Site of Cox's Point
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jhuoni
N 28° 40.169 W 096° 34.200
14R E 737469 N 3173785
This 1936 marker is a quick "on this spot" history lesson.
Waymark Code: WMVG1Y
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/14/2017
Views: 6
Marker is on the Point Comfort side of the causeway, on 35 headed into Port Lavaca.
Marker Number: 1101
Marker Text:
An early landing place of supplies for the interior.
Captain Jack Shackelford's "Red Rovers" of Alabama disembarked at this point.
A town established here in 1836 was burned by Indians in 1840.
Erected by the State of Texas 1936
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