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Graham is a city in north-central Texas. It is the county seat and largest city of Young County.

The site was first settled in 1871 by brothers Gustavus A. and Edwin S. Graham, primary shareholders in the Texas Emigration and Land Company of Louisville, Kentucky. The brothers moved to Texas after the Civil War, and after buying 125,000 acres (510 km) in then-vast Young County, helped to revitalize the area, the population of which had become terribly depleted during the war. During that same year as when Graham was settled, the Warren Wagon Train Raid occurred not quite 12 miles north of the city. In 1872, the Graham brothers purchased a local saltworks, established the town of Graham, and set up the Graham Land Office. The saltworks were not a profitable venture, as the salt was too expensive to ship, and were closed in a few years.

New families started to arrive, and the brothers began promoting the sale of homesites and function civic improvements. A pronounce office opened in 1873, and after Young County reorganized the later year, Graham became the county seat. The town’s newspaper, known as The Graham Leader and nevertheless in existence today, was first printed in 1876, the thesame year that the first temporary courthouse was built. Other businesses from these into the future years included a gristmill, sawmill, cotton gin, and brick kiln, two hotels, and several stores.