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History in a Pecan
Shell
Benjamin F. Bryant built a fort here in the 1840s as a defense
against hostile Indians. Being on the river and on the Austin
to Marlin stageline the town became a
prosperous settlement and it seemed to have bright prospects. Several post offices
(including one opened under the name Blackland, Texas) opened and were
discontinued between the 1840s and 1870s. As the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad
approached the town in 1881 - Bryant Station lost out to rival Buckholts.
Bryant Station waned as Buckholtz waxed.
A Texas
Centennial marker was erected at the site in 1936 but as early as the 1940s,
after most residents had left and school consolidated with Buckholts ISD (1941)
the town had become a virtual ghost. Today, the marker, bridge and cemeteries
are about all that's left. |
| Bryant
Station bridge date plate |
Directions
to Bryant Station Bridge: "(This
sounds complicated but it isn't really if you keep your cool) On Texas State Hwy
36 leave Rogers southeast
and go 3.3 miles or from Buckholts go northwest
on Texas 36 4.1 miles. Then southwest on County Road 104 for 4.0 miles, the road
makes a right angle turn to the southeast, then turn southwest on County Road
106 0.8 miles to the Bryant Station Bridge. Before getting to the bridge there
is a sign to the Bryant Station Cemetery. The road is hard packed dirt
and gravel. It would help to have a good county map. Enjoy." - Barclay
Gibson, January 10, 2007 |
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Sugarloaf
Bridge of Milam County
...
I discovered another metal truss bridge, or at least what I suspected was a metal
truss bridge, that crossed the Little River in Milam County, approximately 40
miles from the Bryant Station location... The exact location is about ½ mile north
of Gause on Farm to Market Road
2095, then north on County Road 264 approximately two miles. The road then crosses
the Little River... more
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