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The Navasota River is a river in east Texas, United States. It is about 125 miles (201 km) long, beginning near Mount Calm [ 2 ] and flowing south into the Brazos River at a point where Brazos , Grimes , and Washington counties converge.
Confederate Reunion Grounds is a Texas historic site located near Mexia, Limestone County, Texas at the confluence of the Navasota River and Jack's Creek. From 1889–1946, Confederate Civil War veterans and families reunited at the site during late-July or early-August, camping under the giant bur oaks, enjoying speeches, concerts, dances, fellowship and food, and raising funds for families ...
Navasota is located in southwestern Grimes County, east of the Navasota River (a tributary of the Brazos River).It is 71 miles (114 km) northwest of Houston. Texas State Highway 105 is the main east–west route that passes through the center of Navasota, leading southwest 25 miles (40 km) to Brenham and east 41 miles (66 km) to Conroe.
Grimes County is a county located in southeastern Texas, United States.As of the 2020 census, its population was 29,268. [1] The seat of the county is Anderson. [2] The county was formed from Montgomery County in 1846. [3]
Elder John Parker's group settled near the headwaters of the Navasota River, and built a fort for protection against Native Americans. It was completed in March 1834. Fort Parker's 12-foot-high (3.7 m) log walls enclosed four acres (16,000 m 2). Blockhouses were placed on two corners for lookouts, and six cabins were attached to the inside walls.
Starting in the late 1860s, formerly enslaved Black people gathered in the area of the Navasota River to celebrate Juneteenth and the anniversary of Logan Stroud's reading of General Order No. 3. During this time period, celebrations began to coalesce around the area of Comanche Crossing near Mexia.
In the mid-16th century, Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto and his men traveled across North America, including large swaths of what would become known centuries later as the Lower Mississippi River.
Fort Parker State Park has three hike-and-bike trails: Springfield trail (1.5-mile loop), Navasota River Trail (0.5 mile one way), and Baines Creek Trail (2.5 miles one way). The Bur Oak Trail (0.5-mile loop) is a nature trail with an interpretive guide pamphlet available.