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Site of Fort Colorado (Also called Coleman’s Fort); "Webster Massacre"
By Richard Denney, April 25, 2010
Site of Fort Colorado Marker
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
| | June, 1836 - November, 1838.
Established and first commanded by
Colonel Robert M. Coleman.
Succeeded by Capt. Michael Andrews
And
Capt. William M. Eastland.
An extreme frontier outpost occupied by Texas Rangers to protect . . . — — Map (db m227723) HM |
| | Here sleep
the victims of the
"Webster Massacre"
of August 27, 1839
About thirty homeseekers
headed by John Webster
enroute to what is now Burnet
County, were attacked by a band
of Comanche Indians
After attempting to flee . . . — — Map (db m60279) HM |
Apr. 25, 2024