Historical Marker
Gaines Memorial Bridge
Historical marker location:
SH 21, Milam, Texas
( Pavilion near Texas-Louisiana state line on west shore of Toledo Bend Reservoir, north of SH 21 entering Texas.)
Marker installed: 1936
Named by the highway departments of Louisiana and Texas in honor of 2 brothers:
JAMES GAINES,
who owned and operated a ferry here 1819 to 1844 and was a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, and
GENERAL PENDLETON GAINES,
an officer in the U. S. Army, prominent in Louisiana history, and who was stationed near here in 1836 to observe the campaign in Texas. Texas Highway Department 1936.