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John Henry Moore came to Texas in Austin's Colony in 1823. He built this blockhouse on his half league of land in 1831 and founded the town of La Grange, where the La Bahia trace crosses the Colorado River. It is the oldest structure in Fayette County. Elected colonel in the 1835 Battle of Gonzales in the Texas Revolution, Moore went on to become a famous Indian fighter. He also founded in this building the first church in Fayette County. Moores Fort was saved, moved, and restored by Harvin and Elizabeth Moore and given to The Texas Pioneer Arts Foundation as a Bicentennial gift in 1976.
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