 Marker Photo Courtesy of Texas Historical Commission
On this site first known as Perry's Point, a fort, established in 1830 by General Manuel Mier y Teran for the purpose of halting Anglo-American colonization was named Anahuac, the Aztec name of Mexico City, then the Capital of Texas. The imprisonment here of settlers in Austin's Colony brought the first open rebellion to Mexican rule in 1832.
Erected by the State of Texas, 1936.
off FM-564, in Fort Anahuac Park, 1 mile S. of Anahuac, Chambers County Texas
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