Bell, Josiah Hughes, Site of the Home of

West Columbia

Year Marker Erected: 1936
Size: Historical Marker
Repairs: Fair
Location: off SH 36, .5 mi. south of West Columbia, next to Loggins Vet Clinic

Marker Text:
(1791-1838) One of the "Old Three Hundred" who came to Texas with Stephen F. Austin in 1821. First alcalde of Austin's colony. On this tract of 6,642 acres, granted him in 1824, was later built the town of Columbia, first capital of the Republic.