Texian Land and Emigration Company
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N 32° 55.371 W 096° 53.600
14S E 696985 N 3644702
This 1936 Texas Centennial marker memorializes the first Agency of the land company that helped settle Peter's Colony.
Waymark Code: WM2K16
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/13/2007
Views: 39
Texas Historical Commission Atlas data:
Index Entry: Texian Land and Emigration Company
Address: Farmers Branch City Hall
City: Farmers Branch
County: Dallas
Subject Codes: CL; PI
Year Marker Erected: 1936
Marker Location: corner of Pepperwood and W. M. Dodson Pkwy.
Marker Size: 1936 Centennial Marker (gray granite)
Marker Number: 6898
Marker Text:
Site of the first agency, January 1845
Generally known as "Peters' Colony" in honor of William S. Peters who, under a colonization contract secured in 1841 from the Republic of Texas, introduced more than ten thousand settlers to 17 counties of North Texas.
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