Historical Marker
Fort Elliot
Historical marker location:
SH 152, W of FM 48, Mobeetie, Texas
( From Mobeetie, take S.H. 152 about .8 mile west of intersection with F.M. 48)
Marker installed: 1936
Established June 5, 1875. One of the last forts established in Texas for purpose of clearing the region of Indians. Around it Mobeetie, rendezvous of buffalo hunters and traders, grew up. The post was abandoned in 1889.