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Brazos County Historic Markers

Use the page numbers at the bottom of the page to navigate the historical markers listed below. Click on the thumbnail images to see a larger size image, and click the title of each historic marker to see more information about it.

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Carnegie Public Library

Date Added: 1969

Marker Text:

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...

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Carnegie Public Library History

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111 South Main St., Bryan. The text marker at this location is the result of a State-approved local project. The marker was cast locally, which is why it does not resemble the more familiar historical markers. It appears the medallion was obtained at a separate time.

GPS Coordinates: 30.673028, -96.373417

Richard Carter Homesite

Date Added: 1984

Marker Text:

In 1831, Richard Carter (1789-1863), Virginia native and War of 1812 veteran, came from Alabama and received a grant of land within the Stephen F. Austin Colony at the site of what is now the City of College Station. He became one of the area's...

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Richard Carter, College Station's Earliest Settler

Special Directions/Instructions:

1800 Brazoswood Dr. at the entrance to Richard Carter Park; College Station.

GPS Coordinates: 30.635833, -96.308667

Cavitt House

Date Added: 1995

Marker Text:

Attorney William R. Cavitt (1849-1924) purchased a city block here in 1875, the year he married Mary Mitchell. Cavitt became Brazos County Attorney in 1878 and about 1880 he and Mary built a brick Italianate residence here. Cavitt later served as...

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Cavitt House History

Cavitt House Marker Dedication Program

Special Directions/Instructions:

713 E. 30th St., Bryan.

GPS Coordinates: 30.666556, -96.367139

College Station Railroad Depots

Date Added: 1993

Marker Text:

In 1871 Texas Governor Edmund Davis appointed three Commissioners to select a site for the newly established Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas (Texas A&M College). The Commissioners chose this location in large part because of the...

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History of College Station Railroad Depots

College Station Railroad Depots Dedication

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On the Texas A&M campus, on Old Main Drive just E of its intersection with Welborn Rd. (FM 2154), College Station.

GPS Coordinates: 30.612861, -96.344694

Early Play-by-Play Radio Broadcast of a College Football Game

Date Added: 2005

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In 1920, David J. Finn and other Texas A&M electrical engineering students attempted to broadcast the football game at Oklahoma A&M via ham radio. When the plan failed they used a telephone backup, relaying game updates to fans gathered...

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Early Radio Broadcast of a Football Game

Early Radio Broadcast Dedication

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College Station, West side of Kyle Field, Wellborn Road (FM 2154), on TAMU campus, College Station.

GPS Coordinates: 30.609194, -96.341389

Edge House

Date Added: 1991

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Completed in 1925 for the family of prominent Bryan merchant Eugene Edge (1879-1954) and his wife Cora Zulch (d. 1939), this two-and-one-half story brick house reflects the Georgian Revival style. Defining features include its symmetrical...

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Edge House History

Edge House: C.E. Jenkins Cost Sheets

Edge House Marker Dedication

Special Directions/Instructions:

609 S. Ennis, Bryan.

GPS Coordinates: 30.665000, -96.365972

Eugene Edge Home

Date Added: 1985

Marker Text:

This Queen Anne style residence features a two-story wraparound porch with a decorative balustrade. The front porch, with its Doric columns and triangular pediment over the entryway, exhibits elements of the Colonial Revival style of architecture...

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History of the Edge-Dupuy House

Special Directions/Instructions:

508 E. 30th St., Bryan.

GPS Coordinates: 30.668889, -96.369139

El Camino Real

Date Added: 1968

Marker Text:

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...

Special Directions/Instructions:

OSR (Old San Antonio Road) is the boundary between Brazos and Robertson Counties in the area where this marker is located. Although the marker is located on the Robertson County side of OSR, it is included because of its proximity to Brazos County. Marker is located approximately .75 mile Northeast of the intersection of Highway 6 and OSR.

GPS Coordinates: 30.755722, -96.451111