Site of the Home of
Josiah Hughes Bell
​1791 - 1838

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Marker Text: One of the “Old Three Hundred” who came to Texas with Stephen F. Austin in 1821 • First alcade (sic, alcalde) 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. (1936) 

Marker No: 9526

1936 Gray Granite Centennial Marker 

Geographic ​29° 7.775′ N, 95° 38.767′ W

Location: ​South Columbia Drive (State Highway 36) north of Reid Road, West Columbia