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==Current Status== | ==Current Status== | ||
Only a road marker remains. | Only a road marker remains on Georgetown Road. | ||
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(F) 33. | (F) 33.804523, -96.697905 | ||
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Fort Johnston Marker | |||
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'''Location:''' | '''Location:'''Marker and site location just west of Fink intersection on Georgetown Road. | ||
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* Elevation: | * Elevation: 779' | ||
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* [http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/FF/qcf19.html The Handbook of Texas OnLine - Fort Johnson] | * [http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/FF/qcf19.html The Handbook of Texas OnLine - Fort Johnson] | ||
'''Visited: | '''Visited: 3 Nov 2011''' | ||
=={{PAGENAME}} Picture Gallery== | =={{PAGENAME}} Picture Gallery== | ||
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Revision as of 13:07, 3 November 2011
Fort Johnston (1) (1840-1841) - Established in 1840 by Republic of Texas 1st Infantry companies D and E under the command of Captain John Holliday and named (probably) for Albert Sidney Johnston. Post abandoned in 1841. Also known as Fort Johnson (2)
Fort Johnston (1) History
Established in 1840 at the direction of Colonel William G. Cooke by two Republic of Texas 1st Infantry companies under the command of Captain John Holliday. The fort was one of a number of frontier forts established by Albert Sidney Johnston, Republic of Texas Secretary of War, to stop hostile Comanche Indian raids.
The post was abandoned in May 1841.
Current Status
Only a road marker remains on Georgetown Road.
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Location:Marker and site location just west of Fink intersection on Georgetown Road. Maps & Images Lat: 33.805562 Long: -96.698576 |
Sources:
- Roberts, Robert B., Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States, Macmillan, New York, 1988, 10th printing, ISBN 0-02-926880-X, page 766
- Pierce, Gerald S., Texas Under Arms: The Camps, Posts, Forts & Military Towns of the Republic of Texas 1836-1846, Encino Press, Austin TX, 1969, ISBN/ASIN: B0006CYB9I, page 80
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Visited: 3 Nov 2011
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