Historical Marker
Fort Lipantitlan
Historical marker location:
CR 101 at Fort Lipantitlan State Park, Banquete, Texas
( At entrance to Lipantitlan State Historic Site; from Banquete, take FM 666 about 7 miles north, head northwest on FM 3088 about 5.3 miles, turn northeast on FM 70; drive about 0.7 miles then turn southeast onto CR 58; turn northeast on CR 101 and continue about 0.5 miles to marker.)
Marker installed: 1936
On this site stood Fort Lipantitlan. Occupied in 1831 by soldiers of the Mexican army to prevent further Anglo-American colonization in Texas.
Captured November 4, 1835 by volunteers under Captain Ira Westover.
Unsuccessfully attacked June 7, 1842 by 700 men under Gen. Antonio Canales while defended by 192 men under General James Davis.
Five acres of land surrounding the site of the fort were generously donated to the State of Texas by the heirs of J.C. Bluntzer in 1937.