Preston, Lancashire the many large active Roman Catholic parish churches is St Thomas of Canterbury and the English Martyrs, located on Garstang Road. Preston was the location of the world's first foreign mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (commonly known as the Mormons). As early as 1837 the first Mormon missionaries to Great Britain began preaching in Preston and, in particular, other small towns situated along the River Ribble. Preston is home to the world's oldest continuous branch (a small congregation) of the LDS Church. An official memorial to the church pioneers may be found in the
Preston Trail Preston, where it joined the Texas Road. The Texas Road then crossed the Red River as it headed north into Missouri. Today Texas State Highway 289, also known as the modern Preston Road, closely follows the path of the original Preston Trail. Preston Road is a major commercial roadway that stretches from the heart of Dallas, Texas north through the suburbs of Plano, Frisco, Prosper and Celina. The road is named after and follows the general route of the original trail. Statues installed along the road in Frisco, Texas, depict the Native Americans, cattle drives, and settlers that used the