Bryant Station - Texas Ghost Town

BRYANT STATION

NAME: Bryant Station
COUNTY: Milam
ROADS: 2WD
GRID: 3
CLIMATE: Warm winter, hot summer
BEST TIME TO VISIT:Winter, spring, fall

COMMENTS: Near Buckholts out of Waco.
REMAINS: The cemetery.

The Battle of San Jacinto produced a hero by the name of Benjamin Franklin Bryant. Sam Houston, a friend of Bryant, as president of the Republic of Texas appointed him a representative of the republic in dealing with the Indians. Bryant was asked to establish a trading post on the Little River northwest of Washington-on-the-Brazos. It was to serve as a buffer between the Indians on the west and white settlements to the east. Bryant built a house for his family along the lines of a small fort from which he traded with the Indians. It wasn't long before a community grew up around Bryant's home taking the name of Bryant Station. The settlement prospered until after the Civil War when the Santa Fe Railway built north of the settlement in 1881 and the railroad town of Buckholts was established only four mile away. Bryant Station began to decline and by 1900 was nearly a ghost town. The settlement has disappeared leaving only its cemetery to mark its one time existence. SUBMITTED BY: Henry Chenoweth

The Battle of San Jacinto produced a hero by the name of Benjamin Franklin Bryant. Sam Houston, a friend of Bryant, as president of the Republic of Texas appointed him a representative of the republic in dealing with the Indians. Bryant was asked to establish a trading post on the Little River northwest of Washington-on-the-Brazos. It was to serve as a buffer between the Indians on the west and white settlements to the east. Bryant built a house for his family along the lines of a small fort from which he traded with the Indians. It wasn't long before a community grew up around Bryant's home taking the name of Bryant Station. The settlement prospered until after the Civil War when the Santa Fe Railway built north of the settlement in 1881 and the railroad town of Buckholts was established only four mile away. Bryant Station began to decline and by 1900 was nearly a ghost town. The settlement has disappeared leaving only its cemetery to mark its one time existence. SUBMITTED BY: Henry Chenoweth

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