Camp of the Army of the Republic of Texas
N 32° 09.572 W 095° 24.316
15S E 273175 N 3560654
Texas Historical Marker on the west side of FM 344, just north of its intersection with FM 346, noting that the Army of the Republic Texas camped here before they engaged Cherokee forces led by Chief Bowles, driving them out of East Texas.
Waymark Code: WMWPK3
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 09/27/2017
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This marker is about 5.4 miles southwest of Flint, TX, and according to the gentleman who lives across the way at the Dewberry Plantation Home, the THC replaced a missing medallion not too long ago.
Related waymarks are:
Where the army mustered out. (
visit link)
About the battle itself. (
visit link)
The battle site, where Chief Bowles fell and is buried. (
visit link)
Marker Number: 7711
Marker Text:
At this site was the camp of the Army of the Republic of Texas under Generals Edward Burleson, Thomas J. Rusk, Albert Sidney Johnston, Hugh McLeod, Kelsey H. Douglass and Colonel Willis H. Landrum just before they engaged Chief Bowles of the Cherokees and associated tribes in the decisive battle on July 16, 1839, by which the Indians were forever driven from East Texas
Erected by the State of Texas 1936
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