Marker Inscription
About 1773, the Spanish garrison at Presidio del Norte, present Ojinaga, Mexico, established El Fortin de San Jose in this vicinity to protect local farmers. The settlement retained the name after the post was abandoned about 1810. After Ben Leaton had acquired extensive property in the area in 1848, the community came to be called Fort Leaton. Ben Leaton's fortress is all that remains of the old settlement. Fort Leaton is neither the site of the original Presidio del Norte nor the Spanish mission Apostal Santiago, as stated erroneously by earlier markers at this location. (1978)
About this site
El Fortin De San Jose is a historical marker in Presidio vicinity, Presidio County, dedicated in 1978. It is one of 26 historical markers documented in Presidio County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 81 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 29.5427, -104.3258 near Presidio vicinity. The nearest cataloged historic site is Leaton, Ben, Home of (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Presidio del Norte, Mission Del Apostol Santiago, and Fort Leaton.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5377001416. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
