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First railroad in Texas chartered

On this day in 1850, the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado Railway was chartered, marking the beginning of the railroad age in Texas. The BBB&C was the first railroad to begin operating in the (more...)

GARDNER, TX (MILAM COUNTY)

GARDNER, TEXAS (Milam County). Gardner, thirty miles southwest of Cameron in southern Milam County, had a post office from 1891 to 1905. It reported a Baptist church in 1892 and a population of 100 in 1896. Gardner is not shown on the 1941 county highway map.

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Vivian Elizabeth Smyrl, "GARDNER, TX (MILAM COUNTY)," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hvg84), accessed February 11, 2012. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.

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