Site of Wood's Fort

Historical marker location:

West Point, Texas

( from West Point, take State 71 West about 1.5 mile in to Junction of State 71 & County Road 117 intersection (roadside park))

Marker installed: 1936

Used by colonists of this vicinity as a protection against Indian attacks . 1828-1842 fortified residence of Zadock Woods, veteran of the War of 1812. One of the old "Three Hundred" of Austin's colonists. Oldest man killed in the "Dawson Massacre" September 18, 1842.

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