On East 1st Street at S Central Ave, on the right when traveling east on East 1st Street.
A part of Robertson's colony in 1834 and a part of the municipality of Viesca, 1835. Created in 1836 and named for Benjamin Rush Milam killed Dec. 5, 1835, in San Antonio.
When created, it contained one-sixth of the original land area of Texas. . . . — — Map (db m286776) HM
On West Market Street at South Presa Street, on the right when traveling east on West Market Street.
Born in Illinois, Charles Goodnight was brought to Milam County, Texas, as a child. He grew up on the frontier, becoming a ranger and Indian scout. During the Civil War, he served as a scout and guide in a frontier regiment. In 1865 Goodnight and . . . — — Map (db m227465) HM
On South Fannin Ave at East Main Street, on the left when traveling south on South Fannin Ave.
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 techniques. At the request of the United States Department of Agriculture, Mrs. Edna Westbrook . . . — — Map (db m84662) HM
On East Main Street at South Fannin Avenue, on the right when traveling east on East Main Street.
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 Commissioners awarded a contract to the Pauly Jail Building and Manufacturing Company of St. . . . — — Map (db m305377) HM
On County Route 203 at Peaceful Valley Road, on the right when traveling west on County Route 203.
Alabama native Sampson Connell, Jr. (b. 1822) came to Texas with his family in 1834. Sampson, his father, and his brother participated at the Battle of San Jacinto in 1836. For his efforts, Sampson received a land grant in Washington County. He . . . — — Map (db m92902) HM
On South Fant Street (State Highway 22) at East River Street (U.S. 76), on the right when traveling north on South Fant Street.
The location of the Anderson County Courthouse Annex on the corner of Fant and River Street has unique significance to Anderson's history. The site is the location of the 1865 federal encampment of the First Maine, 33rd Regiment, United States . . . — — Map (db m19838) HM
On East 1st Street at South Central Avenue, on the right when traveling east on East 1st Street.
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 to supervise Texas' first Girls' Tomato Club. Her role included . . . — — Map (db m129323) HM
On W Buck Street at S Hill Street, on the right when traveling south on W Buck Street.
Founded 1840 by Lewis L. Chiles, a veteran of Battle of San Jacinto. Named for Mathew "Old Paint" Caldwell, Indian fighter and signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. This was county seat, Milam County, in 1845; since 1846 county seat of . . . — — Map (db m286766) HM
On West Hickory Street at North Locust Street (U.S. 77/377), on the left when traveling east on West Hickory Street.
Edna Westbrook Trigg (1868-1946) was the first county home demonstration agent appointed in Texas in 1915, serving in Denton County from February 1916 through December 1937. She was named Denton County home demonstration emeritus from January 1, . . . — — Map (db m121785) HM
On West 2nd Street (State Highway 22) near North 24th Street, on the right when traveling east.
Born in 1790 in North Carolina, James Clinton Neill came to Texas in 1831 with Stephen F. Austin's third colony. He settled in Milam County, and represented his neighbors at the Convention of 1833. On September 28, 1835, Neill entered the Texas Army . . . — — Map (db m63149) HM
On South Main Street (Farm to Market Road 2268) at College Hill Drive, on the right when traveling north on South Main Street.
Elijah Sterling Clack Robertson was born in Giles County, Tennessee, August 23, 1820. His father, Empresario S.C. Robertson, brought him to Texas to learn Spanish and to help him in his land office translating and copying land grants to Spanish. For . . . — — Map (db m212459) HM
On East 1st Street at Oak Street, on the right when traveling east on East 1st Street.
Originally known as Rockdale Cemetery, Old City Cemetery was established the same year that Rockdale was founded in 1874. Many of Rockdale's early residents and businessmen who helped shape the city are buried in the Old City Cemetery. The . . . — — Map (db m210605) HM
On East Main Street at South Fannin Avenue, on the right when traveling west on East Main Street.
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 in 1846. Two frame buildings . . . — — Map (db m129398) HM
On South 31st Street at Scott Blvd, on the right when traveling north on South 31st Street.
Wilma Carlton was born in Columbus, Texas, on September 25, 1882, the first child of Mississippi natives Senie Needham and Thomas Jefferson Carlton. The family settled in the Pin Oak area of Milam County by 1880 and grew to include three more . . . — — Map (db m207336) HM
On West 2nd Street at North Travis Avenue, on the right when traveling west on West 2nd Street.
