Moore's Fort
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Moore's Fort is a twin dogtrot type blockhouse in Round Top, Texas. Built by John Henry Moore in 1828, it is the oldest building in Fayette County.{{cite web | url=http://www.roundtop.org/cat_listing.php?cat_id=antiques | title=Antique Show Venues - Village Green | publisher=Round Top Area Chamber of Commerce | accessdate=2008-07-03 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080202195530/http://www.roundtop.org/cat_listing.php?cat_id=antiques |archive-date= 2008-02-02 |url-status= dead}} It was originally located where La Grange is today, as a shelter for settlers from Comanche raids.{{cite web | url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hcf03 | title=Fayette County | publisher=Handbook of Texas Online | first=Daphne | last=Dalton Garrett | date=January 17, 2008 | accessdate=2008-07-03}} Later it was moved to Round Top. A historical marker sits at the original location in La Grange.
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External links
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=7bmgCgAAQBAJ&dq=historical+marker+for+%22Moore%27s+Fort%22+Texas&pg=PA72 Entry on Moore and his fort] via Google Books: Gunfights & Sites in Texas Ranger History by Mike Cox, Arcadia Publishing, South Carolina, 2015. Accessed 2 December 2015.
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Category:Buildings and structures in Fayette County, Texas
Category:Military installations established in the 1820s
Category:1828 establishments in Mexico
Category:Dogtrot architecture in Texas
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