Palestine, TX, United States
Fort Houston. A fort and stockade built about 1836 on the public square of the town of Houston (then in Houston County), as a protection against the Indians, by order of General Sam Houston, Commander-in-Chief of the Texan armies. The town was abandoned in 1846 for Palestine, the new seat of Anderso
n County, the fort about 1841. The site is now a part of the historic home of John H. Reagan, which is called Fort Houston. #8752
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