Details for Site of Bird's Fort
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5439004731
Data
| Marker Number | 4731 |
| Atlas Number | 5439004731 |
| Marker Title | Site of Bird's Fort |
| Index Entry | Bird's Fort, Site of |
| Address | Bird's Fort Trail |
| City | Arlington |
| County | Tarrant |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 679499 |
| UTM Northing | 3630661 |
| Subject Codes | forts; military topics; Native Americans; Republic of Texas |
| Marker Year | 1936 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | Off Bird's Fort Trail. Marker reported in storage Dec. 2021 pending new construction. Map dot approximate. |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Storage |
| Marker Size | 1936 Texas Centennial - historical marker (gray granite) |
| Marker Text | Established in 1840 by Jonathan Bird on the Military Road from Red River to Austin. In its vicinity an important Indian treaty, marking the line between the Indians and the white settlements, was signed September 29, 1843, by Edward H. Tarrant and George W. Terrell, representing the Republic of Texas. The ragged remnant of the ill-fated Snively Expedition sought refuge here, August 6, 1843. Erected by the State of Texas 1936 |