Historical Markers of Texas

7937 All Saints Episcopal Church 1 block off US 190 on right-hand side of road Episcopal worship services were held in Cameron as early as 1860, though All Saints Episcopal Church was not organized as a mission until 1901. The ... 17269 Apache Pass River Crossing eight miles from Rockdale on CR 908 THE CROSSING OVER THE SAN XAVIER (SAN GABRIEL) RIVER IN MILAM COUNTY HAS BEEN USED AS A PASSAGEWAY FOR CENTURIES. EVIDENCE SHOWS THAT THE AREA HAS ...

7984 Ben Milam S. Central Ave. and E. Main St. Benjamin Rush Milam, born in Kentucky 1788. Soldier in the War of 1812. Trader with the Texas Comanche Indians, 1818. Colonel in the Long Expedition ... 7939 Bryant Station US 190 at picnic area, approx. 6 mi. W of Buckholts Pioneer village of Milam County established as an Indian trading post by Major Benjamin F. Bryant, frontiersman who had commanded a company in the ... 13493 Buckholts Brethren Church 606 N. 4th Street As early as 1848, Bohemian and Moravian immigrants of the Unity of the Brethren faith arrived in Texas. The Protestant denomination began with Czech ... 15079 Buckholts SPJST Lodge Hall 600 E. Hwy 36 In 1879, Central Texas Czechs organized Slovanska Podporujici Jednota Statu Texas (SPJST), a fraternal society that promoted social activities and ... 13561 Burlington Cemetery 1 mi E on CR 133B Members of the German Evangelical Lutheran Church of Burlington established this cemetery in 1917. Land for the cemetery once belonged to Michael ... 18575 Bushdale Cemetery FM 908 7938 Bushdale Community FM 908 4 mi. NW of Rockdale, on roadside pull-off near Bushdale Cemetery The community of Bushdale was founded in this area of Milam County by German immigrants in the 1870s. Within ten years the population of the county ...

13850 City of Rockdale 140 W Cameron Ave Rockdale began as a railroad town in 1874 along a new line of the International & Great Northern. It grew quickly as a shipping point and soon boasted ... 20070 Coffield House Rockdale Chamber of Commerce, W. Cameron Ave. (US 79) S side, 300 feet E of Childress Dr. Beginning in the late 1920s, the use of petrified wood in construction became popular in Texas and throughout the American Southwest. This was due ...

7975 Daniel and Precilla Gilleland 8 mi. W of Rockdale on FM 487, south side 0.1 mi. E of FM 1600 Among the first Anglo American settlers to come to Texas with colonizer Stephen F. Austin, Daniel (b. 1795) and Precilla Boatwright (b. 1803) Gilleland ... 7942 Davilla Baptist Church from Rogers go S on FR 437 about 11.5 mi. to LR 487, E .5 mi. A Presbytery consisting of W. Beasley, L. Williams, P. T. Corneal, and E. Allison met at Mumford Springs, Milam County, Texas (present day Davilla) ... 7941 Dr. Nathan Cass House ("Ne Plus Ultra") now called the Magnolia House; turn right at stop light on US 190 Constructed in 1895 as the residence of noted Cameron physician and community leader Dr. Nathan Cass (1849-1906), this house is an outstanding example ...

