Details for Chambers' Creek

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5139007088

Data

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.