Sarahville de Viesca, Texas explained

Sarahville de Viesca, Texas
Settlement Type:Ghost town
Pushpin Map:Texas#USA
Pushpin Label:Sarahville de Viesca
Coordinates:31.25°N -95.9208°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2: Falls
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Elevation M:98
Elevation Ft:321
Postal Code Type:ZIP code

Sarahville de Viesca or Fort Milam or Bucksnort is a ghost town in Falls County, Texas, United States. The settlement was established in 1834 by Sterling C. Robertson and named for his mother Mrs. Sarah (née Maclin) Robertson and Agustín Viesca, the Mexican governor of Coahuila y Tejas. The site was located at the falls of the Brazos River, where the river formerly dropped 10feet and where a well-used ford was located. The town was temporarily deserted in 1836 during the Runaway Scrape and permanently abandoned soon afterward because of native American raids. Fort Milam was built on the west-bank site but abandoned a few years later in favor of the town of Bucksnort, which occupied the east bank. Bucksnort vanished when the nearby town of Marlin was founded. There is a county park and historical marker located where Farm to Market Road 712 crosses the Brazos, south of Marlin.

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