The replica officer’s quarters at Fort Martin Scott. - Photo by Larry D. Moore
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November 22, 2023
OLLI presentation set on Fort Martin Scott
On Dec. 5, 1848, Captain Seth Eastman, commander of Company D, First Regiment of U.S. Infantry, established the first Army post on the Texas frontier. He named the post on the west bank of Barons Creek Camp Houston near “Fredericksburgh.”