Historical Markers in Texas

Steamboat Washington Landed Here

History·Milam County·Texas

In the winter of 1850-1851 with Captain Basil M. Hatfield, commander, the Steamboat Washington landed here with a shipment of merchandise from Washington-on-the-Brazos to J. W. McCown and Co., merchants at Cameron. The first, last and only steamboat to navigate Little River.

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30.8348, -96.9453

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