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Site of Fort Croghan

Burnet, Burnet County

Marker Text

Established by Lieut. C. H. Tyler, United States Second Dragoons, by order of the War Department, March 18, 1849, as a protection to frontier settlers against hostile Indians. Abandoned in December, 1853 as the settlements had extended farther west.

Marker Details

Address 703 SH 29
Location Description in front of Fort Croghan Museum
Marker # 9711
Dedicated 1936
Size, Type 1936 Centennial - Highway Marker
Code forts
Latitude, Longitude 30.758032, -98.24006

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