Details for Founding of Huntsville and of Historic Indian Post
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5471008458
Data
| Marker Number | 8458 |
| Atlas Number | 5471008458 |
| Marker Title | Founding of Huntsville and of Historic Indian Post |
| Index Entry | Historic Indian Post |
| Address | |
| City | Huntsville |
| County | Walker |
| UTM Zone | 15 |
| UTM Easting | 255712 |
| UTM Northing | 3401741 |
| Subject Codes | cities and towns |
| Marker Year | |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | (north side of Walker County Courthouse Square) Marker reported missing April 2012. |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | Missing |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | Located here about 1830, this Indian post was established by Pleasant Gray, adventurer and pioneer from Alabama. Friendly Indians of East Texas had long used the nearby springs and they came to exchange agricultural products and pottery for hides, ponies, and cured meat brought by the western Indians. Soon settlers began to move into the region and by 1836, during the Republic of Texas, the future town of Huntsville had started to spring up here. Gray sold his post in 1846, as he could no longer tend it. He died in 1848. He had one son. |