In 1936 the Sarah McCalla Chapter of Cameron created a park to commemorate the Texas State Centennial.  It was situated at the site of Old Nashville, principal town of Sterling C. Robertson's Colony.  Over the years, the park became inaccessible.  In 1991, the Texas Society moved the two markers from the original park and dedicated a new marker at a new site to create a Centennial Park, commemorating the Centennial of the National Society.

The new scenic park site is located five miles west of Hearne on Highway 79.  Crepe myrtles and native Texas plants invite travelers to stop, read the markers, and enjoy the history of this area.

The DAR marker is inscribed as follows:

DAR CENTENNIAL PARK

IN 1936 THE SARAH MCCALLA
CHAPTER DAR OF CAMERON
CREATED A PARK
(ABOUT 3/4 MILE UPRIVER)
TO COMMEMORATE THE
TEXAS STATE CENTENNIAL

THE RED ROCK DAR MONUMENT
TO THE LEFT WAS IN THAT PARK
WHICH IS NOW INACCESSIBLE

STERLING C. ROBERTSON
WHO WAS BURIED IN THE
OLD NASHVILLE CEMETERY
WAS MOVED TO THE TEXAS STATE
CEMETERY IN AUSTIN IN 1935

THIS PARK COMMEMORATES THE
CENTENNIAL OF THE NATIONAL
SOCIETY DAUGHTERS OF THE
AMERICAN REVOLUTION
1890 - 1990

ERECTED BY THE TEXAS SOCIETY DAR
1991
 

The Nashville marker is inscribed:

SITE OF THE TOWN OF

NASHVILLE

SURVEYED IN THE FALL OF 1836
AS THE CAPITAL OF
ROBERTSON'S COLONY

NAMED FOR NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
WHERE STERLING C. ROBERTSON AND MANY
OF HIS COLONISTS HAD FORMERLY LIVED

SEAT OF JUSTICE
1935, MUNICIPALITY, 1836
MILAM COUNTY, 1837

FIRST HOME IN TEXAS OF
GEORGE C. CHILDRESS
CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE
WHO DRAFTED THE
TEXAS DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

Erected by the State of Texas
 

There is no inscription on the Red Rock DAR Monument moved from the original site to the present site.

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