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Subject: [TX-COLLINCOGS] Collin County TX History...video,GLHTA class and Historic Assets Survey orientation
Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2011 09:07:09 -0500

FYI on several items related to Collin County history...

Here's a nice video on the history of Collin County:
http://planotx.swagit.com/play/11032009-146/0/

Cheryl Smith at the GLHTA is presenting a class on Nov. 16,
10:30-noon, on the first 100 years of Collin County:
http://glhtainplano.wordpress.com/2011/11/04/plano-the-first-one-hundred-years/


>From the Collin County Historical Commission:


CAPTURING THE HISTORY OF COLLIN COUNTY

Are you a history buff? Do you know the real story behind the events
that have taken place in Collin County? Do you know the real history
of the historic sites in Collin County? If so, you have an opportunity
to participate in a unique project coordinated by the Collin County
Historical Commission.


A Historic Assets Survey project has been initiated to locate and
catalog any and all historic sites in the county. The survey is being
conducted using the criteria of the National Registry of Historic
Places and Collin County will be the only county in Texas to undertake
such a project on a countywide basis. A community is known by its
history and the county is making historic information available on the
web.  Residents, newcomers, corporate relocators and others will have
a better appreciation of the county’s history and growth.


Data for the historic sites will be collected by volunteers and made
available on the County’s web site under the Collin County Historical
Commission’s section. Locations will be entered on the county’s GIS
Interactive Map and superimposed on aerial mapping visuals to provide
the location of each site. By clicking on the site, a visitor will get
a specific location by address, GPS or UTM (Universal Transverse
Mercator) coordinates and an actual view of the site. Many of the
sites will also make available links to additional narrative data on
the sites. At the present time the website is not linked to the
Historical Commission website, but it may be reached by going directly
to: http://maps.collincountytx.gov/historical.html


Potential sites will include cemeteries, historic buildings, old
schools and churches, historic farms, stores, event locations, and
other historically significant locations. Individuals who have an
interest in and knowledge of local history are the critical component
to the success of the project. Volunteers are needed to document the
places and events that have shaped the county. A committee has been
established that will coordinate the findings and document the
information. The county has been divided into four quadrants, with the
volunteers concentrating on the area in which they live.


A county-wide orientation will be held at

Heard-Craig Carriage House, 205 W. Hunt, McKinney

Saturday, November 12, 10:00 – 12:00

If you would be interested in working on this project, you can contact us at:



Jim Ryan, Director – Historic Asset Project

 Loydell Seward - Historic Asset Project Chair

  or

or call at: 972.596.8411 or call at: 972.784.6266

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