Paul Bremond

Paul Bremond, a noted financier and railroad builder, was a native of New York, where he apprenticed in the hat trade, and came to Texas in 1839. He eventually joined other investors in a railroad that became the Houston and Texas Central, and 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. Bremond was also instrumental in the development of the Houston, East and West Texas Railroad farther east. A spiritualist who was married three times, he was recognized widely as one of the state's leading businessmen of his day.

Bremond, Texas · United States