Fort Houston (1936)

(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.

Fort Houston is a historical marker in Palestine, Anderson County, dedicated in 1936. It is one of 115 historical markers documented in Anderson County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 229 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 #5001008753. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.