| Marker Number |
2627 |
| Atlas Number |
5009002627 |
| Marker Title |
In Vicinity of French Trading Area (4.5 Miles West) |
| Index Entry |
French Trading Area, In Vicinity of |
| Address |
|
| City |
Archer City |
| County |
Archer |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
530359 |
| UTM Northing |
3717724 |
| Subject Codes |
French immigrants/immigration; markets, merchantiles; Native Americans |
| Marker Year |
1969 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
from Archer City, take FM 25 North about 2 miles to roadside park at intersection with FM 210, reported missing 8.3.2018 |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
Missing |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
In the mid-1700s, Indians of this region met at a trading ground near this site with Frenchmen who brought them manufactured goods, sometimes including guns and ammunition--products denied them by the Spanish who held sovereignty, but could not prevent intrusions from Louisiana. The Spanish explorer Jose Mares on a road-mapping expedition here in 1787 saw evidences of the French. Among noted early-day visitors were Captain R. B. Marcy of the U.S. Army and Indian agent R. S. Neighbors, who camped nearby in 1854 while seeking a good site for an Indian reservation. (1974) |
