​ On this Site stood
​Fort Lipantitlan

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Marker Text:  Occupied in 1831 by
soldiers of the Mexican army
to prevent further Anglo-American
colonization in Texas
Captured November 4, 1835
by volunteers under
Captain Ira Westover
Unsuccessfully attacked
June 7, 1842 by 700 men under
Gen. Antonio Canales
while defended by 192 men under
General James Davis.
Five acres of land
surrounding the site of the fort
were generously donated to the
State of Texas by
the heirs of
J.C. Bluntzer
in 1937. (1936) 

Marker No: 6315

1936 Gray Granite Centennial Marker

Geographic: 27.964485,-97.818398

Location: At entrance to Lipantitlan State Historic Site; from Banquete, take FM 666 about 7 miles north, head northwest on FM 3088 about 5.3 miles, turn northeast on FM 70; drive about 0.7 miles then turn southeast onto CR 58; turn northeast on CR 101 and continue about 0.5 miles to marker.