Site of Fort Croghan in Burnet, Texas

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Site of Fort Croghan

703 SH 29, Burnet, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 30° 45' 28.8972", -98° 14' 24.198"

Texas State
Historical Marker

Established by Lieut. C. H. Tyler, United States Second Dragoons, by order of the War Department, March 18, 1849, as a protection to frontier settlers against hostile Indians. Abandoned in December, 1853 as the settlements had extended farther west.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Site of Fort Croghan Historical Marker Location Map, Burnet, Texas