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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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Shiloh Community

Date Added: 1991

Marker Text:

Settled in the 1860s by Czech, German, and Polish immigrants, the Shiloh community was an area of large family farms. In addition to homes and farms, the settlement at one time boasted a community center, a two-room school, a vineyard, a mill,...

Narrative/Supportive Research:

Brief History of the Shiloh Community

Shiloh Community Marker Dedication

Special Directions/Instructions:

2604 Texas Avenue at College Station Cemetery, College Station.

GPS Coordinates: 30.604806, -96.306917

St. Andrew's Episcopal Church

Date Added: 1992

Marker Text:

This parish traces its origin to Episcopal services held in nearby Millican in 1864. A yellow fever epidemic in the Millican area prompted the relocation of the Saint Andrew's Mission to Bryan in 1867. A parish was formed that year and led by The...

Narrative/Supportive Research:

St. Andrew's Episcopal Church

St. Andrew's Marker Dedication

Special Directions/Instructions:

217 W. 26th St., Bryan.

GPS Coordinates: 30.673750, -96.375056

St. Joseph Catholic Church

Date Added: 1997

Marker Text:

Although Catholic worship services were celebrated in Bryan by 1869, this church traces its history to the early 1870s. The first church building was erected about 1871 for a small active parish. The Reverend John Moore is considered to be the...

Narrative/Supportive Research:

St. Joseph Catholic Church History

Special Directions/Instructions:

Corner of Preston and 26th Streets, Bryan.

GPS Coordinates: 30.673444, -96.367694

St. Joseph School

Date Added: 1994

Marker Text:

The Rev. Joseph Pelnar of Bryan's St. Joseph Catholic Church erected a parish school building here in the early 1890s. The children of East European immigrant families dominated student enrollment at St. Joseph's until about the 1930s. Teachers...

Narrative/Supportive Research:

History of St. Joseph School, Bryan, Texas

St. Joseph School Marker Dedication

Special Directions/Instructions:

109 N. Preston Ave., between E. 26th and William J. Bryan Pkwy., Bryan.

GPS Coordinates: 30.673639, -96.367778

Staggers Point

Date Added: 1973

Marker Text:

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 emissary, Robert Henry, to find a permanent location. In 1833, their ox-wagon...

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

Steele's Store Community

Date Added: 1992

Marker Text:

Anglo settlement in this area can be traced to 1851. Henry B. Steele built a general merchandise store in 1855 to serve residents of the rural community, originally called Mudville because of frequent Brazos River floods. The store became the...

Narrative/Supportive Research:

The Steele's Store Community

Steele's Store Marker Dedication Program

Special Directions/Instructions:

From Bryan take SH 21 SW approx. 10 miles to FM 50; then N on FM 50 approx. 2.4 miles.

GPS Coordinates: 30.669833, -96.548944

Steep Hollow Cemetery

Date Added: 2009

Marker Text:

This burial ground was part of the Steep Hollow community, named for the valley of the Steep Hollow Branch, a tributary of Wickson Creek. Residents were ranchers and farmers, and the community had a general store, cotton gin, gristmill and...

Narrative/Supportive Research:

Steep Hollow Cemetery

Dedication Program

Special Directions/Instructions:

FM 1179 at Steep Hollow Road, Brazos County, Texas. Proceed east 2.6 miles on FM 1179 from its intersection with Boonville Rd. Cemetery is located on the right near the intersection of FM 1179 and Steep Hollow Road.

GPS Coordinates: 30.695423, -96.290424

Early Texas A&M Campus Housing

Date Added: 1986

Marker Text:

When Texas A&M University opened in 1876, it was four miles from Bryan, the nearest town, and the need for campus housing for faculty and staff arose. The first of the campus houses, five brick homes along the east side of Throckmorton Street...

Narrative/Supportive Research:

Old Texas A&M Campus Houses

Appendices-VanRiper Collection

Special Directions/Instructions:

In park-like setting just E of the A&M football stadium and W of the Sam Houston Sanders Corps of Cadet Bldg., Texas A&M University campus, College Station.

GPS Coordinates: 30.611417, -96.338000