James Lanman settled the Western flank, William H Dunison to the South, and Thomas Sullivan to the Southeast.At this time this was still Comanche country and accounts of early Indian raids can be found in the books A Cry Unheard by Doyle Marshall and History of Parker County and the Double Log Cabin by G.A.

An account of this raid by Fremont's younger brother Benjamin can be found on the Oklahoma Gen Web site.

The Comanches could use this high ground as a vantage point to observe the settlers and then “slip down” into the homesteads on their night time raids.

The survey for the right-of-way was done in 1861 and all land not already homesteaded was sectioned off and became part of the railroad reserve and the Texas Permanent School Fund.

The thriving town had a general store, two gins, a public school, and churches that were active until after World War II.