October
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
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