Historical Marker
Site of the Trading Post of Holland Coffee
Historical marker location:
Pottsboro, Texas
( FM 120 at Preston Cemetery, about 8.5 mi. north of Pottsboro)
Marker installed: 1936
Established about 1837 for trade with the Indians of the Red River region and the western plains. Here many white captives of the Red Men were redeemed.
From its vicinity the Snively Expedition set out for New Mexico on April 25, 1843. Abandoned after Coffee's death in 1846.