On North Travis Avenue at West 2nd Street, on the right when traveling south on North Travis Avenue.
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 Diocese of Texas purchased this property from A. J. and Jennie Dossett in 1906. This structure was . . . — — Map (db m129326) HM
On East Main Street at South Central Avenue, on the right when traveling west on East Main Street.
(Front Panel)
Milam
(Right Panel)
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
in 1820. . . . — — Map (db m129324) HM
On West Main Street at South Crockett Avenue, on the right when traveling west on West Main Street.
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 pastor in 1867. Membership was extended to the community's Mexican-Americans in 1914, and in 1919 . . . — — Map (db m150936) 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 North Houston Avenue at West 1st Street, on the right when traveling south on North Houston Avenue.
Two banks operated in Cameron prior to the establishment of the First National Bank. The Buckholts Exchange Commission, a small frontier deposit office, faltered during the Civil War, and the Milam County Bank closed during the panic of 1895. On . . . — — Map (db m129325) 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 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
On North Travis Avenue (U.S. 77), on the right when traveling south.
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 m129328) 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 Central Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
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. Designed by architect A.O. Watson of Austin, the courthouse at one time featured a Second Empire . . . — — Map (db m201936) 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 m84663) 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 West 6th Street west of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, on the right when traveling west.
Early efforts to serve the educational needs of Cameron's African American students centered on church instruction at a place called "Little Rocky" Church in the Marlow Community. In 1923, Oscar John Thomas (1894-1977) joined the district to serve . . . — — Map (db m150904) HM
On North Lamar Avenue north of East 4th Street (U.S. 190), on the right when traveling north.
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 after moving here about 1841; he chose this site because it had a good spring. L. S. Ross, who was a . . . — — Map (db m129329) HM
On South Nolan Avenue south of West Gillis Street, on the right when traveling south.
Founded in 1883, the congregation of St. Monica's Catholic Church erected this structure in 1927-28 after a fire had destroyed their previous place of worship. The building exhibits influences of both Palladian and Italian Romanesque architectural . . . — — Map (db m150905) HM
On U.S. 77/190, 0.3 miles north of County Highway 2095, on the right when traveling north.
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
to J. W. McCown and Co., mer-
chants at Cameron. The . . . — — Map (db m74414) HM
On East 5th Street east of North Fannin Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
In 1883, Benajah Jefferson "B.J." Baskin moved to Cameron with his wife, Anna Lou (Pitts), and extended family from Alabama. Baskin and his brothers-in-law bought a mercantile; he also ventured successfully into farming and ranching. Anna died in . . . — — Map (db m150950) HM
On West Batte Street at South College Avenue, on the right when traveling east on West Batte Street.
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 community of Burlington. As a young man, Matocha began working for the Law and Sprinkel Hardware . . . — — Map (db m150907) HM
