Site of Lacy's Fort

Martin Lacy (1789-1843) served as Indian agent for Mexico and later for the Republic of Texas, and in that role he went with John H. Reagan to deliver President Lamar's banishment decree to Chief Bowl. The Handbook says his trading post stood here before the Revolution, but the stockade and probable log blockhouse he called Fort Lacy may date only from about 1838. In 1839 hundreds of militiamen and rangers passed through during the Cherokee War. Lacy began dismantling the works around 1841 or 1842, and most residents soon moved to the new town of Alto.

What the plaque says

Site of Lacy's Fort Built before 1835 as a home and trading post by Martin Lacy, Indian agent for the Mexican government. Used as a place of refuge after the massacre of the Killough family, October 5, 1838. Erected by the State of Texas 1936

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Caddo Mounds State Historic Site — 4.1 mi
  Three earthen mounds of an ancestral Caddo village and ceremonial center on the old El Camino Real, settled about A.D. 800 and still sacred to Caddo people, with a grass house and visitor center.

More markers nearby

• Site of the Delaware Indian Village — 0.3 mi
• Camp Alto, World War II Prisoner of War Camp — 1.1 mi
• A. Frank Smith United Methodist Church — 1.6 mi
• Robert F. Mitchell — 1.7 mi