Historical Marker

Texian Land and Emigration Company

Historical marker location:
Farmers Branch, Texas
( Farmers Branch City Hall; corner of Pepperwood and W. M. Dodson Pkwy.)
Marker installed: 1936

Site of the first agency, January 1845

Generally known as "Peters' Colony" in honor of William S. Peters who, under a colonization contract secured in 1841 from the Republic of Texas, introduced more than ten thousand settlers to 17 counties of North Texas.

(4 mi. E. Farmers Branch, Dallas County).