Home of Lewis Pinkney Brooks
Graham, Young County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Civil War veteran. He rode mule, Georgia to Texas, 1866. Stone for 1875 home quarried on place. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1965
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Lewis Pinkney Brooks was a Civil War veteran who, like many Southerners in the hard years after the war, sought a fresh start in Texas—riding a mule all the way from Georgia in 1866. He settled in Young County and by 1875 had built a sturdy home from stone quarried on his own land. The house endures as a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark.
Why it matters
His journey west embodies the postwar migration that repopulated the Texas frontier as displaced Southerners rebuilt their lives on new land.
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