Outlaw Trails Historical Museum & Historic Exhibit Room


Address
118 West Lamar Street
Sherman, Texas 75090

Contact
903-891-9379

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The Outlaw Trails Historical Museum is a collection of relics and story telling exhibits pertaining to the local area from past years gone by. Designed to entertain and educate everyone from two to ninety two! How can that be? To begin with as you enter the museum there is an1800's era toy exhibit to delight young ones. Followed by the Katy Railroad Forms Cabinet, Morse-Code machine, odd items found under the floor boards and many hard-to-identify items used in Pioneer Days. But don't worry, you will find ample explanations written by historian Ivert Mayhugh or catch him in person and get a personal tour. Sherman is not the only major focus in the museum but features many outstanding small towns, people, special buildings, disasters and great events, all a part of keeping history alive and not forgotten. People are the pride and joy of our past history and in fact you might find some of your relatives mentioned here. There were Outlaws like Frank and Jesse James roaming the area and causing mischief. Highlights also include President Teddy Roosevelts visit to the area on April 5,1905. See examples of early typewriters, televisions, computers, a school room and of course funeral memorabilia since that was the primary use of the building in the 1890's. Located on the 3rd floor of A Touch of Class Antique Mall in Downtown Sherman across from the Grayson County Courthouse. Please note that there is no elevator and you must take stairs to visit. The building is a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark and Listed on the National Registry of Historic Places. It would an honor to share a "little bit of history" with you and hope you would spend a "little bit of time" enjoying Historic Downtown Sherman.

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GOOD. Water stained; 75 degrees; 1.87 feet below pool. Striper fishing is great on live shad in 20-45 feet of water in ditches and along the river ledges. Look for fish to move up shallow with the cold weather. Swim baits and topwaters work well in the backs of coves and creeks during early morning and late evening. Crappie remain tough, sticking to brush and structure in 12-18 feet of water. Use electronics to target active fish at the bottom of brush piles, with jigs being effective. Catfishing is still good, with blue catfish biting on cut shad in 30-50 feet of water. Eaters are found on the main lake ledges and humps, and start looking for bigger fish west of the islands and north of the railroad bridge, in 40-50 feet of water on deep flats. Bass fishing remains slow, however, as water temperatures cool, bass are moving up. Plastics are effective early in 3-8 feet of water off main lake points, and later in the backs of coves during midday as the water warms and shad move up. Report by Jacob Orr, Lake Guaranteed Guide Service. Striped bass bite is starting to improve with some topwater activity in shallow water in the morning. Blind cast into the shallows. Some days there is some bird action, as the weather cools this will pick up. When the topwater bite ends cast swimbaits into the shallows for box fish, then switch to slabs later in the morning. Report by John Blasingame, Adventure Texoma Outdoors.

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