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HISTORIC SITES

Magnolia House
A fully restored Victorian home of prominent citizens in Cameron for over a century. Built in 1895, it has won the Great American Home Award from the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The Texas Historical Commission has called it “the finest home of its size and type in the country.”

 

The Bridges of Milam County
Some of the county’s 100-plus steel bridges from 1900 era are still in use today. Brushy Creek Bridge once spanned Bushy Creek south of Thorndale, was moved to Cameron’s Wilson-Ledbetter Park. A bridge over Little River by Sugar Loaf Mountain is still in use.

 

Cemeteries
Milam County’s cemeteries provide a look into the past in this historic county.

 

City Miniature “Old Town Cameron”
Cameron resident John Johnson has created a model of Cameron that recalls the town as it looked during the 1940s.

 

Murals
Local artists helped capture our heritage and preserve it on the walls of some of our downtown establishments.

 

Milam County Historical Museum
Housed in restored county jail, c. 1895, complete with cells, shackles, and gallows tower. Exhibits of pioneer farm and ranch equipment, rustic household furnishings, and Spartan "fashions" of the frontier. Also Indian artifacts, ranch and trail-driving tack, cowboy gear, and weapons.

 
  For more information, please contact the Cameron Industrial Foundation at 254-482-1119.