Site of the Town of Alabama

Jacob Allbright, the county's first clerk, settled on a bluff on the east bank of the Trinity and, in a county biography's words, established the town of Alabama there, with a ferry and a warehouse and commercial business. The 1841 charter named eleven trustees for Trinity College, yet the county history excerpted on TXGenWeb says it is not known for certain that the college was ever organized. An academy near the town advertised a five-month term in 1860 at $10 a student. Steamboats gave way to railroads, and the post office closed in 1878.

What the plaque says

Site of the Town of Alabama Important shipping point before the Civil War. Here was established Trinity College, the first institution of higher education in Houston County. Its charter was granted on January 30, 1841 by the Congress of the Republic of Texas. Erected by the State of Texas 1936

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Fort Boggy State Park — 16 mi
  A 1,847-acre park in Leon County named for a settlers' palisade of 1840, with a 15-acre lake, short trails and the story of Tennessee farmers, the Keechi and a Ranger captain.

More markers nearby

• Homesite of Samuel Cartmill Hiroms — 5.5 mi
• Porter Springs Community and Cemetery — 6.0 mi
• Creek Cemetery — 7.5 mi
• Captain Elisha Clapp — 7.7 mi