(December 22, 1858 - December 14, 1937)

Georgia native George Washington Green grew up in Tennessee and in 1878 set out for Texas. He married Tempie Ann Fowler in Logansport, Louisiana, that year, and they settled in this part of Texas. Green worked first as a sharecropper, growing cotton and corn, before purchasing his first parcel of land in 1883. Two years later, as the Houston East & West Texas Railroad began to build its line through Shelby county, G. W. Green purchased more land on both sides of the rail line and soon became a prominent landowner in the area, operating a general store and cotton gin. The Bobo community, primarily a train stop, was established on Green’s land and operated a post office from 1893 until 1898. The phrase “Tenaha, Timpson, Bobo and Blair,” used by the railroad conductor to announce stops along the rail line, became very popular and was used as a cadence during World War I. In 1905, George Washington Green made a lasting contribution to the area when he developed Green's Lake as a recreational spot and water source for the railroad. From 1905 through the 1940s, families came to picnic, swim and fish, and churches held baptismal services in the lake. George and Tempie Green reared four children: Luther (1880-1956), R. H. “Cooter” (1889-1969), Inez (m. Drewery) (1895-1965) and Nubern (1900-1959). George died in 1937 and is buried in the Buena Vista cemetery. His contributions to the development of the rail line and to the Bobo community remain a significant part of the history of Shelby County. (2001)

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A native of North Carolina, Robert Starke Armistead moved with his family to Alabama in 1818. He married Ann Sylvesta Carney in 1826 and they came to Texas in 1835. Armistead served in the Republic of Texas army in 1836 and with forces defending San Antonio during the Vasquez invasion in 1842. He was a charter trustee of Baylor University in 1845. Settling in Washington County, the Armisteads operated a large agricultural enterprise and in 1863 adopted a daughter, Sallie. Robert and Ann are buried nearby in a family cemetery on land once a part of their farm. Washington County, Tx.

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~Water is Life~

Little River is a river in Central Texas in the Brazos River watershed. It is formed by the confluence of the Leon River and the Lampasas River near Little River, Texas in Bell County. It flows generally southeast for 75 miles (121 km) until it empties into the Brazos River about 5 miles (8.0 km) southwest of Hearne, at a site called Port Sullivan in Milam County. The Little River has a third tributary, the San Gabriel River, which joins the Little about 8 miles (13 km) north of Rockdale and five miles southwest of Cameron. Cameron, the county seat of Milam County and the only city of any significant size on the Little River, was established in 1846.
The Little River and its tributaries provide a drainage basin of 7,560 square miles (19,600 km2) of flat farmland. The Little River is a slow moving body with no rapids, and therefore is not actively used for recreational canoeing or kayaking. The vegetation along its banks is primarily willows, cottonwoods, pecans, elms and sycamores. One of the few instances of commercial use of the river water occurred in the 1980s, when pumping facilities were constructed on the Little River west of Minerva to supplement the water supply of Alcoa Lake.
The Little River has had several names. In 1716, Domingo Ramon reached the river and he named it San Andres. When the Marquis de San Miguel de Aguayo found the river in 1719, he named it Espiritu Santo because he came upon it on the eve of Pentecost. Pedro de Rivera y Villalon found the river in 1727 and believed it was simply an arm of the Brazos. The name San Andres was generally used during the colonial period, however, in the early years of the Republic of Texas the river was called the Little River.
Artifacts have been discovered in the Little River valley, dating from the Archaic Period. These finds indicate the area has supported human habitation for several thousand years. Spanish explorers discovered members of the Lipan Apache and Tonkawa tribes living along the river in the early eighteenth century. The Indians were gradually displaced as European and American settlers began to arrive in the 1840s.

In the 1840s, Benjamin F. Bryant built a fort at the location to defend himself and others against Indians. The school consolidated with Buckholts in 1941 and Bryant Station eventually became abandoned. Today, the cemeteries, the Bryant Station Bridge built in 1909.

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In the Winter of 1850-51 With Captain Basil Hatfield, Commander, The Steamboat Washington Landed Here With a Shipment of Merchandise From Washington-On-The-Brazos to J.W. McCown & Co., Merchants At Cameron ^ The First, Last & Only Steamboat To Navigate Little River.

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Pioneer Village of Milam County Established As An Indian Trading Post By Major Benjamin F. Bryant, Frontiersman Who Had Commanded A Company In the Battle Of San Jacinto. Appointed Indian Agent In 1842 By Sam Houston, President of the Republic of Texas.
Little River Crossing On Trail And Stage Routes
U.S. Post Office, 1848-1874

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