Paris - Hardcoverby Timothy G. Grammer (Author), Jim Bell (Author) Paris and Lamar Counties were first settled by Americans during the Republic of Texas period, but their history stretches back into dim antiquity as local Indian mounds testify. Although it was never a cow town, Paris was once home to one of the Old West's most famous cattle barons. It was never as lawless as other Western towns, but Frank James, whose brother was the infamous Jesse, at one time called