| Marker Number |
1981 |
| Atlas Number |
5483001981 |
| Marker Title |
Site of Fort Elliott |
| Index Entry |
Fort Elliott |
| Address |
SH 152 |
| City |
Mobeetie |
| County |
Wheeler |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
367888 |
| UTM Northing |
3931433 |
| Subject Codes |
forts; Native Americans |
| Marker Year |
1936 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
Picnic area, N side SH 152, 0.7 mi. W of FM 48 |
| Private Property |
|
| Marker Condition |
|
| Marker Size |
1936 Texas Centennial - historical marker (gray granite) |
| Marker Text |
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. Erected by the State of Texas 1936 |
