Early History
Arkansas Gazette, March 1, 1836. The article describes the 1835 trip in the Steamship Rover of Daniel Rowlett and other Fannin County pioneers from Arkansas to Red River.
A Bit of Fannin County History. Apparently originally published in the Favorite, republished in the Honey Grove Signal on December 24, 1909.
Baseball History. Harry Cox writes in the Paris News in 1938 about baseball in Bonham and Fannin County.
Carter, W. A. History of Fannin County, Texas. History, Statistics and Biographies.
Caylor, Mrs. J. A. Reminiscences at Seventy-Nine. From the Bonham Herald, December 29, 1932.
Deatherage, John. The Journey of John English Deatherage from Tennessee to Texas in 1852.
Evans, Ashley. Sketches of Early Times in Our Home Town and County. 1945
Frair, John. Fort Inglish - The Start of Bonham. Bonham Daily Favorite, September 13, 1992
Hand, John. The Journal of John Hand, who traveled to Fannin County in 1852
A History of Bonham. A Research Paper by American History Class of 1927-1928. Bonham High School. Revised and Enlarged by Class of 1928-1929.
Inglish, Charles. Posts of Toll Bridge of Civil War Days in Good Condition. Reprinted from the Bonham Herald in the Honey Grove Signal-Citizen, February 7, 1941
Penwell, Locke. Articles on Early Fannin County History.
Pool, Colonel C. C. Fannin County 54 Years Ago (1855). The Daily Favorite, January 11, 1909
Roark, John W. J. W. Roark arrived in Fannin County in 1873 as an orphan, and was raised by John and Lou Leslie. His interesting Autobiography tells of growing up and the trials of being a cotton farmer.
Rowlett, Anderson. A Short Chapter About the Trials of the Early Pioneers of Fannin County.
Scott, Tom. Fannin County in the Republic of Texas. Bonham Daily Favorite, February 19, 1986.
Simpson, John P. Early Times in Texas. Articles published in the Bonham News in 1904-1905.
October 18, 1904 December 13, 1904 January 17, 1905 January 31, 1905
Street Scenes in Bonham in 1872 and in 1921. Bonham Daily Favorite, May 6, 1921
Strickland, Rex Wallace. History of Fannin County, Texas, 1836-1843, Part I. Southwestern Historical Quarterly, v.33, p. 262-298. 1929-30. Available online at the Portal to Texas History.
Strickland, Rex Wallace. History of Fannin County, Texas, 1836-1843, Part II. Southwestern Historical Quarterly, v. 34, p. 38-68. 1930-31. Available online at the Portal to Texas History.
Them Good Old Days when Oxen Did the Job. Bonham Herald, March 10, 1938
An 1873 letter published in the Kansas City Times.