7944 First Baptist Church of Cameron Corner of S. Crockett Ave. and W. Main St., 400 W. Main St, Cameron Itinerant ministers J. W. D. Creath and David Fisher organized this church in 1853. The Rev. T. M. Anderson became the congregation's first resident ... 12154 First Baptist Church of Rockdale 240 Green Street The community of Rockdale sprang up around a railroad camp in 1873. The Rev. B. B. Baxter arrived in 1874 and established a Baptist church with 18 ... 7945 First Christian Church of Rockdale 231 N. Burleson Organized in 1887, this church was first served by the Rev. A. J. Bush, Sr. (1846-1920), a Civil War veteran who was instrumental in establishing ... 7946 First Girl's Tomato Club in Texas on museum lawn, NW corner of 201 E. Main and S. Fannin St. The first Girl's Tomato Clubs in Texas were organized in 1912 in Milam County to acquaint young women in rural areas with tomato production and canning ... 16507 First National Bank of Cameron Northwest corner of N. Houston Ave. and W. First St. Two banks operated in Cameron prior to the establishment of the First National Bank. The Buckholts Exchange Commission, a small frontier deposit ... 7948 First Presbyterian Church of Maysfield FM 485 N and CR 254 Organized in August 1873 by the Rev. Levi Tenney (1823-1907), with nine members. One of two original ruling elders was early settler T. N. Mayes ... 7949 First United Methodist Church of Cameron S. Travis and W. 2nd St. This congregation began as part of the early Methodist missionary effort in Texas. A camp meeting was held in Milam County in 1841, four years after ... 7951 Friendship Methodist Church from Rogers S on FR 487 10 miles to FM 1915 approx. 4.2 miles in front of church As early as the 1870s, Methodist worship services for pioneers of the Friendship community were conducted by circuit riders in a one-room schoolhouse ... 14715 Friendship School, Site of Davilla 17436 Friendship United Methodist Church Cemetery Located behind the old Friendship United Methodist Church on FM Road 1915, 3.5 mi E of Davilla and 8 mi S of Buckholts. William T. Walker (1824-1885) was an early settler in this area, establishing a Methodist church at Friendship in 1872 and serving as a trustee until ...

23586 Gause Baptist Church marker pending marker pending 24231 Gause Methodist Church Gause Methodist Church, 204 W. Walnut St., Gause, TX It is believed that Methodist worship services in Gause occurred sporadically at first and by 1875 more regularly in the William J. Gause home. By ... 13786 Gause Peaceful Rest Cemetery Willow St. Historic Texas Cemetery - 2005 (HTC medallion only) 7976 George Green in Oak Hill Cemetery (far south part in old section) (Star and Wreath) San Jacinto veteran, Texas War for Independence. Ranger, surveyor, honored citizen of Milam County. Erected by the State of Texas, ... 7993 George Sessions Perry 201 Ackerman in courtyard of Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library The son of Andrew and Laura Perry, George Sessions Perry was born May 5, 1910, in Rockdale. In 1933, he married Claire Hodges of Beaumont. Four years ... 7977 Green-Batte House Cameron Now enclosed, original cabin on site was built of logs and bricks both made nearby, 1847. Owner was George Green (1813-1885), prominent early surveyor ...

7978 Hope Lutheran Church US 190 - left on 10th St. at corner of Avenue B Founded in 1890, this congregation began with twelve charter members led by German missionary Julius Schroeder. Early worship services were held ... 17437 Hope Lutheran Memorial Park West of Buckholts, 0.4 mi N of SH 36 on Cemetery Rd. Anticipating the needs of its members, the German Evangelisch Lutheran Hoffnung Church of Buckholts purchased the original 1.5 acres for this burial ...

13466 International & Great Northern Railroad Passenger Depot 100 N Main St Three rail lines largely contributed to Rockdale's early commercial development, and of the three, the International & Great Northern (I&GN) made ...

13787 Jewish Cemetery between Oak St. and Mulberry St. The International & Great Northern Railroad reached the new town of Rockdale in January 1874. Among the early residents were brothers Benjamin and ... 7952 John Garner Waddle Cemetery, on Alcoa Plant property. Restricted access; make appointment with administration office. Map dot approximate. Texas War for Independence veteran. He helped destroy Vince's Bridge, April 21, 1836. Erected by the State of Texas 1962. 12155 John Hobson 4.5 mi. E of Cameron on CR 227. in Hobson Cemetery Born in Nashville, Tennessee, to John and Susannah Harris Hobson, John Hobson moved to Texas in 1835 and was received as a Robertson colonist in ...

