Paul Bremond
Bremond, Robertson County, Texas
Marker Inscription
The city of Bremond is named for the noted financier and railroad builder Paul Bremond (1810-85). A native of New York, where he apprenticed in the hat trade, Bremond came to Texas in 1839 and eventually joined other investors in a railroad that became the Houston and Texas Central. With Bremond as president, it built a line from Houston to Dallas and beyond. Among the new towns established along the route was Bremond, incorporated in 1870. Paul Bremond was also instrumental in the development of the Houston, East and West Texas Railroad farther east. A spiritualist who was married three times, Bremond was recognized widely as one of the state's leading businessmen of his day. (2005)
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Paul Bremond, a New York-born financier who had apprenticed in the hat trade, came to Texas in 1839 and became one of the state's foremost railroad builders. As president of the Houston and Texas Central, he pushed a line from Houston through Dallas and beyond, and along the way new towns—including Bremond, incorporated in 1870—sprang up. He also helped develop the Houston, East and West Texas Railroad, earning a reputation as one of the state's leading businessmen.
Why it matters
Bremond exemplifies the railroad entrepreneurs whose lines determined which Texas towns lived or died and bound the young state to the wider nation.
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