Site of the Home of Josiah Hughes Bell
1791 - 1838
One of the “Old Three Hundred” who came to Texas with Stephen F. Austin in 1821 • First alcade of Austin's Colony • On this tract of 6,642 acres, granted him in 1824, was later built the town of Columbia, First Capital of the Republic
Marker can be reached from South Columbia Drive (Texas Route 36) north of Reid Road, on the right when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
