Bois d’Arc chapter members Lauri Blake and Christine Miller at work on the project at Bonham State Park. Bois d’Arc chapter members of Texas Master Naturalist (“TMN”) are participating in Texas Nature Trackers acoustic bat monitoring project in Fannin County. This project is part of Texas Nature Trackers, a citizen-science program of Texas Parks and Wildlife. photo by Debra Jones

We have some amazing local talent kicking off the show for us at 7:00 p.m. with Taylor Walker, and headliner, Roger Creager, will take the stage around 7:30 p.m.! You’re welcome to pack a cooler with food and drinks or just show up and enjoy the delicious food trucks on-site.

In December 1838 the Congress of the Republic of Texas passed a law directing military personnel to cut a road between Austin and Fort Inglish (now Bonham). The road was intended to protect and advance the frontier by connecting a series of forts to be erected from San Patricio northward to a point near Coffee's Station on the Red River.

In a discussion among some of the seniors at the Bonham, Texas Senior Center, Powell Sinclair made the statement that his juicy meatloaf was better than anybody else’s meatloaf. Another member, Jim Adams, stated that he would put his mother’s ninety-year-old recipe up against anyone else’s recipe. At that time there were others that were willing to put their meatloafs into the mix and the All-American Meatloaf Bake-Off was born.

Plan a creative weekend in Bonham, Texas, for the 2026 Bonham Quilt Hop & Fiber Arts Show! While you are here, make time to experience the heart of Bonham. Enjoy our historic downtown, local shops, antique stores, museums, restaurants, and community spaces that make our town such a welcoming place to visit and call home. Come for the quilts. Stay for the history, shopping, food, and hometown hospitality.

1996 – death of Ella Fitzgerald, American singer and actress. Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996) was an American improvisational vocal musician, singer, songwriter and composer, sometimes referred to as the "First Lady of Song," "Queen of Jazz," and "Lady Ella." She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing, timing, intonation, and a "horn-like" improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing. Fitzgerald also appeared in films and as a guest on popular television shows in the second half of the twentieth century. Outside her solo career, Fitzgerald created music with Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and The Ink Spots. These partnerships produced songs such as "Dream a Little Dream of Me," "Cheek to Cheek," "Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall," and "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing). In 1993, after a career of nearly 60 years, Fitzgerald gave her last public performance. Three years later, Fitzgerald died at age 79 after years of declining health. Her accolades included 14 Grammy Awards, the National Medal of Arts, the NAACP's inaugural President's Award, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.