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Hall's Bluff

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TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 31° 18' 57.71009999988", -95° 28' 51.87378"
 
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    Maryland native Joshua James Hall migrated to Texas and purchased a land grant in 1839 on the east side of the Trinity River. Hall and his son, James Madison Hall, established a port and ferry on the Trinity River as a shipping point for Houston County settlers. The Community of Hall's Bluff developed around the ferry in the mid-19th century, and included a general store, post office, churches and a school. Unreliable shipping due to weather-related problems and the arrival of the railroad in the 1870s, caused the port to decline and eventually most residents moved away.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Hall's Bluff Historical Marker Location Map, Texas