Anderson Campground
Frankston, Anderson County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Located on a spring near Brushy Creek community, this area was first settled in the 1850s. In 1873 it was set aside for use as a religious campground by members of the local Methodist congregation. The land was purchased from E. S. Jamison of Galveston County for sixty dollars in gold. The tabernacle was built the following year of pine beams, sweet gum piers, and wooden pegs.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Set on a spring near the Brushy Creek community, this ground was first settled in the 1850s and in 1873 was set aside by local Methodists as a religious campground, bought from a Galveston County owner for sixty dollars in gold. The following year worshippers raised a tabernacle of pine beams and sweet-gum piers fastened with wooden pegs.
Why it matters
Camp meetings like this one were the spiritual and social heart of scattered frontier settlements, drawing far-flung families together for worship and fellowship in the years after the Civil War.
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