Historical Marker # 465 - Kenney's Fort Traditional Cache
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Historical Marker # 465 - Kenney's Fort
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CONGRATS to HiDude_98 for the FTF honors!!!!!
Historical markers have always interested me and they always attract my attention when I drive by one. Each one tells a story of the area, it's people, and yes, it's history.
I have long wanted to hide caches at some of these and this is the beginning. I am new to the area and I want to learn about what happened here. What a better way than to come and learn from these hidden historical treasures on the highway.
Drive on up or pull over and take a moment to read the marker and imagine what it was like around here so long ago. Enjoy!
KENNEY'S FORT
Dr. Thomas Kenney came to Brushy Creek in 1839 and built a fort. This was the first permanent settlement in what would become Williamson County nine years later. Kenney was befriended by the Native Americans, but was later killed by them in 1844.
Marker Text
1/2 mile South to the site of Kenney's Fort First settlement in Williamson County. Erected as a home by Dr. Thomas Kenney and Joseph Barnhart in the spring of 1839. Served as a place of defense during Indian raids. Rendezvous of the Santa Fe Expedition, 1841. Here the archives of the Republic of Texas en route to Washington-on-the-Brazos were captured on December 31, 1842 and returned to Austin.
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