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1.5 mi (2.4 km). W of Bonham on U.S. 82: Bonham: State Historic Site, State Antiquities Landmark, Recorded Texas Historic Landmark 7: State Highway 78 Bridge at the Red River: State Highway 78 Bridge at the Red River: December 20, 1996
The Sam Rayburn Library and Museum is a public research center, library, and museum at 800 West Sam Rayburn Drive in Bonham, Texas.It was built in 1957 as a working library and research center for Sam Rayburn (1882-1961), the influential United States Congressman who holds the record as the longest-serving Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
Bonham is a city and is the county seat of Fannin County, Texas, United States. [5] The population was 10,408 at the 2020 census. [6] James Bonham (the city's namesake) sought the aid of James Fannin (the county's namesake) at the Battle of the Alamo. Bonham is part of the Texoma region in northern Texas and southern Oklahoma.
Rayburn went to co-educational East Texas Normal College (now East Texas A&M University) in Commerce, Texas, in 1900 with $25 (around $750 in 2020) that his father saved up to help take care of his first few months of college expenses. To help cover tuition and room and board, Rayburn rang the school bell to signal the end of classes and swept ...
Fannin County is a county in the far northeast of the U.S. state of Texas, on the border with Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 35,662, [1] making it the 87th most populous county in Texas. [2] The entirety of Fannin County is a part of the Bonham Micropolitan Statistical Area and the Dallas-Fort Worth Combined Statistical Area.
The Sam Rayburn House is located on about 2 acres (0.81 ha) on the south side of Texas Highway 56, on the western outskirts of Bonham. The property includes the main house, a storage building, shed, garage, wellhouse, and barn. The main house is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. Its main ...
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Registered Texas Historic Landmark Image Marker number Physical address Nearest city Year designated Description Burkett House 11852: 1301 S. Mulberry St. Eastland: 1998 Carbon City Jail 17695: Dirt road leading from N. Main St. N of post office to S end of N. Fifth St.