![]() Hagerman, Texas was located on a spur off FM 1417 about eight miles NW of Sherman. Like so many other towns around the country, Preston suffered economically when the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad passed by to the east of town, cutting off business from travelers and cattle drives. The little town prospered in the 1800s due to its strategic location for military and trade roads. Preston, Texas, also known as Preston Bend was a prominent town located on the Red River in North Texas, ideally located and used as the Red River crossing of the Butterfield Stage Lines and the Shawnee cattle trail. A few towns, however, gave up their identities forever as lake waters submerged their boundaries and wiped them off the map. It forced relocation of railroads, highways, utilities, and cemeteries. In 1944 when Lake Texoma began filling up, it changed the landscape considerably, both in Oklahoma and in Texas. Under normal conditions there are 550 miles of shoreline on Lake Texoma, with the Red River arm (45 miles long) in Texas and the Washita arm (30 miles long) in Oklahoma, all of which covers 93,080 acres impounded by Denison Dam. But in 2011 the water levels were much lower, and some American history became exposed after many, many years. Lake Texoma is only a couple feet below normal water levels after the hot, dry summer of 2012. ![]()
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