Historical Marker
Cook's Fort
Historical marker location:
Rusk, Texas
( about 3 miles south of Rusk on FM 241)
Marker installed: 1936
Named in honor of Joseph T. Cook; native of North Carolina; Early settler in Nacogdoches; Owner of land on which a military company under Captain Black built a fort never attacked by Indians; On adjacent land, James Cook built a store and blacksmith shop; About them a village grew up; Population in 1846, 250; After establishment of Rusk, inhabitants moved there.