City of Ferris
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N 32° 32.040 W 096° 39.939
14S E 719230 N 3602029
Texas Historical Marker commemorating the establishment and history of Ferris, TX.
Waymark Code: WMET62
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 07/04/2012
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member QuesterMark
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Marker Number: 7099

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Site was occupied in 1851 by the Ephraim Andrews family and their in-laws, the McKnights, settling a purchased land grant. The Duffs, Greens, McDaniels, and Orrs also pioneered here. The Cumberland Presbyterian Church was founded in 1858. The Andrews family (1874) deeded 100-acre townsite, named for Judge J.W. Ferris (1823-99), to the Houston & Texas Central Railway. Post office opened June 22, 1874, in store of the first Postmaster, Jackson J. Straw. First cotton gin opened in 1880; first newspaper in 1889. The Ferris Institute was operated 1892-1907. City has been a brick-making center since 1895. (1974)
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