On State Highway OSR 0.7 miles east of State Highway 6, on the right when traveling west.
A trail of adventure, hardships, opportunity and freedom, over which history stalked into Texas. To the Spanish, El Camino Real was a road traveled for the king – to colonize, Christianize, seek adventure or look for riches. This road became . . . — — Map (db m129294) HM
On State Highway OSR 0.7 miles east of State Highway 6, on the right when traveling west.
Earliest large community in Robertson's Colony. Settled by Irishmen who came to America in 1821; lived in South Carolina and then in Alabama; and in 1829 sent west an emissary, Robert Henry, to find a permanent location. In 1833, their ox-wagon . . . — — Map (db m129295) HM
On State Highway 14 at Farm to Market Road 2413, on the right when traveling north on State Highway 14.
T.W. Parker founded Bremond Colored High School in 1920 to educate young African Americans in the Bremond area. Professor Charles Love, Principal from 1925-1965, played such an integral part in the school by preparing the students that it was . . . — — Map (db m159104) HM
On U.S. 79 at Alley Street, on the right when traveling north on U.S. 79.
This community was established in 1872 and named Morgan for a railroad official. Located on the right-of-way of the International Railway Company, the town contained a depot and three stores in its first year. By 1879, the town had 200 residents and . . . — — Map (db m129299) HM
On East Decherd Street at North Owensville Street, on the right when traveling east on East Decherd Street.
The city of Franklin housed a library of 1,000 volumes in its City Hall before 1913. In February that year, Franklin Mayor R. M. Cole (1848-1931) applied to the Carnegie Corporation of New York for funds to build a new library. The Carnegie . . . — — Map (db m119605) HM
On U.S. 79 2.4 miles south of Wheelock Street (Farm to Market Road 46), on the right when traveling south.
After the Texas Revolution, Robertson County covered a vast area of 12.8 million acres from the Brazos River eastward to the Trinity River and northwest to the Cross Timbers. Situated at the southern edge of Robertson County, Franklin (later Old . . . — — Map (db m129298) HM
On U.S. 79 1.3 miles east of Farm to Market Road 46, on the right when traveling west.
Settled by people from Tennessee under an 1822 contract held by Sterling Clack Robertson (1785-1842), who later signed the Texas Declaration of Independence. Colony and county were named for him. County was created Dec. 14, 1837, organized March . . . — — Map (db m119604) HM
On North Center Street at West Decherd Street, on the left when traveling north on North Center Street.
Erected in 1882 at a cost of $30,000, this white limestone building is the fourth to serve as Robertson County Courthouse.
In 1879 the county seat had been moved for the fifth time, to Morgan, on the International & Great Northern Railroad. But . . . — — Map (db m119606) HM
On State Highway 6 at Old Hwy, on the right when traveling south on State Highway 6.
Dr. Ben F. Hammond moved here from Alabama in 1853 and built a plantation home about a mile to the west. Neighbors included James Love and Robert S. McCall. Hammond Depot and Post Office were opened at this point on the Houston & Texas Central . . . — — Map (db m159118) HM
Near Farm to Market Road 485 at Fairground Road, on the left when traveling west.
During the Second World War, Allied troops captured large numbers of Axis soldiers and transported them to prisoner of war camps established throughout the United States. More than 70 camps in Texas housed some 50,000 prisoners. In March 1942, Herne . . . — — Map (db m84665) HM
On Farm to Market Road 1940 0.1 miles east of U.S. 79.
Founded by German, Prussian, and Swiss immigrants in 1881, New Baden was named for the German town of Baden-Baden. The immigrants built a central building known as the Colony House to provide lodging for families while homes were under construction. . . . — — Map (db m119603) HM
On Bremond Street (Farm to Market Road 46) at Farm to Market Road 391, on the left when traveling north on Bremond Street.
Founded in 1833 by Colonel E. L. R. Wheelock, soldier, lawyer and educator. One of the organizers of Robertson's Colony. Captain of Texas Rangers. Died in Edwardsville, Ill, in 1846 while visiting the place of his birth. — — Map (db m129296) HM
On Farm to Market Road 391 at Bremond Street (Farm to Market Road 46), on the right when traveling west on Road 391.
Eleazar Louis Ripley Wheelock (1793-1847) came to Texas from Illinois in 1830. A surveyor for Robertson's Colony, he established a town on his land along the Old San Antonio Road. Named Wheelock in 1837, the town boasted twenty businesses by the . . . — — Map (db m129297) HM
RSS Feed