Torrey's Trading Post No.2
(2.3 Mi. North on Bluff above Trading House Creek)
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Marker Text: Site of greatest Indian council in Republic of Texas. There President Sam Houston made famous 1844 peace talks to assembled chiefs. A "listening post" for frontier; aided in peacekeeping. Built 1844 and run by Geo. Barnard for the Torrey Brothers. In 1849 the post was moved to Waco by Barnard. (1966)
Marker No: 5510
Aluminum 20 x 20 Subject Marker
National Register of Historic Places
Geographic:31.522167, 96.999031
Location: 10 miles east of Waco
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