Details for Site of Fort Croghan
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5053009711
Data
| Marker Number | 9711 |
| Atlas Number | 5053009711 |
| Marker Title | Site of Fort Croghan |
| Index Entry | Fort Croghan, Site of |
| Address | 703 SH 29 |
| City | Burnet |
| County | Burnet |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 572732 |
| UTM Northing | 3403033 |
| Subject Codes | forts |
| Marker Year | 1936 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | in front of Fort Croghan Museum |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 1936 Centennial - Highway Marker |
| Marker Text | Established by Lieut. C. H. Tyler, United States Second Dragoons, by order of the War Department, March 18, 1849, as a protection to frontier settlers against hostile Indians. Abandoned in December, 1853 as the settlements had extended farther west. |