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Historical Marker
Indian Trading Post
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About this site
Indian Trading Post is a historical marker in Corsicana, Navarro County, dedicated in 1962. It is one of 128 historical markers documented in Navarro County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 218 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.0967, -96.4755 near Corsicana. The nearest cataloged historic site is Drane, Frank Neal (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Taylor, Alva, Mills, Roger Q., Colonel, and First National Bank of Corsicana.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5349007216. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
The Indian Trading Post marks the site of a log trading post built in 1838 by Dr. George Washington Hill near Indian Spring, at the direction of Sam Houston, to encourage peaceful relations with area tribes. Hill had been appointed an agent to the Kickapoo in 1836, making him a natural choice to operate the post. It served tribes including the Kickapoo, Ionies and Comanches during the turbulent early settlement of what became Navarro County.
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