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 the first Methodist preachers came to Texas. By 1847, the Rev. Josiah Whipple had helped to organize . . . — — Map (db m129327) HM
On Farm to Market Road 487, on the right when traveling north.
A Presbytery consisting of W. Beasley, L. Williams, P. T. Corneal, and E. Allison met at Mumford Springs, Milam County, Texas (present day Davilla) to organize Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church in 1866. From 1868 to 1870 the congregation held . . . — — Map (db m147942) HM
On County Road 264 north of County Road 364, on the right when traveling north.
Sugarloaf Mountain is located near the confluence of Little River and Brazos River and is capped with a red sandstone rock. A large American Indian group lived in a village known as Rancheria Grande de los Ervipiame. Remnants of twenty-two . . . — — Map (db m267511) HM
On Congress Avenue at West 6th Street, on the right when traveling south on Congress Avenue.
Alabama native Emerson Monroe Scarbrough (1846-1925) came to Texas following service in the Civil War and settled in Milam County, where he was a successful merchant. He opened a branch of his business, Scarbrough and Hicks, on Congress Avenue in . . . — — Map (db m25731) HM
On Wyoming Avenue at North Cebada Street, on the right when traveling west on Wyoming Avenue.
Dr. Lawrence Aaron Nixon was a pivotal figure in Texas civil rights. Born in Marshall, Harrison County, Texas, he attended Wiley College and Meharry Medical College and became a physician. He began his medical practice in Cameron, Milam County. . . . — — Map (db m60729) HM
On County Road 264 north of County Road 364, on the right when traveling north.
The Sugarloaf Bridge is a 234-foot long, pin-connected Parker through truss bridge located over the Little River near historic Sugarloaf Mountain in Milam County. Parker trusses such as this one, were developed by C.H. Parker in a series of patents . . . — — Map (db m267513) HM
Near County Highway 254 0.5 miles west of Farm to Market Road 2039.
Also known as the Old Tunis Cemetery, this burial ground originally served a pioneer area of the fertile Brazos Valley. Graves date from the 1840s, and John and Sarah Wright Echols formally set aside land in 1867 for this graveyard and a Baptist . . . — — Map (db m220019) HM
On West Buck Street at South Main Street (Loop State Highway 83), on the right when traveling west on West Buck Street.
In 1840 the Republic of Texas Congress annexed to Milam County all of Washington County north of Yegua Creek and west of the Brazos River. The name Caldwell, which honored Mathew "Old Paint" Caldwell, a noted pioneer and a signer of the Texas . . . — — Map (db m125666) HM
Born to Cyrus C. Campbell (1810-1883) and Rebecca Elizabeth Robbins (1818-1846), Cyrus Maxwell Campbell was raised near Travis (Austin County). At the age of 21, he enlisted in the Confederate Army at the beginning of the Civil War, serving in the . . . — — Map (db m207091) HM
On West Buck Street at South Moore Street, on the right when traveling west on West Buck Street.
This congregation was organized by the Rev. Hugh Wilson, an early Presbyterian missionary noted for his active work on the Texas frontier. Although the first account of the church appears in an 1850 document, it is likely that the congregation was . . . — — Map (db m204236) HM
On North 22nd Street 0.1 miles north of East Main Street (U.S. 84), on the right when traveling north.
Born in Warren County, Ohio, to Asahel C. and Meeky (Bobo) Bates, John Calhoun Bates completed his medical study at the Eclectic Medical Institute in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1850. He then moved to Florida where he began practicing medicine. Dr. Bates . . . — — Map (db m217499) HM
On Washington Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
In January 1850, the Texas Legislature created McLennan County from portions of Robertson and Milam counties, naming it for Neil McLennan, who had settled along the South Bosque River. In September of that year, the Commissioners Court began . . . — — Map (db m141199) HM
On East Mitchell Street at Beech Street, on the right when traveling east on East Mitchell Street.
This congregation, organized in 1869 as the Calvert Methodist Church, built its first sanctuary on this site in 1872. Among the early pastors were (1885-86) the Rev. Seth Ward, later first native Texan to be named a Methodist bishop; and (1895-99) . . . — — Map (db m168329) HM
Near Landa Park Drive 0.1 miles north of Monument Drive, on the right when traveling north.
The Old San Antonio Road, popularly known as El Camino Real, is one of the state's oldest and most significant of the trans-Texas routes and most famous of the early historic trails.
