College Station
College Station is a city in Brazos County, Texas, situated in East-Central Texas in the heart of the Brazos Valley, towards the eastern edge of the region known as the Texas Triangle. College Station is home to the main campus of Texas A&M University, the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System. The city owes its name and existence to the university's location along a railroad.
College Station's origins date from 1860, when the Houston and Texas Central Railway began to build through the region. Eleven years later, the site was chosen as the location for the proposed Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas, a land-grant school. In 1876, as the nation celebrated its centennial, the school (renamed Texas A&M University in 1963) opened its doors as the first public institution of higher education in the state of Texas.
Points of interest in College Station:
- George Bush Presidential Library, located at 1000 George Bush Drive West.
- The Day the Wall Came Down, 1997 sculpture
- D. A. "Andy" Anderson Arboretum
- Museum of the American GI
- Santa's Wonderland
- Bonfire Memorial
- Peach Creek Vineyards
- Disaster City
- The Gardens at Texas A&M University