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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DXB_el-camino-real_Bryan-TX.html
El Camino Real. Also known as Old San Antonio Road and Old Spanish Trail. 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 coloniz…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DX0_staggers-point_Bryan-TX.html
Staggers Point. About a Mile to the North was the Old Irish Settlement of. 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 emiss…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2918_the-cw-bv-and-i-gn-railroads-in-bryan_Bryan-TX.html
Bryan was platted on land granted to the Houston & Texas Central Railroad in 1859. In 1900, a second railroad, the Calvert, Waco & Brazos Valley (CW & BV) was built through Bryan by George Gould. The CW & BV built a depot here in 1900; besides tra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23RC_harvey-mitchell_Bryan-TX.html
Came to Texas from Tennessee in 1839, and joined "minute men" protecting north frontier from Trinity to Brazos River. Moved to Brazos County; served 1842-1853 in County offices: Deputy Clerk, County Clerk, Surveyor, Chief Justice. Taught school, h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23M0_carnegie-public-library_Bryan-TX.html
Center of cultural and civic activities in Bryan since 1903. Established through inspiration of the mutual improvement club (renamed the Woman's Club, 1909), under the leadership of Mmes. Lucy Miley Brandon and Rose Fountain Howell who with modest…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23JY_brazos-county-confederate-commissioners-court_Bryan-TX.html
Furnished horses, equipment and clothing for county men in the Civil War. Levied war taxes on property, exempting lands or estates of Confederate soldiers. After surveying to determine needs of the families of Brazos soldiers, appropriated fu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23JX_queen-theater_Bryan-TX.html
A movie theater has been at this location since 1913 and named "The Queen" since 1914. It was originally located in the three-story Stoddard Hotel built here in 1889. The Schulman family purchased the theater business in 1926 and the bui…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23JW_la-salle-hotel_Bryan-TX.html
Occupying a prominent corner in the southern end of Bryan's central business district, the La Salle hotel is an architectural landmark representative of the city's early 20th-century commercial development. At that time, Bryan was a major railroad…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23JI_town-named-for-william-joel-bryan_Bryan-TX.html
Native of Missouri. Member of prominent family who were Texas statesmen, planters, developers. Grandson of Moses Austin, who obtained from Mexico charter for American Colony in Texas, but died before making settlement. Nephew of Stephen F. Austin,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23JH_brazos-county_Bryan-TX.html
Brazos County, part of Stephen F. Austin's colony, was created from Washington County in 1841. It was first named Navasota County, with Boonville as the county seat. In 1842 the name was changed to Brazos County. Through the Civil War, Millican, l…
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