Waugh Campground
from Caldwell take SH 21 E about 1.5 mile to FM 2000, go N about 3.5 miles to marker on E side of road, Caldwell, TX, USA
Texas, USA
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1843
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION at Waugh Campground.
The Texas Historical Commission Atlas records this marker as in situ at the listed location. It remains part of the state marker inventory; the placement description and coordinates in this row follow the current official Atlas record and should be field-verified before publication.
About Waugh Campground
Waugh Campground was a Methodist camp-meeting site on land given by the Isaac S. Addison family, who named it for Bishop Beverly Waugh. It hosted quarterly conferences, revivals, and gatherings, including an 1857 debate between Senator Sam Houston and Judge A. S. Broaddus. The site served as a center of Methodist religious life and public gathering in antebellum Burleson County.
HISTORY HAPPENED HERE at Waugh Campground
Given to Methodist church as a camp-meeting site, by the Isaac S. Addison family. Mrs. Addison named camp in honor of Bishop Beverly Waugh, who presided at first Methodist Conference in Texas, and who, like the Addisons, was from Baltimore, Md. Site was used for quarterly conferences of the church and for revivals. Converted here was The Rev. B. H. Carroll (1843-1914), great Baptist leader. Campground was open also for secular gatherings. A famous occasion was the July 16, 1857, debate between U.S. Senator Sam Houston and Judge A. S. Broaddus, a Burleson County leader. Source: https://atlas.thc.texas.gov/Details/5051008656
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