Sarahville de Viesca, Texas

Sarahville de Viesca, Texas
Ghost town
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Coordinates: 31°15′00″N 95°55′15″W / 31.25000°N 95.92083°WCoordinates: 31°15′00″N 95°55′15″W / 31.25000°N 95.92083°W
Country	United States of America
State	Texas
County	Falls
Elevation	98 m (321 ft)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)

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 10 feet (3 m) 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.

References

• Aubrey, Betty Dooley (2005). Why Stop? A Guide to Texas Historical Road Markers. Lanham, Md.: Taylor Trade Publications. pp. 319–320. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
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• McLean, Malcolm D. "Handbook of Texas Online: SARAHVILLE DE VIESCA". Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved March 10, 2013.
• Ward, Mike (2010). "Historians may have found frontiersman's grave". Austin American Statesman. Retrieved March 13, 2013.