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First Fannin County Settlement |
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Elwood,
TX,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
33° 47' 59.07720000012",
-96° 8' 11.84003999988"
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Texas State
Historical Marker |
(1 mile east of landing) Established April 1836 by five pioneers moving to Texas on the Rover, one of few steamboats to pass around snags and bends of Red River to this area. The colonists -- from four states of the Old South -- were Richard Locke, Dr. Daniel Rowlett, Daniel Slack, Edward and John Stephens. They were soon joined by Jabez Fitzgerald and Mark Roberts and families, who traveled overland. Leader of settlers was Rowlett, planter and lawyer as well as doctor, instrumental in creation of Fannin County, 1837; he served Republic of Texas in army and in 2nd, 4th and 8th Congresses.
This page last updated: 7/15/2008 |
First Fannin County Settlement Historical Marker Location Map, Texas
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