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Gaines Memorial Bridge

Milam, Sabine County

Marker Text

Named by the highway departments of Louisiana and Texas in honor of 2 brothers: JAMES GAINES, who owned and operated a ferry here 1819 to 1844 and was a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, and GENERAL PENDLETON GAINES, an officer in the U. S. Army, prominent in Louisiana history, and who was stationed near here in 1836 to observe the campaign in Texas. Texas Highway Department 1936

Marker Details

Address SH 21
Location Description Pavilion near Texas-Louisiana state line on west shore of Toledo Bend Reservoir, north of SH 21 entering Texas.
Marker # 11034
Dedicated 1936
Size, Type 1936 Texas Centennial highway marker (pink granite)
Code bridges
Latitude, Longitude 31.462127, -93.753843

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