The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-06-30
OLD NACOGDOCHES FORT
THE ROCK FOR 1T WAS oUARRlEp
NEAR THAT PLACE.
Some Interesting Facts Regarding The
Historic Old Structurc--How
II Was Erected.
To the Editor Of The Post

To the Editor Of The Post.
In The Post Of June . is a picture and
history Of the old stone fort at Nacog
doches. The writer states that ut was
onilt of coarse red rock, some OF which
weighs from $50 to 200 pounds. The most
rlglc search has tn this date failed TO
discover where this rock was quarried
There Is no snch rock In many leagues
Of Nacogdoches" AS native Of old Ma
cogdocheS, having been Dor there seventy
one years ago, under the shadow Of the
old stone fort, beg TO correct the writer
OF mat article. and TO request the Nacoe
doehes correspondent OF The Post to cross
the bridge, or the old ford above the
bridge on the La Mana creek east OF Ma.
cogdoches, and go up the stream about
800 yards to the slope OF the hill. ne viii
mud an old rock quarry OF large dimen-
sslons, that extends some distance, follow
ing the foot hills. The rock is a yellow
sLohe' soft and easily cut, and Is ideutlcally
ne same stone as that used In the con
sTuctlon of the old fort Sixty years ago
,nere was abundant evidence OF where
large quantities of this stone was quarricd,
anu as the old fort was the only stone
oululug Ia Naeugd0chcs az that time, Il
Us evident TINT this quarry and the ono
on the west side Of town. on the Irlois Hill.
Of the same kind, furnished the stone for
the building.
Inc Post correspondent, writing from
Nacogdoches June II, in referring to the
sate OF the old fort says: Much has been
SAID about the date OF the erection of
this old building. Historians diner widely
on THIS subject aud there is no definite
lraditlonal or historic account Of when It
was erected. In this connection | give,
| as traditional history, the account of vi
eenta Michalie as he related II TO MY
| l3tner Colonel j. s. Roberts. the owner
/ OF the fort At the time, and other old elf
tNsng In, Va. 4 g,t.,
and left In 1892 to live in Mexico lie re
turned In 1874 70 establish his title to
i9nds known as Michallc grant, located on
me Angelina river in Angelina county. His
| appearance was that OF a very old man.
ana ne stated that he was 80 years old;
was norm In l762; that he had often heard
ms father say that when a boy of rs he
hauled stone from east of town TO build
the, stone fort that they were hauled ON
steds by oxen and that the dirt used In
the mortar was taken from a place 200
yards north of the building, which at
that date QS4I) was known by the boys
as the Crawfsh pond. Michale was nn IN
iieyed by majority of the old citizens,
anu from the account given nv Vital
hlcles. who was born there in 1890 IL Is
eNdent that the old fort was built long
Now after nearly 200 years. this old land
marx Is to be destroyed Let the citizens
OF Nacogdoches and the descendants OF the
patriotic men and women who lived In the
OLD town In the early days of the Republic
aided by the Daughters of the Republic
and other societies and organizations Of
the. patriotic women Of Texas collect n
iuuu and purchase the stones of the old
Tor; and erect monumert to the memory
q the old citizens who lived there before
me Independence Of the Republic. and TO
commemorate the glorious history OF the
past.
Let the names of those old heroes be
ehgraved on Texas granite. surmounted nv
q smart built of the stones of that historic
tort Inc county of Nacogdoches will no
DOUBT donate space on the public square
for such a purpose. G.. Sterne