​Site of
​Fort Polk

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Marker Text: ​A Mexican village developed on this point, settled by Mexican ranchers in the 1700s. The village was abandoned prior to the U.S. Declaration of War with Mexico in 1846. U.S. Forces led by General Zachary Taylor occupied the point on March 24, 1846. Taylor erected a depot here to receive supplies from New Orleans. The six-sided Fort, named for President Polk, consisted of 4 sides of Earthen Embankments and 2 sides open to the shoreline. The Fort was abandoned in 1850 but the settlement it attracted eventually developed into Port Isabel. Remnants of the Fort were visible until the 1920s. (1995)

Marker No: 4796

Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker

Geographic: 26.077551, -97.207733

Location: ​Corner of North Tarumna and p100 Port Isabel Lighthouse State Park, Port Isabel