Details for Port Sullivan

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5331007950

Data

Marker Number 7950
Atlas Number 5331007950
Marker Title Port Sullivan
Index Entry Port Sullivan
Address CR 260
City Maysfield
County Milam
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 720065
UTM Northing 3418183
Subject Codes forts
Marker Year 1936
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location 9 mi. E on FM 485, 1.3 mi. N on CR 260, reported damaged 10.2018
Private Property No
Marker Condition Damaged
Marker Size 1936 Centennial Marker (gray granite)
Marker Text Early important trade and educational center. Established by Augustus W. Sullivan in 1835. River navigation extended to this point for many years. The Austin-East Texas and the Houston-Waco roads crossed here. On this spot was located Port Sullivan College. Established in the early fifties. Incorporated December 16, 1863. Destroyed by fire in 1878.

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