12877 La Recluta and La Escuelita 2.5 mi. E of Rockdale on US 79 La Recluta and La Escuelita Jose Leal received six leagues of land in this area in 1833. In 1867, coal was discovered, and the railroad reached Rockdale ... 22755 Lawrence-Hubert House (RTHL) 312 N. Central Ave. marker pending 15219 Lewis Family Cemetery Buckholts, 3.3 mi S on FM 1915 This family burial ground has roots in Sterling C. Robertston's colonies of the 1830s. Thomas Curry, born in 1771 in South Carolina, married Satsay ... 7979 Lilac 5 miles east of Davilla on FM 487 at its intersection with FM 3061 Primarily a farming and stockraising settlement, Lilac was originally known as Oak Point. Dr. John H. Graves, a dentist and planter, brought his ... 12314 Lilac Cemetery 5 miles east of Davilla on FM 487 at FM 3061 Dr. John Herndon Graves (1807-1889) and his family settled in this area in 1858. They acquired several large tracts of land over time, and Dr. Graves' ... 7980 Little River Baptist Church and Cemetery from Maysfield, 2.5 mi. W on FM 485, then 3.5 mi. N on FM 979 Organized in 1849 with eight members. Met in local homes for worship. First building was a small log cabin. Church grew as settlers entered area. ... 7982 Locklin Cemetery From San Gabriel, 1 mi. S on FM 486 Abigale McLennan Fokes acquired a Mexican land grant here in 1835. Peter M. Mercer established a blacksmith shop in this area in the early 1840s. ...

7943 Massillon Farley old section of Oak Hill Cemetery A soldier of the Texas army stationed at the camp at Harrisburg, April 21, 1836. First chief justice (county judge) of Milam County. Died in 1882. ... 13431 Matinee Musical Club 305 E Davilla Ave In January 1909, Mary Ann (Coffield) Perry organized the Matinee Musical Club on the front porch of her home at this site. Pearl Cauthon served as ... 7983 Maysfield United Methodist Church FM 485 N / CR 254 Though area Methodists met as early as 1847, this church was not formally organized until 1854. Itinerant preachers of the Cameron-Port Sullivan-Maysfield ... 7985 Milam County on US 77 across from Cameron Municipal Airpark in front of Cameron Oaks Apts., .8 mi. from Cameron A part of Robertson's colony in 1834. A part of the municipality of Viesca, 1835. Named changed to Milam, December 27, 1835 in honor of Benjamin ... 7986 Milam County Courthouse west side of Courthouse on S. Central Ave. 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. ... 14048 Milam County Jail of 1895 lawn of museum on Fannin St. When the 1875 Milam County Jailhouse grew too crowded in the 1890s, it was removed to make room for larger facilities. In March 1895, the Milam County ... 16711 Minerva-Midway Cemetery Hwy 77 S. to E. on CR 232 Loop, .5 mi. to curve, cemetery on the E. side of the road 16376 Moss Ragsdale Cemetery 1142 CR 412B The cemetery at this site was first used as a burial ground in the 1850s, but the land was not formally set aside for this purpose until a 1902 warranty ... 7991 Mount Zion Baptist Church west on FM 487 1.3 mi. from Rockdale, 4.7 mi. on FM 1712 Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, organized in 1872 (4.5 mi. W), and Fellowship Baptist Church, formed about 1877 in Minerva (2 mi. N), merged in 1895 ... 8006 Mrs. Edna Westbrook Trigg Courthouse (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. ... 13295 Mt. Homer Baptist Church Cemetery from Milano, travel S on SH 36, W on CR 327, S on CR 308A to cemetery gate This site was originally known as Watson Cemetery and used for burials of Watson and Williams family members. It transferred to trustees of Mt. Homer ... 14256 Murray Cemetery Rockdale, FM 487 - 4.5 mi N of Rockdale Originally named Pleasant Grove Cemetery, this burial ground was at first associated with the Pleasant Grove Community. The settlement's school was ...

