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BRYANT STATION,
TEXAS
Central Texas
Ghost Town
Milam County
12 Miles W of Cameron
On the Little River
Not shown on State Map
Population: 0
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The
bridge at Bryant Station
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, 2006 |
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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