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BEDCO
Mailing Address:
301 E. 5th St.
Bonham, Texas 75418
Contact: Glenn Taylor
Executive Director
Office: 903-640-0717
Cell: 903-227-0039
Email:Glenn Taylor
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BONHAM, TEXAS. Bonham, county seat and commercial
center of Fannin County, is on U.S. Highway 82 and State highways 78 and 121 on
the northern edge of the Blackland Prairie twelve miles south of the Red River.
Bonham, one of the oldest towns in Texas, was
settled in 1837 when Bailey Inglish built a two-story log fort, Fort Inglish,
about a mile east of the present square. John P. Simpson came
soon thereafter, and Inglish and Simpson donated the original town site, known as
Bois d'Arc, as an inducement to settlement.
The community was called Bois D'Arc until 1843 when the name "Bloomington" was
first requested in the Texas Congress. The name "Bonham" won over Bloomington
in honor of James Butler Bonham, hero of the Alamo.
In 1988 Bonham had 286 businesses, thirteen industries, a daily paper, an
airport, an industrial park, the sixty-five-bed Northeast Medical Center, and a
library facility completed in 1976. Bonham's population increased from 6,686 in
1990 to 9,990 in 2000, when it had 446 businesses.
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1888 Fannin County Courthouse (burned in 1929) |
Fannin County
Courthouse - circa 1960 |
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Allen Memorial Hospital (no longer standing) |
Mr. Sam's 1947 Cadillac after restoration |
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Cotton Mill Pond (no longer there) |
Main Street, looking North from Court House square |
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Mr. Sam in downtown Bonham circa 1940 |
Downtown Bonham circa 1913 |
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Fannin County Court House burning - 1929 |
Downtown Bonham circa 1890 |
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Mr. Sam Rayburn riding his favorite horse "Pansy" circa
1950 |
Sam Rayburn House before 1934 remodeling |
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First Christian Church |
Bonham High School circa 1911 (where Sam Rayburn Library
is now) |
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Russell & Arledge General Merchandise Store |
Bonham State Park circa 1955 |
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First Methodist Church |
5th Street, looking towards Bonham High School circa 1910 |
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Joseph Klappholz Bargain House |
Harris Brothers
North side of square
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Bonham Post Office circa 1930 |
 Bonham circa 1916 |
Morgan's Electric Shop circa 1921 |
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Bonham circa 1916 |
Hill Top Hotel circa 1940's (no longer standing) |
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Buckhorn Saloon |
Street Scene showing trolley circa 1910 |
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Fannin County Bank circa 1872 |
Bonham High School circa 1950 |
Coleman and Kennedy Carriage, Buggies & Wagons
(2 blocks
south of square on Main Street) |
Fannin County Courthouse circa 1950 |
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We gratefully acknowledge the following persons who have contributed pictures
to this page:
Susan Kirkpatrick & Carol Ebs
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