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Route of Old Colony Line Road

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Greenville, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 33° 8' 16.97859999996", -96° 10' 56.59138999992"
 
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     Early travel artery. Followed the north boundary line of the Chas. F. Mercer colony, a 6,500-square-mile tract granted to Mercer in 1844 by (President of the ) for purpose of bringing colonists into Texas. Southern half of Hunt County once lay in this pioneer colony. Over the road came ox-wagons from Jefferson to supply stores in Greenville, McKinney, Dallas, Fort Worth and the frontier. Settlers from the Old South traveled it in a steady stream of covered wagons. Highway 24 today traces part of the road.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Route of Old Colony Line Road Historical Marker Location Map, Greenville, Texas