There is an old saying, Everything is bigger in Texas. That especially true when talking about the Prairies & Lakes region, because the largest of all the travel regions in the Lone Star State. Here you'll find that everything is big: Big cities, big attractions, and big fun!

Seat of Fannin County in an area of Blackland Prairie south of the Red River that marks the boundary between Texas and Oklahoma.The name and statue on courthouse square honor James Butler Bonham who died at the Alamo.

Defending against the Mexican Army of Santa Anna. Twice, Bonham slipped through the Mexican lines as he went for help for the beleaguered forces defending the fort. Two times he returned. So our town was named for a hero from South Carolina who came to Texas to support its struggle for independence.

Three small lakes at nearby Caddo National Grasslands are open for visitors year-round. Lake Davy Crockett and Coffee Mill Lake provide camping, boating, and fishing. Lake Fannin offers boating and fishing.

Sam Rayburn Library

The Sam Rayburn Library is located on U.S. Highway 82 in Bonham, Texas, four blocks west of the business district. It was established by Samuel T. (Sam) Rayburn,qv speaker of the United States House of Representatives, who had made Bonham his home for nearly half a century. The dedication of the library, on October 9, 1957, climaxed a long-cherished dream of the speaker. The Classical-style library building was designed by Roscoe DeWitt of Dallas. It has a steel and concrete framework with solid brick walls and is faced with gleaming white Georgia marble. It is set on a base of Texas red granite and surrounded by spacious, well-manicured grounds.

The main lobby is faced with black Italian marble and features the white marble rostrum that stood in the House of Representatives from 1857 until 1950, behind which stands a bronze statue of Rayburn about to rap for order. Of special interest to tourists is the speaker's office, an exact replica of the speaker's office in Washington. The furniture was in the national Capitol office from 1907 until 1957, and the massive crystal chandelier hung first in the White House and later in the Capitol.