Historical Marker

Site of Bird's Fort

Historical marker location:
South Main at Silver Lake Gun Club, Arlington, Texas
( Euless, South Main, at Silver Lake Gun Club Headquarters, 1 mile south of intersection w/ Calloway Cemetery Rd., Arlington.)
Marker installed: 1936

Established in 1840 by Jonathan Bird on the Military Rd. from Red River to Austin. In its vicinity an important Indian treaty, marking the line between the Indians and the white settlements, was signed September 29, 1843, by Edward H. Tarrant and George W. Terrell, representing the Republic of Texas. The ragged remnant of the ill-fated Snively expedition sought refuge here, August 6, 1843.