Fort Houston
N 31° 44.374 W 095° 39.401
15R E 248315 N 3514640
One of two Texas Historical Markers at this location, this 1936 gray granite Centennial Marker provides a sound-byte about Fort Houston, a post intended to repel Native American attacks during the Republic era.
Waymark Code: WM11K21
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/04/2019
Views: 13
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: 8752
Marker Text:
A fort and stockade built about 1836 on the public square of the town of Houston (then in Houston County), as a protection against the Indians, by order of General Sam Houston, Commander-in-Chief of the Texan Armies. The town was abandoned in 1846 for Palestine, the new seat of Anderson County; the fort about 1841. The site is now a part of the historic home of John H. Reagan, which is called Fort Houston
Erected by the State of Texas
1936
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