12447 New Providence Primitive Baptist Church 2 miles west of Maysfield on FM 485, at FM 979 Constituted in 1866 with eight charter members, New Providence Primitive Baptist Church has served this rural area of Milam County for over a century. ... 17438 North Elm Cemetery on Co. Rd. 145, 10 mi NW of Cameron. Take U.S. Hwy 77 N from Cameron to FM 485; turn left and travel 1 mile. The cemetery is on the right. Many of the settlers of North Elm came from Alabama beginning in 1867, including John George Lagrone (1792-1870), whose dated gravestone is the oldest ...

12894 O.J. Thomas High School 6th Street between N. Orchard and MLK O.J. Thomas High School Early efforts to serve the educational needs of Cameron's African American students centered on church instruction at a place ... 20118 Old City Cemetery marker pending marker pending

15728 Pin Oak Cemetery 10530 FM 2095 This burial ground, which extends along Pin Oak Creek, has served the rural Pin Oak Settlement, as well as the surrounding gause, hanover and liberty ... 7950 Port Sullivan 9 mi. E on FM 485, 1.3 mi. N on CR 260, reported damaged 10.2018 Early important trade and educational center. Established by Augustus W. Sullivan in 1835. River navigation extended to this point for many years. ... 14570 Port Sullivan Cemetery Maysfield, FM 485 E to Co. Rd. 259, N to Co. Rd. 259A, NE to cemetery In 1851, Reuben Anderson encouraged development of a townsite on Augustus Sullivan's land; two of Anderson's sons bought the first lots sold in Port ...

12891 R. F. and Minta Pool House 901 East 8th St R. F. and Minta Pool House Developer Jefferson D. Hefley completed this house in 1902 as part of his Hefley Heights subdivision. R.F. and Minta (Fraim) ... 12561 Railroads in Rockdale 100 N. Main St. Rockdale owes its founding to the International & Great Northern rail line, along which the town was laid out in 1873-74. The railroad gave area ... 18116 Rainbow Tourist Camp and Courts 915 E. Cameron Ave. In the first decades of the twentieth century, affordable roadside accommodations began with campsites equipped with amenities. These eventually ... 10946 Rev. Joseph P. Sneed From Maysfield, 2 mi. W on FM 485, 8 mi. NE on FM 979, 2.4 mi. NW on FM 2027, left on CR 270, right at gate, left fork. (Jan. 10, 1804 - Nov. 21, 1881) A Methodist minister. Licensed 1828, Tennessee. After a Texas visit in 1834, volunteered as a missionary to Texas ...

