Site of the Town of Grand Cane
Liberty, Liberty County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Here General Sam Houston built a home in 1843 and in it resided until 1845. A post office was established May 22, 1846 with Vernon B. Lea as postmaster. It was discontinued October 24, 1868 and reestablished April 26, 1869. The name of the town was changed to Ironwood August 26, 1869. The post office was discontinued March 15, 1900.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
General Sam Houston built a home here in 1843 and lived in it until 1845, and by 1846 a post office had opened to serve the little settlement. The town's fortunes flickered over the following decades, its post office closing and reopening before the community was renamed Ironwood in 1869. By 1900 the post office was shuttered for good, and the town faded from the map.
Why it matters
Tied to the towering figure of Sam Houston in the last days of the Texas Republic, Grand Cane is a vanished town whose brief rise and quiet disappearance mark the shifting map of early Texas.
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Related people
- · Sam Houston
- · Vernon B. Lea
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