Historical Marker
Fort Houston
Historical marker location:
Palestine, Texas
( about 2 mi. from Palestine off US 79S on FM 1990 just past tracks, behind Palestine Concrete)
Marker installed: 1969
A fort and stockade built about 1836 on the public square of the town of Houston (then in Houston County), as a protection against the Indians, by order of General Sam Houston, Commander-in-Chief of the Texan armies. The town was abandoned in 1846 for Palestine, the new seat of Anderson County, the fort about 1841. The site is now a part of the historic home of John H. Reagan, which is called Fort Houston.