Torrey's Trading Post No. 2

Historical marker location:

SH 6, Waco, Texas

( 10 mi E of Waco)

Marker installed: 1966

(2.3 mi. north on bluff above Trading House Creek)

Site of greatest Indian council in Republic of Texas. There President Sam Houston made famous 1844 peace talks to assembled chiefs. A "listening post" for frontier; aided in peacekeeping. Built 1844 and run by Geo. Barnard for the Torrey Brothers. In 1849 the post was moved to Waco by Barnard. (1966).

trading posts, customs stations

Texas was once a part of Mexico but gained independence in 1836 after a famous battle at the Alamo.