Details for Fort Houston
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5001008752
Data
| Marker Number | 8752 |
| Atlas Number | 5001008752 |
| Marker Title | Fort Houston |
| Index Entry | Fort Houston |
| Address | |
| City | Palestine |
| County | Anderson |
| UTM Zone | 15 |
| UTM Easting | 248308 |
| UTM Northing | 3514658 |
| Subject Codes | forts; Native Americans |
| Marker Year | 1969 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | about 2 mi. from Palestine off US 79S on FM 1990 just past tracks, behind Palestine Concrete |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 1936 Centennial - Subject Marker (gray granite) |
| 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. |