7995 S. S. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church NW of Cameron on Fm 2269, 6.5 mi., Marak Through the efforts of fellow immigrant Joseph Russek, many Czech families came to this area of Milam County in the 1880s. The first Catholic Mass ... 7997 Saint Michael's Catholic Church US 77 north of Cameron, FM 1963 / Church Ave. Irish Catholic settlers first came to this area in 1875. The community, first called Irish Settlement, was served by visiting priests beginning in ... 8000 Salty Community 6.4 mi. SE of thorndale on US 79, south on Milam County Rd. 446 3.7 mi. - in front of Salty church Settled in 1860s; named for Salty Creek, cattle licks. Joseph and Sarah Frasure gave site for Methodist Church, 1871. Earliest burial in cemetery ... 20015 San Andres Masonic Lodge No. 170, A.F. & A.M. 106 W. 6th St. 22844 San Gabriel Baptist Church marker pending marker pending 13202 San Gabriel Christian Church San Gabriel community, CR 421 west of FM 486. Marker reported damaged and in temporary storage following Apr. 2019 tornado damage. Noted for its many streams and fertile soil, this area of Texas has long been inhabited. Early European institutions included three 18th-century ... 8001 Sharp FR 487, 14 mi. west of Rockdale A farming and ranching community, Sharp traces its origins to the years immediately after the Civil War when settlers, attracted by the fertile black ... 12315 Sharp Cemetery 14 miles northwest of Rockdale on FM 487 The earliest marked grave in this graveyard is that of Susan F. Dilworth, who died in January 1880. John Gordon and his wife M. L. Gordon deeded ... 8002 Sharp General Store 6 mi. NE on FM 486, 2 mi. W on FM 487 Civil War veteran Daniel G. Davis, Sr. (1836-1927) built this structure in two stages in 1895 and 1896. The Sharp General Store, which Davis and ... 8003 Sharp Presbyterian Church FR 487 approx. 14 mi. west of Rockdale; from MCR 407, 4 mi. east on FR 487 This church traces its history to 1872, when the Mt. Herman Cumberland Presbyterian Church was founded. It was divided into the Davilla and Leachville ... 7947 Site of First Home in Cameron in city park at 4th St. W (US 90) and Lamar Ave. N, next to Cameron Gospel Tabernacle 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 ... 7940 Site of Major Bryant's Home US 190 at picnic area, approx. 6 mi. W from Buckholts Home and trading post stood six miles southeast of this marker. 14050 Site of Mission San Francisco Xavier de Los Dolores Rockdale Established by Franciscan missionaries in 1749 with the hope of civilizing and christianizing the Coco, Mayeye, Orcoquiza, Karankawa, and other tribes ... 12567 Site of Mundine Hotel 101 N. Main St. The Mundine Hotel stood on this site from its construction in 1880 until its destruction by fire in 1888. Completed six years after Rockdale incorporated ... 7988 Site of the Mission Nuestra Senora de la Candelaria CR 432 Established by Franciscan missionaries in 1749 with the hope of civilizing and christianizing the Coco, Mayeye, Orcoquiza, Karankawa, and other tribes ... 7990 Site of the Mission San Ildefonso CR 429 Established by Franciscan missionaries in 1749 with the hope of civilizing and christianizing the Coco, Mayeye, Orcoquiza, Karankawa, and other tribes ... 7992 Site of the Town of Nashville 5 mi. north of Gause on US 79 at road side pull-off on west side of highway Surveyed in the fall of 1835 as the capital of Robertson's colony. Named for Nashville, Tennessee where Sterling C. Robertson and many of his colonists ... 13527 Springfield Missionary Baptist Church 232 East Third Avenue Members established this church in 1872, under the guidance of the Rev. Riley Williams. Though buildings have changed, the congregation still gather ... 17442 St. John Lutheran Church 314 North 6th Street Although members began meeting in January 1902, St. John Lutheran Church formally organized December 26, 1903, under the leadership of the Rev. Carl ... 7996 St. John Lutheran Church Cemetery 3 mi. north of Thorndale on CR 437 The small agricultural community of Detmold was settled near the turn of the century by German immigrants. In 1900, local residents Carl Fick, August ... 23902 St. John's United Methodist Church 1700 Hillcrest Dr. From the town’s founding in 1874, Rockdale methodists worshipped in shared facilities. The first methodist pastor to serve in Rockdale was reverend ... 13578 St. Michael's Cemetery 1 mi. E of Burlington on CR 133B; adjacent to Burlington Cemetery St. Michael’s Cemetery is a link to the early Irish Catholic settler and parishioners of St. Michael’s Catholic Church of Burlington, formerly known ... 7998 St. Monica's Catholic Church 306 S. Nolan St. Founded in 1883, the congregation erected this structure in 1927-28 after a fire had destroyed their previous place of worship. The building exhibits ... 12156 St. Paul Luthern Church, School and Cemetery 101 N. 3rd St. August Polnick and his family moved from Lee County to Thorndale in 1881. The family were the first recorded Germans and also the first Lutherans ... 7999 St. Thomas Episcopal Church 302 E. Davilla Earliest Episcopal services in Rockdale were held in 1875 in a store, where other faiths also worshiped. On Dec. 19, 1876, Bishop Alexander Gregg ... 8004 Steamboat Washington Landed Here US 190/77, 1.5 mi. from Cameron In the winter of 1850-1851 with Captain Basil M. Hatfield, commander, the Steamboat Washington landed here with a shipment of merchandise from Washington-on-the-Brazos ... 17333 Sugarloaf Mountain Marker to be placed by the Faubian/Sugarloaf Bridge in a small park on the west side of restored Historic Faubian Bridge approx 1/4 mile from the base of Mountain on CR 264 SUGARLOAF MOUNTAIN SUGARLOAF MOUNTAIN IS LOCATED NEAR THE CONFLUENCE OF LITTLE RIVER AND BRAZOS RIVER AND IS CAPPED WITH RED SANDSTONE ROCK. A LARGE ...

