The Town of Gause  |
| Address | County | utm_east |
| US 79 | Milam |
679035 |
| utm_zone | utm_north |
| Gause | 14 | 3386125 |
| Latitude | Longitude | ||
| N 30.78470° | W -96.72231° |
| Location | Repair Condition |
| in parking lot for carpool parking | good |
| Marker Text |
| William J. Gause (1829-1914), born in Alabama, moved to Texas in 1849, to |
| the Brazos region in 1856, and to this locality in 1872. Buying lumber in |
| Montgomery, he gave his friend Dan Fowler half in return for hauling it here. |
| The two built the first homes in this settlement. In 1873, Gause gave right of |
| way and 100 acres of land to the International & Great Northern Railroad, and |
| the town was platted. Gause Post Office opened in 1874, with James S. |
| Reynolds as postmaster. The I. G. N. freighted out great quantities of cotton, |
| and the town thrived. Cotton gins, stores, blacksmith shops, a lumber yard, a |
| bank, hotels, livery stables, a newspaper and other businesses were |
| established. Besides W. J. Gause, civic leaders included Dr. J. E. Brown, Richard |
| Cox, Dr. James dollar, Lafayette Ely, Bill Faubian, Dan Fowler, J. C. Lister, C. C. |
| Moore, Dr. John Porter, Frank Thomas, and T. L. Watts. Churches were |
| organized and a Masonic Lodge chartered. The county's first independent |
| school was established in Gause. Good highways, mechanized farming, and |
| decline of railroading halted commerce in the town of Guase. It survives, |
| however, as a residential site chosen by descendants of the pioneers and by |
| commuters of industrial plants and businesses in this vicinity. |
