Please send in photographs and information to be included. 
Howe is a beautiful place and needs it story told!

First settlement in this area was Northeast of the present town and called Summit. It was named that because it was the highest elevation between the Gulf of Mexico and the Red River.

• Howe History - Texas Handbook 
• More about Howe
• Howe School District website- has some Howe history pages.
• Howe School Student Photograph 1908
• The Interurban passed through Howe
• Howe Masonic Lodge No. 430 A.F.& A.M.
• Old Post Card Showing Howe Churches 
• First Christian Church of Howe
• Memorial to Mame Roberts ~ Howe
• The main cemetery for Howe is the Hall Cemetery, Many residents also use the Akers Cemetery. There are dozens of other small cemeteries in the area, go to my cemetery page.

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Howe Families;

• Alexander Family of Howe
• Wilson - Stroud Family
• Hatcher Girls- Ella & Lizzie

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HOWE RAILROAD DEPOT

The railroad depot in Howe, pictured here in 1917, was equipped with telephone,
telegraph and typewriter, making it an up-to-date facility, capable of communicating
messages by rail or wire.  The railroad is credited for the founding of Howe.

Genealogy: Newspaper clippings
Van Alstyne Public Library, Van Alstyne, Texas

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Two businesses found in the 1975 Howe Year Book as sponsors.