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A Tour Of Places, Buildings, & Homes With Architectural & Historical Significance In Mumford
Additional Information About Historic Mumford Is Available At:
The Village Of Mumford by Barbara Collier
Foyt,
Handbook Of Texas Online,
Robertson County Post
Offices,
History Of Robertson County by James Walter
Baker, &
Historical Recollections Of Robertson County
by Richard Denny Parker,
If you have pictures of Robertson County, its towns, communities, rivers, streams, bridges, fields, cemeteries, houses, government buildings, businesses, farms, churches, farm machinery, crops, farm animals, wild animals, oil wells, gas wells, drilling platforms, cotton gins, bluebonnets, dogwood trees, or any other pictures which give glimpses of what life is like in Robertson County, please send them to William Kent Brunette. |
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Mumford Historic Marker 30 43 55.2 N / -96 33 40.5 W, about 2 miles west of Mumford, Map Texas Historic Marker Pending |
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Iron Pillars Marking
West End Of Old
Brazos River Bridge Historic Marker 30 43 55.2 N / -96 33 40.5 W, about 2 miles west of Mumford, Map Texas Historic Marker reads: "An 1895 engineering victory - longest Brazos Bridge in that era - spanning heavy flow below ford of 'Little River' [San Andres] with 'Big Brazos'. This bridge stood where immemorial Indian trails crossed the river. Later these paths became part of the El Camino Real [The King's Highway]. About a mile downstream, in 1830, Fort Tenoxtitlan was established. In 1855, Jesse Mumford [founder of Mumford] operated a ferry at the trail crossing." Authorized by Commissioners Court of Robertson County, this landmark iron bridge served until removed by a flood in 1899. [#?/1968]
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Astin Farm
Or Negro Burial Ground Marker 30 42 49 N / - 96 34 29 W, Map "Negro Burial Ground. Established 1841. Well Done Thy Good And Faithful Servant."
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Italian Collection In the late 1800s and early 1900s, a number of immigrants from various places in Italy (including a large contingent from Sicily) settled in the Brazos River bottomlands outside of Hearne near Mumford. The rich dark soil and abundance of fresh river water created an ideal environment for raising cotton and other crops. Plantations of all shapes and sizes were prevalent throughout the Brazos River bottom. Although many Italian immigrant families that originally settled this area have now moved out of the river bottom and into town, their rich cultural heritage remains.
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Hearne & Brazos Valley Railway This railway, which ran in a north-south direction through the Brazos bottom in southwestern Robertson County, provided a means for Brazos bottom farmers to transport their cotton to market from Stone City to Hearne. Local places along the H&BV route included: (in Brazos County) Stone City, Law, Sims, Mudville, & Mooring; (in Robertson County) Astin, Mumford, Nicholas, Tatsie, Tatsie Crossing (where it crosses CW&BV Railroad), & Hearne (where it connects with Houston & Texas Central Railway).
Hearne & Brazos Valley Railway
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Calvert, Waco, & Brazos Valley Railroad This railroad ran in a north-south direction through western Robertson County on its route from Spring (near Houston) to Fort Worth. Local places along the CW&BV route included: (in Brazos County) Bryan; (in Robertson County) Mumford, Nicholas, Tatsie, Tatsie Crossing (where it crosses H&BV Railway), Valley Junction (where it crosses I&GN Railroad), Goodland, Marvin, Barton, Calvert Junction (spur track to Calvert built but later abandoned), AJ Siding, & Salter; (in Falls County) Eloise, Highbank, Coymack, & Marlin.
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Collier Cotton Gin Seed House The pictured structure served as the seed-house for the Collier Cotton Gin at Mumford. It is just south of Collier's General Store, which is the brick building in the background.
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Collier Plantation Home The old plantation home of Mr. & Mrs. J. R. Collier, built in 1894, still stands. Once the home of Jud & Lillian Collier, the house is now occupied by Barbara Collier Foyt and her family.
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Ottea Brothers General Merchandise Store Built in 1927, John & Marion Mathis Ottea owners. Later purchased by Marian Mathis Ottea and operated until 1948.
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Hearne Cemeteries Many of the original and immigrant settlers who farmed, worked the fields, and owned businesses in the Brazos River bottom are buried in Hearne cemeteries.
Norwood A-K,
Norwood L-Z,
Saint Mary Catholic,
Saint Joseph or Jose Hispanic Catholic,
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Mumford Cemetery 30 44 16.6 N / - 96 33 09.4 W, Map
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Teague Cemetery 30 43 59.0 N / - 96 33 28.5 W, Map
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION & PHOTOGRAPHS OF MUMFORD
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New Mumford Schoolhouse on Hwy 50.
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Farm equipment in Mumford.
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A lake on Hwy 50 outside of Mumford.
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