May Picnic at Doan’s Crossing

This May 4 was the 141st May Picnic, held each year on the first Saturday in May, at the adobe building on the historic site at Doan’s Crossing, on the Red River 12 miles north of Vernon. The event dates from 1884, making it the oldest continuously celebrated pioneer festival in Texas. The adobe house was built in 1881 by Jonathan Doan and Corwin F. Doan and families. Doan traded with the Ind...