Self-Guided Tour

Explore Frankford through our self-guided tour! Look for numbered markers on wood posts throughout our property and scan the QR codes with your smart phone to learn more about Frankford.

The Shawnee Trail was later used by soldiers, explorers, cowboys, and pioneers. The deep meadows, now called the “Wagon Yard,” around Hall’s Branch made an ideal resting place for trail drivers to bed their cattle for the night and for pioneers to camp during their journey. W.C. McKamy sold firewood and water to the settlers

Hundreds of years ago, indigenous people and buffalo traveled the wide Shawnee Trail that ran from southwestern Texas past Austin, Waco, and Dallas, eventually crossing the Red River, then through Oklahoma and on to Kansas and Missouri. At Dallas, the trail cut a wide swath in the vicinity of present-day Preston Road, making it the

Frankford Cemetery was the burial site for members of the Frankford community and the surrounding area. Many of those buried today are descended from early Frankford ancestors. It is believed that indigenous people were laid to rest at or near what is now called Frankford Cemetery. The earliest known unmarked grave (1862) is that of

This small building was completed in 2023 through donations and includes two restrooms and a multi-purpose meeting room/office/staging area for guest musicians and brides. The Legacy House hosts school groups, weddings, and events such as Christmas on the Prairie.

In 1896, local builder Phil Hamer began the construction of Frankford Church. Some of the wood used in the building project came from a previous Frankford church that had been destroyed by a tornado. John L. Mckamy had saved some of the wood from the first church in his barn until the community could rebuild.

In 2010,  we stopped mowing the land between the church and the cemetery. To our amazement, native Blackland Prairie plants sprang up! We soon realized these meadows had never been plowed, although they were occasionally mowed during the growing season. The ancient plants miraculously survived. Today they are given an opportunity to grow once again.