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Site of the Home of Josiah Hughes Bell

West Columbia, Brazoria County

Marker Text

(1791-1838) One of the "Old Three Hundred" who came to Texas with Stephen F. Austin in 1821. First alcalde of Austin's colony. On this tract of 6,642 acres, granted him in 1824, was later built the town of Columbia, first capital of the Republic.

Marker Details

Address
Location Description off SH 36, .5 mi. south of West Columbia, next to Loggins Vet Clinic
Marker # 9526
Dedicated 1936
Size, Type 1936 Texas Centennial historical marker (gray granite)
Code pioneers
Latitude, Longitude 29.125147, -95.64476

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