Fort Travis Seashore Park is also the historic Fort Travis, a 60 acres (24 ha) military site with bunkers. The park is located in an area known as Bolivar Point, on the extreme west side of the Bolivar Peninsula in Galveston County, Texas.
Fort Travis on Bolivar Peninsula
Image: Texas historical marker for fort Travis
Image: Texas historical marker for Bolivar Point
Image: Fort Travis Seashore Park, Gun Platform
William Barret "Buck" Travis was a 19th-century American lawyer and soldier. He is known for helping set the Texas Revolution in motion during the Anahuac disturbances and commanding the Misión San Antonio de Valero as a lieutenant colonel in the Texian Army.
The home of Travis and Rosanna, relocated to Perdue Hill, Alabama, and restored in 1985
William Barret Travis Historical Marker in Anahuac, Texas
William B. Travis, painted by Henry Arthur McArdle, years after Travis's death, using a stand-in as a model.