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Rebecca Baines Johnson, the mother of the 36th US President Lyndon Baines Johnson, was born in McKinney in 1881. There is a historic marker located at 411 Chestnut Street.
In 1910 The Thompson Gin & Grocery Store (Graves & Rockhill Rd) was almost robbed by outlaw Sam Bass and his Gang. Apparently the owner James J. Thomson was so polite, even offering to carry the heavier items, that the robbers changed their minds and left.
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SMALL TOWN LIFE AT ITS MAX--McKinney,Texas!
UPDATE: June, 2010 It was in the 90's temp-wise but we threw caution to the wind and headed to McKinney for their June Garden Club Tour, where we wandered through seven gardens and four attractive...
Just north of Dallas, you'll find McKinney. The urban sprawl of Dallas has reached McKinney, but the old downtown area and the surrounding neighborhood haven't changed much from the olden days.
McKinney is in Collin County, just 20 miles north of Dallas. The first settlers to this area came from Kentucky, Tennessee and Arkansas in and around 1841. At that time the county was named Buckner......
A bit of a normal town-split down the middle by a highway with the upscale on the west side and the downtown and not so upscale on the east side. We've got a very quaint downtown though with a...
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