Camp Site Of the Texas Army
Five miles to the southeast to the camp site of the Texas Army March 31 to April 13, 1836 when it crossed the Brazos on the steamboat Yellow Stone and began its march toward Harrisburg.
30.0818° N, 96.0830° W
Where to Find It
1.5 miles south of Hempsted on SH 159
Nearby Markers
- 0.7 mi N Hempstead High School Hempstead
- 0.8 mi N Ahrenbeck-Urban Home Hempstead
- 0.9 mi E Captain Alfred H. Wyly Hempsted
- 1 mi NE First United Methodist Church of Hempstead Hempstead
- 1.2 mi N Former Waller County Post Offices Hempsted
- 1.2 mi N Waller County Hempstead