R. Norvell
August 19, 1887 Sam Houston, Jr. spoke at the Plano Institute on "Afoot in
Mexico"
August 20, 1910 Street cars came to McKinney
August 21, 1904 Camp meeting at Walnut Grove
August 22, 1938 Milligan School House burned
August 23, 1842 Judge William Cornelius Andrews, Jr. born in Tennessee
August 24, 1891 West Shady Grove Baptist Church started east of Desert
August 24, 1905 First auto race in county staged at the picnic winning speed was
40 mph
August 25, 1882 Cumberland Presbyterian Church of McMinn Chapel established 3
miles north of Nevada
August 25, 1888 First map of Princeton filed
August 26, 1913 Southside of the square in Altoga burned
August 27, 1881 The entire business section of Plano, except for a saloon,
burned to the ground
August 27, 1887 Lint post office discontinued, James D. Coleman, post master
August 27, 1904 Horse race at Bowman Training Track in Plano
August 28, 1882 McMinn Chapel Cumberland Presbyterian Church started north of
Nevada
August 29, 1844 George Washington Ford married Parmelia Langston—thought to be
the first marriage in Collin County
August 30, 1855 Little Flock Primitive Baptist Church of Farmersville formed
August 31, 1903 Donna post office discontinued
August 31, 1932 Security State Bank in Blue Ridge robbed by 4 bandits.
September 1, 1846 Henry Cook left Illinois for Texas
September 1, 1906 Papers signed for the building of the Interurban
September 2, 1922 A great fire in Frisco burned the downtown area
September 3, 1859 East Fork of the Trinity River flooded 60 feet out of its
banks
September 3, 1939 Gymnasium of Chambersville school burned
September 4, 1941 Migratory Labor Camp in Princeton dedicated
September 5, 1903 Lucas post office discontinued
September 5, 1904 Plano Cotton Oil Co. opens for season
September 6, 1880 Major W. E. Penn held a protracted revival meeting at the
Rowlett Baptist Church and brought in 66 new members
September 7, 1877 Protracted Methodist camp meeting on Honey Creek
September 8, 1888 First map filed for Wilson's Switch
September 8, 1912 Thirty bales of cotton burned on the railroad platform in
Renner
September 9, 1853 Post office established at Highland
September 9, 1912 General merchandise store burned in Murphy
September 10, 1895 Plano City Council approved request to raise funds for a
school library
September 11, 1871 First Presbyterian Church of Plano organized
September 12, 1904 Texas Week at the St. Louis World’s Fair
September 12, 1869 Joseph Baines married Ruth Ament Huffman at Rowlett Baptist
Church, grandparents of LBJ
September 12, 1904 Houston Texas Central railroad sells round trip tickets to
Fair for $13.05
September 13, 1846 The first Christian church in North Texas was formed in the
home of Collin McKinney
September 14, 1910 Bethel Baptist Church in Celina organized
September 15, 1903 Rhymer and Chambliss post offices discontinued
September 15, 1925 Wilmeth school discontinued
September 16, 1914 Comfort McMillen died at Murphy
September 17, 1898 Land bought for opera house in Plano
September 18, 1904 Foote Baptist Church organized
September 19, 1891 School District 65 petitioned for consolidation of Plano
schools
September 20, 1904 Renner petitioned to have Cotton Belt Rail Road give them
passenger service
September 20, 1938 New post office opened in Farmersville
September 21, 1846 Buckner town lots auctioned
September 21, 1899 Veterans of Foreign Wars organized in McKinney
September 22, 1899 First corporate court established in Plano
September 23, 1904 Surprise party for Miss Willie Jasper for 15th birthday in
Plano
September 24, 1895 Flour mill sold in Plano
September 25, 1917 Southbound passenger train left the tracks near Celina
September 25, 1949 First Baptist Church of Lavon organized
September 26, 1904 Meeting held to get Texas Presbyterian University in McKinney
September 27, 1874 First Presbyterian Church of McKinney organized
September 28, 1876 Blue Ridge post office established
September 29, 1843 Treaty signed at Bird’s Fort between whites and Indians
September 29, 1881 Hancock post office discontinued
September 29, 1882 Black Hill post office discontinued
September 30, 1909 Plano public school enrollment is 348
October 1, 1843 Dr. William E. Throckmorton dies
October 1, 1913 McKinney Chamber of Commerce founded
October 2, 1872 First regular trains started the Houston and Texas Central line
October 3, 1939 Collin County ginned 54,949 bales of cotton
October 4, 1884 Town of Nevada surveyed for official map
October 5, 1905 East side of square in Farmersville burned
