Details for Cook's Fort
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5073006633
Data
| Marker Number | 6633 |
| Atlas Number | 5073006633 |
| Marker Title | Cook's Fort |
| Index Entry | Cook's Fort |
| Address | |
| City | Rusk |
| County | Cherokee |
| UTM Zone | 15 |
| UTM Easting | 297966 |
| UTM Northing | 3514856 |
| Subject Codes | pioneers; forts |
| Marker Year | 1936 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | about 3 miles south of Rusk on FM 241 |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 1936 Centennial Marker |
| Marker Text | Named in honor of Joseph T. Cook; native of North Carolina; Early settler in Nacogdoches; Owner of land on which a military company under Captain Black built a fort never attacked by Indians; On adjacent land, James Cook built a store and blacksmith shop; About them a village grew up; Population in 1846, 250; After establishment of Rusk, inhabitants moved there. |