Marker Number |
7088 |
Atlas Number |
5139007088 |
Marker Title |
Chambers' Creek |
Index Entry |
Chambers' Creek |
Address |
|
City |
Forreston |
County |
Ellis |
UTM Zone |
14 |
UTM Easting |
700588 |
UTM Northing |
3569258 |
Subject Codes |
water topics |
Marker Year |
1936 |
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
Marker Location |
From Forreston take US 77 S about 1 mile to picnic area on W. side of Rd., marker in in picnic area. |
Private Property |
No |
Marker Condition |
In Situ |
Marker Size |
1936 Centennial - Highway Marker (pink granite) |
Marker Text |
Named in honor of Thomas Jefferson Chambers (1802-1865) to whom the first land grant within present Ellis County was made in 1834 by the Mexican government also known as Howe's Settlement in honor of William R. Howe, first settler in the region in 1843. An early post office in Robertson County first county seat of Navarro county, 1846-1848. |