Camino Real (royal road), variously known . . . — — Map (db m211947) HM
On U.S. 83 north of Domingo Ave, on the right when traveling north.
The Old San Antonio Road, popularly known as El Camino Real, is one of the state's oldest and most significant of the trans-Texas routes and most famous of the early historic trails.
Camino Real (royal road), variously known . . . — — Map (db m288957) HM
On Worth Street (Farm to Market Road 83) at South Oak Street, on the right when traveling west on Worth Street.
A borderland between Spain and the United States, 1803-1819...Entry for many Anglo-American colonists and travelers after 1820, first included in the municipality of Nacogdoches; After 1832 in the municipality of San Augustine; On December 15, 1835, . . . — — Map (db m240814) HM
Near this site about 1850, according to local tradition, worshipers gathered in a simple log house to hear Methodist Minister Joseph P. Sneed deliver a sermon. The house, long since removed, is considered the first Waco church building, and . . . — — Map (db m303639) HM
On West Cameron Avenue (U.S. 79) 0.1 miles east of Childress Drive, on the right when traveling east.
Beginning in the late 1920s, the use of petrified wood in construction became popular in Texas and throughout the American Southwest. This was due in part to the design of National Park Service Buildings in the West which utilized natural materials . . . — — Map (db m210587) HM
On Staked Plains Blvd., on the right when traveling north.
Soon after Texas became a republic in 1836, the government divided land in this area for settlement. Ample timber, fresh water sources and wildlife attracted many to establish communities along Brushy Creek. The Legislature organized these . . . — — Map (db m173617) HM
On State Highway 6 0.3 miles north of County Road 223, on the right when traveling south.
Created Jan. 28, 1850, from Limestone and Milam counties. Organized Aug. 5, 1850. Named for falls on the Brazos River which flow through the center of the county.
White colonization in the area pre-dates the Texas Revolution, but colonists fled . . . — — Map (db m208477) HM
On U.S. 190 0.2 miles County Road 104, on the right when traveling east. Reported missing.
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 . . . — — Map (db m286780) HM
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 had formerly lived.
Seat of justice
Milam Municipality, 1836
Milam County, . . . — — Map (db m129321) HM
Near Farm to Market Road 908 at County Road 428, on the right when traveling west.
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 been inhabited by humans for at least 10,000 years. During the eighteenth century, the land was . . . — — Map (db m84807) HM
On East 4th Street at Martin Luther King Drive, on the right when traveling east on East 4th Street.
From 1872 until the late 1960s, the East Ward supported a vibrant African American business community with upwards of 50 churches and thriving businesses that served both the neighborhood and the surrounding area.
Captions . . . — — Map (db m211847) HM
On Farm to Market Road 2484 at Youngsport Loop, on the left when traveling south on Road 2484.
In January 1846, Francis L. Mudd received one-third of a league of land in this area along the Lampasas River. Four years later, the property became part of the newly created Bell County, carved out of Milam County, the next year, Michael Young . . . — — Map (db m304758) HM
On East 3rd Street at Plum Street, on the right when traveling east on East 3rd Street.
Members established this church in 1872, under the guidance of the Rev. Riley Williams. Though buildings have changed, the congregation still gathers on the same land they met on that year. Members have emphasized outreach through both local . . . — — Map (db m210611) HM
On North Main Street (County Route 908) at East Davilla Avenue, on the right when traveling north on North Main Street.
In 1947, E.L. Bryan and the Foy Arrington family bought a surplus quonset hut, one of the thousands of the all-purpose metal buildings made during World War II. The hut was moved to Rockdale to become the core of the second movie theater in town. . . . — — Map (db m74395) HM
On Tucker Street, on the right when traveling north.
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 — — Map (db m150846) HM
This church, the first Associate Reformed Presbyterian congregation in what is now Anderson County, was organized about 1790 about 1 1/2 mi. SW of this site. Rev. Robert Irwin, its first regular minister, served from 1803 until his death in . . . — — Map (db m11747) HM
On Farm to Market Road 908 at County Road 428, on the right when traveling west on Road 908.
In the early 20th century, Milam County was growing in
population and developing rapidly thanks to an
agricultural economy fueled by cotton and other crops.
Most smaller rural communities depended on good roads
and infrastructure to get . . . — — Map (db m286933) HM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
