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"Site of
Fort Elliott" Texas Centennial Marker
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson, December 2008 |
1936 Centennial
Marker Text:
Site of Fort
Elliott
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. |
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"It was
a civilian post office in a little community adjacent to the fort,
where the first postmaster operated as a sutler to the fort (and
later became a quite prominent rancher). So it could qualify as
a ghost town. The post office only operated from 1878-1880."
- John
J. Germann
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"Near the
jail museum are several buildings from Old Mobeetie along with a wooden
flagpole, the last surviving remnant from Fort Elliott."
- Terry
Jeanson, September 2007 |
| Texas
Escapes, in its purpose to preserve historic, endangered and vanishing
Texas, asks that anyone wishing to share their local history, stories,
landmarks and recent or vintage photos, please contact
us. |
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