Historical Marker
"Brit" Bailey Plantation
Historical marker location:
Bailey's Prairie, Texas
( SH 35 (roadside park), Bailey's Prairie)
Marker installed: 1968
Established in 1818 as an individual claim by James Briton Bailey, a member later of Austin's colony. Born 1779, Bailey was tall, fearless, of Irish stock.
At his request, he was buried (1833) standing up, facing west, gun at side.
His restless ghost is said to walk this prairie. (1968).
Texas was once an independent country: After winning its independence from Mexico in 1836, Texas became its own country, known as the Republic of Texas. It existed as an independent nation for nine years before being annexed by the United States in 1845.