Marlin
Falls County, Texas
31 14.927' N 96 50.852' W
Directions: Start at the intersection of CR-223 and SH-6. Go .25 miles west on SH-6. The marker is on the left (south) side of the road in a picnic area.

Text: Founded 1834 by Sterling C. Robertson, colonizer of a 100 by 200-mile area embracing all or part of 30 later Texas counties. Situated near falls of Brazos River, where over a stony ford passed much traffic between east and southwest Texas, this was Robertson Colony capital. An important Sarahville site was land office, where settlers applied for their titles. Town was named for Robertson's mother, and for Agustin Viesca, Governor of the province of Coahuila and Texas. Target of Indian hostilities, Sarahville was abandoned, 1836.