William A. Waugh

Waugh's ranch had a longer history than the plaque's one date. He began at the Cibolo Creek crossing in 1856, left in 1858 and returned in 1861, and by 1879 his place carried a post office named Waugh's Rancho. Millett, where the marker stands, began in 1881 as a railroad depot and section house first called Cibolo Station, and took the name of Alonzo Millett, the first postmaster, in 1888. A fire destroyed much of its business district in November 1913, and the last business closed by 1960.

What the plaque says

William A. Waugh (1832-1901) An Ohio native who found gold in California in 1849, William A. Waugh settled near the Cibolo Creek Crossing on the Laredo-San Antonio Road in 1856, before La Salle County was created. Waugh served briefly as a Texas Ranger during the border raids called the Cortina War. He was also a merchant, district court clerk, and justice of the peace. Father of three daughters and a son, Waugh contributed significantly to progress in this locality. (1978)

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Brush Country Museum — 10 mi
  La Salle County's local museum, with a segregated-schools display that sets the scene for the Welhausen School, where Lyndon Johnson taught Mexican American children in 1928-29.
• Frio Pioneer Jail Museum — 22 mi
  Pearsall's 1884 county jail, the town's oldest building, used for 83 years and now a free museum with a sheriff's home downstairs and six cells above.
• Chaparral Wildlife Management Area — 23 mi
  A 15,200-acre South Texas brush country research tract in La Salle and Dimmit counties, open to the public in spring and summer, with a short accessible trail and a long ranching past.

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• The First United Methodist Church of Cotulla — 10 mi
• First Deep Artesian Well — 10 mi
• Cotulla City Park — 10 mi