Milam County Historical Commission
Milam County, Texas
Milam County, Texas
All credit for this article goes to
Joy Graham
and the
Rockdale Reporter
Joy Graham
and the
Rockdale Reporter
Historic Trail Signs Due Soon in Milam County
Milam History by Joy Graham
Rockdale Reporter - January 31, 2013
It won’t be long before you will see the National Park Service Signs in Milam County
for the El Camino Real de los Tejas National Trail at 16 locations.
On Wednesday, Jan. 23, Bob Brinkman with the Texas Historical Commission in Austin
joined Commissioners Jeff Muegge and Kenneth Hollas, Cindy Galbreath, Dr. Lucile Estell
and Joy Graham as they identified county roads where these signs will be installed.
Milam is the first county to install the National Trail Signs.
The Bryan Region of the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) will install signs
located on state highways and farm-market Roads. Precincts 2, 3, and 4 have 23 signs in
their jurisdictions.
Sixteen historic trail road crossing signs will be placed on county roads east and
north of Thorndale off US 79, east and west off FM 486, northeast off FM 908, orth and
east of Apache Pass location.
Moving north to Cameron, signs will be located inside the Cameron city limits off Texas
36 and US 77.
Traveling to the Minerva area, two signs will be located east off US 77.
Moving from Cameron and Milano, signs will be located off Texas 36, and the final
crossing signs will be located off FM 2095 between Cameron and Gause and west off State
Hwy 36 between the 77/36 intersection red light.
Milam County has two trail routes. The lower route moved east near present US 79 from
Williamson County, crossing Brushy Creek near the southwest of Thorndale.
The trail continued north east crossing present day US 79 in the Nile Community.
It then moved southeast near US 77 and FM 1712, then veered over near Sugarloaf
Mountain, crossed the Brazos and Little Brazos Rivers into Robertson County.
The upper route moved out of Williamson County to Thrall, then northeast entering the
Detmold Community, crossing Turkey Creek near Apache Pass on the San Gabriel River,
over to the Minerva area at the confluence of San Gabriel and Little Rivers.
It moved northeast to Pond Creek then veered in a southeasterly route near Sugarloaf
Mountain and crossed the Brazos River into Robertson County.
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