Milam County Historical Commission
Milam County, Texas

Looking Back...100 Years Ago
Weekly highlights of News stories from 100 years ago
as published in the Rockdale Reporter



E-mail ideas for Backroads stories to the Temple Daily Telegram at backroads@tdtnews.com



Whiskey for votes helped fuel original Cameron-Rockdale feud
Jeanne Williams - Temple Daily Telegram
January 3, 2011


Confederate hero was Milam history maker
Jeanne Williams - Temple Daily Telegram
January 31, 2011


From a Farm to a Place in History
Jeanne Williams - Temple Daily Telegram
February 14, 2011

The Real-Deal Cowboys
Patricia Benoit - Temple Daily Telegram
February 27, 2011

Milam County Soldiers Answered Call to Arms during the Civil War
Jeanne Williams - Temple Daily Telegram
February 28, 2011

Thirteen Census Counts Show Ups and Downs
Rockdale Reporter
March 3, 2011

Saturday nights "back in the day"
Susie Sansom-Piper - Rockdale Reporter
February 3, 2011

Musicians "jazzed up" 20s and 30s
Susie Sansom-Piper - Rockdale Reporter
February 10, 2011

Gospel Singers Livened Church Services
Susie Sansom-Piper - Rockdale Reporter
February 17, 2011

Aycock Band Kept the Beat from 1952-66
Susie Sansom-Piper - Rockdale Reporter
March 3, 2011

Church helps Milam Community Survive
Jeanne Williams - Temple Daily Telegram
March 14, 2011

Milam Pioneers Life of Adventure
Jeanne Williams - Temple Daily Telegram
March 28, 2011

Landmark Milano Rock House getting makeover
Jeanne Williams - Temple Daily Telegram
April 20, 2011
includes comments and poem by Melinda Creech

Milam County Pioneers
Frontier Times - October, 1931
Published by J. Marvin Hunter

The Town of Calvert
by Marjorie Rogers
Frontier Times - October, 1931

Antique Bridge Still Carries Traffic
by Jeanne Williams - Temple Daily Telegram
April 25, 2011

Worley Bridge will be replaced
Rockdale Reporter - May 5, 2011

Antique Worley Bridge now Closed to Traffic
by Jeanne Williams - Temple Daily Telegram
May 8, 2011

State’s Historic Roadside Parks
by Jeanne Williams - Temple Daily Telegram
May 8, 2011

Reprieve! Land owners offer plan to preserve bridge
Rockdale Reporter - May 12, 2011

Rock House of Ages
by Marie Bakken - Rockdale Reporter
May 19, 2011

The Bridges of (South) Milam County
Rockdale Reporter - May 26, 2011

The Life and Times of Elias Hardcastle
by Jeanne Williams - Temple Daily Telegram
May 30, 2011

Swapped His Beard for Indian Scalps
Frontier Times - January, 1924
Published by J. Marvin Hunter

Capturing the Val Verde Battery
by Jeanne Williams - Temple Daily Telegram
June 13, 2011

History of Milam County
by Mrs. Lucille McCann Dennis
Published in 1936 Rockdale Lair - Virginia Hale - Editor

History of Rockdale
by Mrs. Lucille McCann Dennis
Published in 1936 Rockdale Lair - Virginia Hale - Editor

History of Rockdale Public Schools
by Mrs. Lucille McCann Dennis
Published in 1936 Rockdale Lair - Virginia Hale - Editor

Two Milam Co. WWII Vets Honored by Czech Republic
by Jeanne Williams - Temple Daily Telegram
June 15, 2011

Practicality Inspired 19th Century Milam Co. Brides
by Jeanne Williams - Temple Daily Telegram
June 27, 2011

History Written in Stone, Mortar
by Mike Brown - Rockdale Reporter
January 31, 2008

False Jesse James once visited Cameron
BY JEANNE WILLIAMS - Temple Daily Telegram
July 18, 2011

Milam County Haunted Mansion
Temple Daily Telegram - January 20, 1982

Epitaph on Headstone a Small Part of Milam Pioneers Story
BY Jeanne Williams - Temple Daily Telegram
August 8, 2011

A Lifetime Labor of Patient Love
By Mike Brown - Rockdale Reporter
August 11, 2011

Milam Gun Fight in 1886 May Have Left Innocent Man Dead
by Jeanne Williams - Temple Daily Telegram
Ausust 22, 2011

Milam County Lawmen Killed in the Line of Duty
By Greg J Kouba

Hardware Store Getting Historical Marker
by Jeanne Williams - Temple Daily Telegram
September 5, 2011

"Compliments of Scarbrough & Hicks"
Rockdale Reporter - September 14, 2011

Milam Soldiers Fought in Ill-Fated Battle
by Jeanne Williams - Temple Daily Telegram
September 19, 2011

Woman Seeks Sainthood for Doctor
by Jeanne Williams - Temple Daily Telegram
September 26, 2011

Life in Cameron Captured Through a Camera Lens
by Jeanne Williams - Temple Daily Telegram
October 3, 2011

Five Cords a Day
by Edward Clark
Published in TRUE WEST - September-October, 1967

The Quiet Grave of a Hero
by Jeanne Williams - Temple Daily Telegram
October 17, 2011

Fair: Bullfights, a Wedding, ‘Old Guckenheim
by Mike Brown, Editor
Rockdale Reporter - October 27, 2011


Cameron Banker Opened His Home to a Generation of Trick-or-Treaters
by Jeanne Williams - Temple Daily Telegram
October 31, 2011

Hood’s Brigade Association to Hold Seminar Nov. 11-12
by Jeanne Williams - Temple Daily Telegram
November 1, 2011

Spring Near Milano Defies Drought
by Jeanne Williams - Temple Daily Telegram
November 6, 2011

Ghost Towns Part of Milam Co. Heritage
by Jeanne Williams - Temple Daily Telegram
November 14, 2011

126-Year Old Milam County Mansion Has Several Ghost Stories to Tell
Temple Daily Telegram - January 20, 1982

15 Milam County Men Rode with Terry’s Texas Rangers
by Jeanne Williams - Temple Daily Telegram
December 12, 2011

200 Years Ago, Something Was Going on
by Mike Brown - Editor, Rockale Reporter
December 29, 2011



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