Preston Trail was created by the Republic of Texas in 1841 from Preston, Texas on the Red River south to Austin. This particular route was chosen because it crossed the fewest number of rivers. Also called the Shawnee Trail, this road became the first official Texas military road and was how many of the herds that went north crossed into what became Oklahoma. While the town of Preston is now under Lake Texoma, ourranch

lies about 30 miles (a day’s horseback ride) as the crow

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Rut Road Winery

F. Lynn. Gravley
President/CEO

Address

7460 Warren Parkway

Suite 301, Frisco, Tx

75034

Thanks for visiting our site www.rutroadwinery.comIt all started in 1880 when my great-great granddad left Pickens County, South Carolina, and headed to Texas. A few years back I went to Pickens to find family and attempt to sort out why John Lewis Gravley came to the Lone Star State with three of his younger brothers. While I never really figured this out, I met some great kin folks and became even more thankful that he led the band of Gravley brothers to the promised land of Texas. While they settled between Fannin and Dallas Counties, it was in Grayson County that my folks eventually settled. It seems that John Lewis’s grandson, my granddad, married a girl from up this way, and well here we are, on a very special place we call the Bar G (- G) Ranch.

flies, due south, from this prominent trading post and crossing point of the Red River. There were undoubtedly many wagons that went up this trail as well, hoping that the river would allow just one more crossing before the mighty Red became too much. The supply post of Preston, settled in 1836 (a big year for Texans, “Remember the Alamo”), was also a stop on the Butterfield Overland Mail route.It was in 1993, 113 years after the first Gravleys set foot on this great state, that my lovely bride and I purchased the first parcel of what is today the Bar G (- G). Meandering through our place was one of the very few creeks these first settlers had to cross. The Little Elm Creek traverses through our farm, flowing from the northeast of our place to the south. Certainly several of the wagons loaded with supplies for the many men and cattle that went up the trail crossed this little creek. It cut the trail just west of the Indian mound that served as a lookout point for the early Indians. Several old timers tell me upon visiting our place that the mound was a treasure of arrow heads in their youth.Perhaps it was just one of those wagons that left the set of apparent ruts in some limestone that enticed us to come up with the Rut Road Winery name and logo that is encircled by barbed wire. While this ranch has (with the help of Dianne and I) raised three really good kids; it has also raised and continues to raise some really fine registered Brangus Cattle. Additionally, we bottle a little wine here, therefore the story. And it should be noted that we brand both our cattle and our wine. You can never be too careful! We hope you enjoy the story, the wine, and the spirit in which it was given. And remember, our wine, is never for sale, only given as gifts to special people.