Historical Marker
Gregg Ranch
Historical marker location:
Denton, Texas
( from IH-35 in Denton, go west on US 380 about 8.6 miles, turn North on Ripy Road (at Muslim Cemetery) proceed about 1.7 miles to entrance of Ranch on west side of road)
Marker installed: 1973
Darius Gregg (1804-70), who came to Texas from Tennessee in 1827, and fought in the Texas War for Independence, accumulated about 20,000 acres in this area in the early 1850s. Gregg, a surveyor and Houston Realtor, spent several summers here before his death.
His son, William Bowen Gregg (1849-89), moved from Houston and operated the ranch in 1870s and early 1880s. Notorious outlaw Sam Bass worked on the ranch, and a frequent summer visitor was Robert Swift, of the well known meat packing family.
Of the original ranch, 750 acres are still owned by a Gregg heir. (1973).