Brazos

Bryan, TX

On March 30, 1885, the City of Bryan purchased seven lots in this area as a site for a public school to provide separate but equal and...

Bryan, TX

Brazos County, part of Stephen F. Austin’s colony, was created from Washington County in 1841.

Bryan, TX

Bryan mayor J.T. Maloney and the city's Retail Merchants Association incorporated the Bryan & College Interurban Railway Company in 1909.

In 1831, Richard Carter (1789-1863), Virginia native and War of 1812 veteran, came from Alabama and received a grant of land within the...

In 1871 Texas governor Edmund Davis appointed three commissioners to select a site for the newly established Agricultural and Mechanical...

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...

Great thoroughfare of pioneer Texas, stretching 1,000 miles from Saltillo, Mexico, to present Louisiana.

Bryan, TX

The First National Bank of Bryan traces its history to 1862 when its earliest predecessor, a private lending agency, was established by...

Bryan, TX

Occupying a prominent corner in the southern end of Bryan's central business district, the La Salle hotel is an architectural landmark...

Millican, TX

Following Emancipation, federal Union soldiers arrived in Millican, along with the Freedmen's Bureau, to assist in the transition to...

Millican was Texas' northernmost railroad terminus when the war between the states began in 1861.

The State Legislature authorized the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas April 17, 1871, under terms of the Federal Morrill Act.

Bryan, TX

Founded in October 1895 as the Mutual Improvement Circle, this organization began with twenty members.

Bryan, TX

(1814-1903) Native of Missouri.

Millican, TX

Old Three Hundred Colonist William T. Millican was born in South Carolina about 1780 and came to Texas with his parents and siblings in...