Historical Marker
Site of the Town of Alabama
Historical marker location:
Austonio, Texas
( CR 3120 (Alabama Ferry Road) at CR 3130)
Marker installed: 1936
Important shipping point before the Civil War. Here was established Trinity College, the first institution of higher education in Houston County. Its charter was granted on January 30, 1841 by the Congress of the Republic of Texas.
Erected by the State of Texas 1936.