First Home in Cameron, TX Historical Marker, Cameron, Milam, TX

Site of First Home in Cameron

Cameron City Park

next to Cameron Gospel Tabernacle

4th St. W (US 190) & Lamar Ave

Cameron, TX 76520

Boyhood home of L. S. "Sul" Ross (1838-1898), Texas

Governor from 1887 to 1891. His father Shapley P.

Ross, Indian agent and Ranger, built house after

moving here about 1841; he chose this site because it

had a good spring. L. S. Ross, who was a Confederate

general, served as president of Texas A.&M. College

after holding office as governor.

In 1890 this pavilion was erected to accommodate band

concerts, meetings and rallies. It was the scene in

1892 of a landmark debate between two gubernatorial

candidates: Gov. James S. Hogg and George Clark.

Erected 1969