Historical Marker

Cox's Point

Historical marker location:
Point Comfort, Texas
( NE end of causeway, on SH 35, near western city limit, Point Comfort)
Marker installed: 1936

An early landing place of supplies for the interior . Captain Jack Shackelford's "Red Rovers" of Alabama disembarked at this point.

A town established her in 1836 was burned by Indians in 1840.

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Texas is also home to the world's largest honky-tonk, Billy Bob's Texas in Fort Worth. The venue covers three acres and can hold up to 6,000 people.
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