Town of Gunter, on Old Gunter Ranch

Sources disagree about Gunter, the town and the man. The marker says Jot Gunter was born in North Carolina; the Handbook of Texas says Georgia, and that he read law in Oran M. Roberts's office, moved to Dallas in 1888 to deal in real estate, and came to Sherman about 1895 to manage his property. He died in San Antonio in 1907. The Handbook's town entry says Gunter was organized in 1902 when the Frisco railway arrived and incorporated in 1924, and names a John Gunter, cattleman and surveyor, as the donor of the townsite.

What the plaque says

Town of Gunter, on Old Gunter Ranch Established 1880s by Jot Gunter, developer of Texas real estate, prominent Grayson County businessman. In mid-1890s his ranch exceeded 20,000 acres. Gunter, born in North Carolina in 1845, came to Texas to practice law after he served in Confederate army. The town of Gunter, incorporated in 1914, was named for him. (1968)

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge — 20 mi
  A 1946 refuge on the Big Mineral Arm of Lake Texoma, laid over land bought for Denison Dam and the site of the vanished railroad town of Hagerman, now a winter stop for geese.
• Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary — 22 mi
  A 289-acre sanctuary in McKinney that Bessie Heard founded at the age of 80, with five habitats, a 50-acre wetland and 6.5 miles of trails.
• Great Hanging Memorial — 24 mi
  Two granite monuments in a Gainesville park, dedicated in 2014, for the Cooke County men the Confederate militia hanged in October 1862 on suspicion of Unionism.
• Eisenhower Birthplace State Historic Site — 25 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.

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