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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.
Fort Houston is a historical marker in Palestine, Anderson County, dedicated in 1969. It is one of 115 historical markers documented in Anderson County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 227 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 31.7414, -95.6568 near Palestine. The nearest cataloged historic site is Fort Houston (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Site of Knox Glass Company Plant, Westwood United Methodist Church, and Pilgrim Hill Baptist Church.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5001008752. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
“Fort Houston” names 2 distinct records in Anderson County. This page is the historical marker dedicated in 1969 in Palestine. The others:
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