Fort Houston
N 31° 44.374 W 095° 39.400
15R E 248316 N 3514639
One of two Texas Historical Markers at W Reagan and Knox Streets in Palestine, this standard-issue Texas Historical Marker provides a some background about Fort Houston, a post intended to repel Native American attacks during the Republic era.
Waymark Code: WM11K51
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/04/2019
Views: 10
The home of John H. Reagan, referenced on the marker, no longer stands. It was just up the block from here at the intersection of W Reagan and Industrial Streets.
Marker Number: 8753
Marker Text:
(Site one-fourth mile south)
A stockade and blockhouse of the Republic of Texas. Built in 1835-1836 to protect settlers who founded Houston, a pioneer town, now in Anderson County.
Friendly Indians would come to trade at the site, but wary settlers often slept inside the 25-foot-square blockhouse, built of heavy logs. Trappers bought supplies there and men from Houston formed one of the first Ranger units in Texas. The fort defended a large area of the frontier, 1836-1839, but it was abandoned about 1841. The site later became part of home of John H. Reagan, Texas statesman. (1969)
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