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The State Agency for Historic Preservation PR E S S R E L E A S E
For Details, Contact:
Dr. Charles R. Schultz, Chairman
BRAZOS COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION
1200 Goode Street
College Station, Texas 77840
Phone: 979.696.8483; 979.862.1555
Brazos County State Historic Markers Missing:
Local Commission Offers Reward
1 January 15, 2008: I
Recent surveys conducted by members of the Brazos County Historical Commission
have revealed that two state historic markers have been discovered missing from
their appropriate locations.
The marker commemorating the Brazos River, largest river between the Red and the
Rio Grande, 840 -miles and rising in 3 forks, has succumbed to a despicable act
unbecoming of a proud citizen or guest of the State of Texas. The marker was
removed from its post along State Highway 21, near the Brazos River, possibly as
early as 1998.
The marker commemorating the Bryan & College Interurban Railway, which
provided daily service between the City of Bryan and the Agricultural & Mechanical
College of Texas, was most recently purloined by equally despicable characters
unbecoming of a proud citizen or guest of the State of Texas. The marker stood in
the 400 block of Main, near the intersection of Spruce and College Main since 1995.
The Brazos County Historical Commission takes this serious act of theft, and /or
destruction of state property, very seriously. If you have any knowledge of the two
markers' whereabouts, or information on the actors, please contact Brazos County
Crime Stoppers at 979.775.8477 or return them to the Carnegie Library, 111 South
Main Street, Bryan, Texas. No questions asked. A reward will be issued upon the
return of one or both of the markers. See attached photos.
For more information, contact: Charles R. Schultz, 979.696.8483 or 979.862.1555 or
at cschultz @lib - gw.tamu.edu .
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