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Founded in 1845 by Collin McKinney, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, McKinney became during the Civil War a center of manufacturing, trade, and hospitals. Gen. J.W. Throckmorton, later a governor of Texas, organized McKinney's Co. K, 6th Texas Cavalry, an outstanding Confederate fighting unit.
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McKinney, Texas · United States
