Van Zandt
Battle of the Neches
Van, TX
(Site 15 miles southeast) Main engagement of Cherokee War; fought July 15 and 16, 1839, between 800 Indians (Including; Delawares and...
Ben Wheeler Community
Ben Wheeler, TX
Just as Native Americans were attracted to this area because of the climate and resources, early settlers also utilized these resources.
Cadwell Walton Raines
Canton, TX
(September 18, 1839 - August 2, 1906) Born in Georgia, Raines came to Texas in 1858.
Cool Springs (Tundra)
Canton, TX
THE COMMUNITY OF COOL SPRINGS WAS NAMED FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE DOZEN SPRINGS AND SEEPS THAT DOT THE IMMEDIATE AREA.
County Seat War
Wills Point, TX
Due to a surveyor's error, the county seat of Van Zandt County was located on private property in 1850.
Creagleville
Grand Saline, TX
The rural community of Creagleville traces its beginnings to the 1840s.
Dallas-Shreveport Road
Wills Point, TX
A trail established by Caddoan Native Americans and later used by French traders who traversed this area is known today as the...
Fin & Feather Hunting and Fishing Club
Wills Point, TX
On May 6, 1901, 21 Wills Point men met in the law office of W.B. Wynne to organize the Fin & Feather Hunting and Fishing Club to be...
First National Bank of Wills Point
Wills Point, TX
Shortly after the arrival of the railroad caused an economic boom in the Wills Point area, a private bank was founded by John E. Owens in...
Grand Saline C.S.A.
Grand Saline, TX
The large saline deposit was a major source of salt in Texas during the Civil War.
John H. Reagan
Canton, TX
John H. Reagan John Henninger Reagan was born in 1818 to Timothy Richard and Elizabeth Reagan in Sevier County, Tennessee.
Jordans Saline
Grand Saline, TX
John Jordan established the community of Jordans Saline when he settled here in 1844 and joined with A.T. McGee in organizing a salt...
Jose Francisco Calahorra y Saenz
Fruitvale, TX
During the Spanish colonial period in Texas, Jose Francisco Calahorra y Saenz (birth date unknown) served as a Catholic missionary to...
Mars Community
Ben Wheeler, TX
Mars Community A settlement known as Mars flourished at this crossroads from the 1880s until about 1930.
Oran Milo Roberts
Canton, TX
(July 9, 1815 - May 19, 1898) A South Carolina-born Alabama legislator, Oran M. Roberts came to San Augustine, Texas in 1841.
Poletown and Rhodesburg
Grand Saline, TX
The first documented mention of a settlement at this site, just west of Jordan's Saline, comes from an 1863 letter by Alice Merrifield.
Providence Community
Grand Saline, TX
Providence community, comprised mostly of small family farms, is located in the far northeast section of Van Zandt County, straddling the...
Roseland Plantation Home
Edom, TX
Built 1854 by B. H. Hambrick, from Virginia.
Site of Burial of Neal Martin
Wills Point, TX
(1777-1879) Came to Texas from Kentucky in 1816.
Wiley Hardeman Post
Grand Saline, TX
Pioneer aviator Wiley Hardeman Post was born on November 22, 1898, in the community of Corinth in Van Zandt County, to William Francis...