Marker Inscription
The Republic of texas Congress in Dec. 1838 called for military roads and forts from Red River to the Nueces. A road from Austin, joining El Camino Real near St. Mark's Springs, was designed for rapid communication between San Antonio and the Capital. Post San Marcos was to be constructed at the springs to safeguard travel. Adj. Gen. Hugh McLeod (1814-62) laid out the fort, to be garrisoned by a company of 56 men. Capt. Joseph Wiehl's Co. H, 1st Inf. Regt., in Oct. 1840 completed the road and the fort. In 1841 the Republic of Texas army disbanded for lack of funding, and the post was closed.
About this site
Post San Marcos is a historical marker in San Marcos, Hays County, dedicated in 1973. It is one of 124 historical markers documented in Hays County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 184 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 29.8930, -97.9308 near San Marcos. The nearest cataloged historic site is Merriman, Eli T. (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Mission San Francisco Xavier de los Delores, San Marcos Springs, and San Marcos Mill Tract.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5209010311. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
