Early in the spring of 1822, explorers and future members of Stephen F. Austin’s first colony built a cabin at a large bend of the Brazos River and the future site of Richmond. Known as Fort Bend, the humble structure later lent its name to the county established in 1837 by the Republic of Texas.
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