On this Site First Known as Perry's Point

The bluff has carried several names. In 1721 the French explorer La Harpe visited an Atakapan village of about 200 people between here and Round Point. In 1816 the filibuster Henry Perry camped on the bluff, and it became Perry's Point. General Teran formally named the town Anahuac in January 1831. For two decades afterward rivals fought over the label, and the post office was Anahuac when Charles Willcox held it and Chambersea when Thomas Chambers's associates did. The dispute lasted until Chambers died in 1865.

What the plaque says

On this Site First Known as Perry's Point On this site first known as Perry's Point, a fort, established in 1830 by General Manuel Mier y Teran for the purpose of halting Anglo-American colonization was named Anahuac, the Aztec name of Mexico City, then the capital of Texas. The imprisonment here of settlers in Austin's colony brought the first open rebellion to Mexican rule in 1832. Erected by the State of Texas 1936

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site — 24 mi
  The 1,200 acres of coastal prairie and marsh where the Texas Revolution ended in eighteen minutes, and the 567-foot shaft of fossil-studded limestone that has stood over them since 1939.
• Space Center Houston — 28 mi
  The visitor center of NASA's Johnson Space Center at Clear Lake, with flown capsules, a shuttle replica riding a 747, and tram tours to Mission Control and a Saturn V.

More markers nearby

• Robert McAlpin Williamson — steps away
• Fort Anahuac — steps away
• Juan Davis Bradburn — steps away
• William Barret Travis — steps away