October 6, 1904 Dr. Brown Medicine Co. in Plano this week
October 7, 1939 Collin County Singing Convention held at Celina
October 8, 1919 Tornado hit Blue Ridge and killed 7 people
October 9, 1852 Plano post office established, William Foreman, postmaster
October 9, 1903 Fannie Harrington Chapel organized
October 10, 1935 Sam Rayburn speaks at Westminster
October 10, 1942 Construction started on Ashburn Hospital in McKinney
October 11, 1923 Monument to pure bred swine erected a McKinney Coliseum
October 12, 1850 Anna Baptist Church organized on second Sunday
October 12, 1856 Presbyterian camp meeting on Wilson Creek
October 13, 1886 Town of Wylie created
October 13, 1898 Burris gin northeast of town burned in McKinney
October 14, 1904 Motion for new trial in case of Bill Haddison convicted of 2nd
degree murder
October 15, 1846 Henry Cook caravan arrived at Trinity Mills
October 15, 1871 W. H. L. Wells and his brother James M. Wells arrived in
Lebanon
October 15, 1904 Rock Hill post office discontinued
October 16, 1860 First Annual Fair of the Agricultural/Horticultural and
Mechanical Society held in McKinney
October 17, 1912 Interurban hit cow at Dowell stop & overturned
October 17, 1939 East Texas Chamber of Commerce meets in McKinney
October 18, 1882 Pleasant Hill Baptist Church organized
October 18, 1884 First Baptist Church of Melissa organized out of Highland
Baptist
October 18, 1912 Barnum & Bailey Circus visits McKinney
October 19, 1866 Pike Baptist Church organized third Sunday
October 19, 1892 Farmersville druggists sign an agreement to not sell liquor
October 20, 1879 Celina started when W. C. Burris and T. J. Mulkey built a store
October 20, 1883 First telephone exchange established in McKinney
October 21, 1885 McKinney Examiner started
October 22, 1857 Mary Susanna Lunsford began her trip to Collin County from
Oldam, KY
October 23, 1904 Runaway horse tried to cross trestle 3 miles north of McKinney,
was caught when legs dropped between the crossties
October 24, 1866 Fay post office discontinued
October 24, 1935 North Collin County oil well down to 3000 feet
October 25, 1886 Fay post office discontinued, Knudell Peterson, postmaster
October 25, 1910 Forsyth Machine Shop, Wilcox Lumber burn in McKinney
October 26, 1895 A fire in Plano destroyed 17 businesses both sides of Mechanic
Street
October 28, 1935 A 300-gallon gas tank explodes at Wylie injuring one
October 31, 1900 Dam for Plano city water works on Spring Creek washed out in a
flood
3 Sabbath of October 1868 Pike Baptist Church organized
November 1, 1847 Election establishing the location of McKinney held
November 1, 1883 Meeting called to start the Empire School
November 2, 1910 Texas Cotton Mill Company begins operation
November 2, 1938 Stamps Quartet gave a performance at Chambersville school
November 3, 1835 Texas leaders met at San Felipe de Austin to form temporary
government
November 3, 1924 Nurses Home dedicated at McKinney hospital
November 4, 1805 Fountain Vance elected first County Surveyor
November 4, 1904 Survey completed for McKinney-Bonham Interurban by W. S.
Millikin
November 5, 1890 Half of the north side of the square in Farmersville destroyed
by fire 15 businesses lost
November 6, 1888 T. A. Coleman elected first County Superintendent of Public
Instruction
November 7, 1905 Cotton gins in Wylie and St. Paul destroyed by fire this week
November 8, 1904 Plano passed ordinance against lemonade stands on public
streets
November 9, 1841 Second Peters’ Colony contract signed
November 10, 1896 First resolution to suspend school for Thanksgiving in Plano
November 11, 1885 Pike post office established
November 12, 1862 Augustus Washington Aston married Emily Elizabeth Kendrick
November 13, 1832 Meteor shower over Collin County
November 13, 1883 First sidewalks authorized to be constructed in Plano
November 13, 1938 Fire destroyed most of the First Presbyterian Church in Plano
November 14, 1846 George Henry Herndon born some say he was the first white male
born in Collin County
November 14, 1903 Foote and Shepton post offices discontinued
November 14, 1942 Clear Lake post office discontinued
November 15, 1847 First Methodist meeting of Plano started in the home of Joseph
and Elizabeth Russell
November 16, 1893 First regulation of itinerant workers in Plano
November 17, 1915 Federation of Women’s Clubs organized in McKinney
November 18, 1920 Lions Club of McKinney organized
November 19, 1924 Woolworth building on west side of the square in McKinney
destroyed by fire
