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Home Texas Grayson County Van Alstyne Old Town of Cannon
     

Old Town of Cannon

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Van Alstyne, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 33° 26' 17.38460000004", -96° 29' 1.29216000012"
 
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     Founded 1852 by Elijah Cannon, who came from South Carolina with his children and slaves, to develop 700 acres of land. Family established a church, cotton gin, grist mill, wagon factory. By 1885 town had an academy and 400 people. Bypassed by Houston & Texas Central Railroad, it declined rapidly in the 1890s.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Old Town of Cannon Historical Marker Location Map, Van Alstyne, Texas