Details for Old Osage
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5089003881
Data
| Marker Number | 3881 |
| Atlas Number | 5089003881 |
| Marker Title | Old Osage |
| Index Entry | Osage, Old |
| Address | |
| City | Weimar |
| County | Colorado |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 720838 |
| UTM Northing | 3292207 |
| Subject Codes | cemetery; trading posts, customs stations; Civil War; markets, merchantiles |
| Marker Year | 1965 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | From Weimar take US 90 about 1-1/2 miles to CR 201, go north on 201 about 3 miles to CR 208, go north about 1 mile to marker (at intersection of CR 208 and CR 205) |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | Site of 1820 trading post of Jesse Burnam. His ferry on the Colorado River helped Gen. Sam Houston reach San Jacinto, 1836. To cut off Santa Anna, Houston then burned post and ferry. Town started in 1850s was named for Osage orange trees. In 1861, Civil War recruiting center. Furnished most of Co. A, 5th Texas Cav., Green's Brigade. This park, on land deeded by Edward Austin for school and churches, includes cemetery and graves of many Civil War veterans. Was also burial site, Wm. B. Scates, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. |