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 that park
which . . . — — Map (db m129401) HM
In 1877, a group of settlers gathered to found Gause Baptist Church. W.T.N. Beasley of Rockdale served as pastor. In 1889, services were discontinued but Sunday School remained active. In 1893, the congregation was reorganized and services moved to . . . — — Map (db m267510) 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
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
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
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. The two . . . — — Map (db m129322) HM