November 20, 1841 Texas Agricultural, Commercial & Manufacturing Company formed
in Louisville, KY
November 20, 1852 A. H. Burns family arrived in McKinney
November 22, 1853 Lewis Shepard married Mary Ann Huffman
November 23, 1904 Cotton gin in Blue Ridge burned this week
November 24, 1888 Princeton post office established
November 25, 1846 Post office established at Buckner
November 25, 1904 Plano vs McKinney football game, score McKinney 11, Plano 5
November 26, 1931 Allen Times newspaper started
November 27, 1904 Horse of Giles McKinney ran away, overturning cart at public
square in McKinney
November 28, 1846 The family of William Beverly arrived in Plano
November 29, 1855 Rhea family arrived at Sway Back
November 30, 1901 Parker, Dump, Climax, Arnold, Ardath, and Verona post offices
discontinued
November 30, 1927 Weston bank closed
Third Sunday in November 1845 J. B. Wilmeth organized a Christian church in the
home of Carroll McKinney near the Grayson county line
December 1, 1858 F. M. Bounds came to Collin County
December 1, 1902 Free city mail delivery established in McKinney
December 2, 1901 Free rural mail delivery to Foote, Rock Hill, Lucas, & Altoga
December 4, 1881 William Farley family arrived in Collin County from Hart
County, KY
December 4, 1887 Roland post office established
December 4, 1901 Possum & Tater Club met in McKinney
December 5, 1894 Masonic Lodge in Plano granted a charter
December 5, 1909 Lebanon Masonic Lodge #837 moved to Frisco
December 6, 1901 Constables raid poker game on Honey Creek, riot at arraignment
December 7, 1939 Woodmen of the World, Woodmen Circle, & juvenile members held a
joint meeting at Celina lodge hall
December 8, 1980 Collin McKinney house destroyed by fire in McKinney
December 8, 1901 Fire at Beckett Bros. Restaurant in Heard building in McKinney
December 9, 1856 William Nelson Bush family arrived at McKinney
December 9, 1904 Lamp explodes in Wynn & Son Restaurant in Wylie
December 10, 1898 Clear Lake post office established
December 10, 1901 Plano votes for prohibition
December 11, 1900 Plano city fire horses rented out for personal use
December 12, 1874 First Baptist Church of Celina organized in the Old Union
School House
December 12, 1898 New church building dedicated for Plano Presbyterian Church
December 13, 1898 Plano city council forbids the shooting of fireworks on
streets
December 14, 1837 Fannin County created out of Red River County
December 14, 1881 Odd Fellows Lodge #276 organized in Lebanon
December 14, 1907 Millwood post office closed
December 15, 1854 Rock Hill post office established
December 15, 1932 Pike post office discontinued
December 17, 1930 First National Bank of Plano organized
December 17, 1930 Wysong Clinic formally opened
December 18, 1905 Celina Masonic Lodge chartered
December 19, 1904 Contract let for machinery for new flour mill at Prosper
December 19, 1904 East side of Tennessee Street burned in McKinney
December 20, 1838 The Congress of the Republic of Texas approved establishment
of a road from the Red River to Austin—Preston Road
December 21, 1904 East side of Tennessee Street burned in McKinney
December 23, 1890 Sellers post office closed
December 23, 1931 Liberty State Bank in Murphy robbed
December 24, 1854 A saloon brawl at Sugar Hill resulted in the deaths of Captain
John Yeary and John and Samuel Glass
December 24, 1848 Daniel Herring arrived in the Murphy area
December 25, 1842 Mr. Peg Whistler and Wesley Clements were killed in an Indian
raid on Honey Creek.
December 29, 1845 Texas admitted into the United States
December 25, 1848 Ball held in the new courthouse
December 27, 1956 Fire in Nevada destroyed 2 businesses
December 28, 1845 Texas admitted to the Union
December 28, 1898 Mack C. Abbott moved his family to Copeville
December 28, 1903 Bishop post office discontinued, George E. Allen, postmaster
December 28, 1904 A temperature of -20º
December 28, 1924 Methodist Church of Farmersville burned
December 29, 1904 Annual rabbit chase in Plano
December 30, 1886 Stiff post office discontinued
December 31, 1903 Sedalia, Roland, Chambersville, Branch, Biggers, and Vineland
post offices discontinued
December 31, 1948 Texas Electric Railroad closed
Recommended citation:
Collin County Lifeprints,
Joy Gough. Copyrighted.
COLLIN COUNTY TIME LINE." Collin County, Texas History and Genealogy Webpage by
Genealogy Friends of Plano Libraries, Inc., <http://www.geocities/genfriendsghl>
[Accessed Fri February 26, 2004]
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