12988 The B. J. and Sue Dollar Baskin Home Cameron, 202 E. 5th The B.J. and Sue Dollar Baskin Home In 1883, Benajah Jefferson "B.J." Baskin moved to Cameron with his wife, Anna Lou (Ppitts), and extended family ... 17630 The Kay Theater 352 North Main Street In 1947, E. L. Bryan and the Foy Arrington family bought a surplus Quonset Hut, one of thousands of the all-purpose metal buildings made during World ... 7953 The Town of Gause in parking lot for carpool parking 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 ...

12457 Urban Cemetery 1 mile west of Sharp on FM 487, then 0.7 mile south on CR 414 and 0.3 mile east on CR 412 This burial ground is named for Julius Paul Urban (1848-1923), a Wendish immigrant who deeded 1.05 acres of land for use as a cemetery in the late ...

8007 Val Verde Baptist Church S of Rogers on FR437 approx. 6 mi, W on FM 2268 approx 1 mi in churchyard, next to cemetery Val Verde Baptist Church traces its history to 1875, when eight members of the Baptist Church in Davilla joined together to organize a congregation ...

13577 Walkers Creek Cemetery Cameron, N on US 77, E on FM 485, N on CR 140 The Walkers Creek community was named for W.H. Walker, who moved to the area in the 1830s. Tennessee native Richard W. Cage settled in the area with ... 8008 Westbrook-Walker Cemetery CR 236, about 0.4 mi. S of CR 237, east side of the road. The cemetery is 0.25 mi. southeast of the marker, accessed through private property. (One-fourth miles southeast) Georgia native Ervin Westbrook and his wife Rachel McCorra Walker left their Mississippi farm for Texas in 1858. They ... 16508 Wied Hardware Store 413 West Batte Albert J. Matocha was born in Austria-Hungary in 1876 and immigrated to Texas with his family as a young boy; the family made their home in the nearby ... 8005 William Carroll Sypert take FR 487 south to cemetery, .8 mi. in far east section (Nov. 15, 1815 - July 18, 1885) A native of Tennessee, William C. Sypert entered the army of the Republic of Texas in 1836 at the age of 20. He returned ... 7994 William Persky off FR 487 east of Sharp community, approx. .5 mi. in NW section of cemetery - very last tombstone on extreme NW side (Nov. 21, 1844 - Feb. 9, 1945) A native of Germany, William Persky migrated to the United States with his family at the age of eight. He enlisted ... 13691 Williams-Atkinson Homestead Off CR 255 on private property. This house, built in 1893, was the vision of Thomas Herbert Williams, a South Carolina native and descendant of Rhode Island founder Roger Williams, ... 17666 Wilson-Ledbetter Park Cameron In 1914, Lizzie Batey Ledbetter Wilson deeded twenty-five acres to the City of Cameron, relating in her deed “her consideration of the love and affection ... 22849 Worley Bridge On CR 428 at the San Gabriel River near FM 908. Marker pending. marker pending.