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BRYAN,
TEXAS
Brazos County Seat,
Central Texas South
U.S. 190
Hwy 6 and 21
FMs 158, 1179, 1687, and 1688
Adjoining College
Station
85 miles SE of Waco
95 miles NW of Houston
30 miles North of Navasota
Population: 65,660 (2000) 55,002(1990)
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The
Brazos County Courthouse is a forgettable building just East of downtown
Bryan. The cornerstone of the 1892 Courthouse sits in the sparse shade
of the Courthouse
Cedar a tree that has stood beside the 5 courthouses of Brazos
County.
The
Brazos County Courthouses
The
1892 (Fifth) Brazos County Courthouse
How
to Demolish a Texas Courthouse in 14 Days
Brazos County Hires an Iowan to Raze their 1892 Building
by Brewster Hudspeth
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The
Old Masonic Lodge Building
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Bryan History
in a Pecan Shell
Bryan was named
after William Joel Bryan, a nephew of Stephen F. Austin.
A timeline of significant events in Bryan's history:
1820s and 1830s: settled by members of Stephen F. Austin's
colony.
1859: the Houston and Texas Central Railroad came through the
area and the town was platted.
1866: a post office was granted and Bryan replaced Boonville
as the county seat.
1867: The railroad that had been stalled at Millican because
of the Civil War came to Bryan.
1868: The Bryan News-Letter became the first newspaper to be
published.
1871: the first courthouse in Bryan was built.
1872: Bryan is incorporated.
1876: Texas A&M College opens in nearby College
Station.
1877: The Bryan Independent School District was established.
1880: Bryan's first school was opened.
1884: Population reaches 3,000.
1889: Bryan obtained electric lighting and a waterworks.
1892: The
fifth Brazos County
Courthouse, designed by Eugene Heiner, was built
1900: Bryan has a population of 3,589 and the International-Great
Northern Railroad arrived.
1902: Bryan's Carnegie
Library was opened with a 10,000 grant from Andrew Carnegie
1910: Bryan builds an interurban railroad to College Station,
which is abandoned in 1923.
1930s: North Oakwood merges with Bryan and Bryan and College
Station become "twin" cities.
1936: State Highway 6 is built through Bryan.
1942: Bryan Air Air Field is opened.
1950: population of Bryan reaches 18,072.
The building of shopping centers and the growth of A & M University
drew population and especially businesses away from downtown Bryan
in the 1950s and 60s.
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Austin Marshall and Texas Outlaw Ben Thompson
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