Dr. Daniel Rowlett

Daniel Rowlett measured land for a living before he held office. The Handbook of Texas says the Kentucky legislature hired him in 1819 to survey the future Calloway County. In Texas he started a Red River ferry to Indian Territory in 1841, and from 1844 to 1847 he surveyed for the Mercer colony and drew the map Charles Fenton Mercer used to promote it. He stopped surveying in early 1847 after his life was threatened on an expedition east of the Trinity. His nephew Abraham Owen Smoot became mayor of Salt Lake City and Provo.

What the plaque says

Dr. Daniel Rowlett (b. Virginia, 1786 - d. Texas, 1848) Came to Texas 1836. Caused Fannin County to be created, 1837. Served as Congressman, Republic of Texas, 1837-38, 1839-40, 1843-44. Helped (1840) organize Constantine Lodge No. 13, A. F. & A. M., and was its first Worshipful Master. Was most versatile pioneer here. (1972)

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Sam Rayburn House State Historic Site — 2.7 mi
  The two-story farmhouse west of Bonham that the longtime Speaker of the House built in 1916 and kept as his home, left as he lived in it and open as a museum since 1975.
• Eisenhower Birthplace State Historic Site — 24 mi
  The small frame house beside the Katy tracks in Denison where Dwight Eisenhower was born in 1890, bought by townspeople in 1946 and given to Texas in 1958.
• Eisenhower State Park — 29 mi
  A bluff-top park on Lake Texoma opened in 1958 on land leased from the Corps of Engineers, in the Red River country of Fort Johnson, Colbert's Ferry and the Butterfield stages.

More markers nearby

• Inglish Cemetery — steps away
• Vicinity of Fort Inglish — steps away
• Site of Booker T. Washington School — steps away
• Carlton College — 0.4 mi