Details for Old Harrison
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5309003685
Data
| Marker Number | 3685 |
| Atlas Number | 5309003685 |
| Marker Title | Old Harrison |
| Index Entry | |
| Address | |
| City | Waco |
| County | McLennan |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 683965 |
| UTM Northing | 3511091 |
| Subject Codes | railroads; land surveys, land companies, promotional towns; Civil War; ghost towns |
| Marker Year | 1965 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | From Waco take Hwy 1860 about 1/4 mi. from the intersection of Hwy 6. Marker Reported Missing 8/21/25. |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | Missing |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | Named for Confederate General James E. Harrison, kinsman of U.S. president Wm. Henry Harrison and close friend of Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Born in South Carolina. Early settler, political leader and landowner in McLennan and Falls counties. Member of the Texas seccession convention. As an adopted son of Chickasaw Indian Tribe, headed special Civil War missions in Indian Territory. As a stockholder in Waco tap railway, gave right-of-way and site for Harrsion Station. Town had post office, school, stores, churches, gins, gristmills. |