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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E3X_dar-centennial-park_Gause-TX.html
DAR Centennial Park. . In 1936 the Sarah McCalla Chapter, DAR, of Cameron, created a park (about 3/4 mile upriver) at the site of Old Nashville, to commemorate the Texas State Centennial. The red rock DAR monument, to the left, was in th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E0C_milam-county-courthouse_Cameron-TX.html
Milam County Courthouse. . Created in 1835, Milam County's original boundaries extended north and west to include parts of 34 current Texas counties. Government offices were at Nashville-on-the-Brazos and Caldwell before Cameron became county seat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E0B_milam-county-courthouse_Cameron-TX.html
Milam County Courthouse. . This is the fourth structure to serve as the Milam County courthouse. The local Masonic Lodge laid the cornerstone for the building on July 4, 1891. Designed by architect A.O. Watson of Austin, the courthouse at one time…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DZ1_the-town-of-gause_Gause-TX.html
The Town of Gause. . William J. Gause (1829-1914), born in Alabama, moved to Texas in 1849, to the Brazos region in 1856, and to this locality in 1872. Buying lumber in Montgomery, he gave his friend Dan Fowler half in return for hauling it here. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DZ0_mrs-edna-westbrook-trigg_Cameron-TX.html
Mrs. Edna Westbrook Trigg. (December 30, 1868 - November 15, 1946). Pioneer leader of Texas women in rural club work. While serving as principal of a school near Milano, Mrs. Trigg was asked by the United States Department of Agriculture in 1911 t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DYZ_ben-milam_Cameron-TX.html
Ben Milam. . (Front Panel) Milam. (Right Panel) Benjamin Rush Milam born in Kentucky 1788. Soldier in the War of 18 12. Trader with the Texas Comanche Indians 1818. Colonel in the Long Expedition in 1820. Empresario from 1826 to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DYV_site-of-first-home-in-cameron_Cameron-TX.html
Site of First Home in Cameron. . Boyhood home of L. S. "Sul" Ross (1838-1898), Texas Governor from 1887 to 1891. His father Shapley P. Ross, Indian agent and Ranger, built house after moving here about 1841; he chose this site because it had a goo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27RK_sharp-presbyterian-church_Buckholts-TX.html
This church traces its history to 1872, when the Mt. Herman Cumberland Presbyterian Church was founded. It was divided into the Davilla and Leachville congregations in 1893. The Leachville church was renamed Sharp in 1902, the same year this struc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27K5_saint-michaels-catholic-church_Burlington-TX.html
Irish Catholic settlers first came to this area in 1875. The community, first called Irish Settlement, was served by visiting priests beginning in 1879. Eight families joined together in 1885 to build a church, which they dedicated to St. Michael.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PC0_bryant-station_Rogers-TX.html
Pioneer village of Milam County
Established as an
Indian trading post by
Major Benjamin F. Bryant,
frontiersman who had commanded
a company in the Battle of
San Jacinto.
Appointed Indian agent in 1842 by
Sam Houston
President of the Repub…