Passport to Texas

This is Passport to Texas

Fanthorp Inn State Historic Site is…

05—The old Stagecoach inn that brings history to life in Andersen, Texas.

Tom Scaggs is a park ranger at Fanthorp, which during the mid-19th century, served as a communication and transportation hub.

31—Before the days of the telegraph, and even before the railroad, the only way to communicate was by mail. And one of the early settlers to Texas, Henry Fanthorp, developed his home as a stagecoach inn. Basically he was providing an overnight facility for the stagecoaches tht were carrying the mail, and providing transportation for the many travelers finding their way through this new republic we call Texas.

Located at a major crossroads (about 30 miles southeast of what is today Bryan/College Station), Fanthorp Inn played a key role in the development of Texas.

15—As you can imagine, people were traveling through Texas, and traveling through Fanthorp…spending the night at a stagecoach inn like his was probably a wonderful experience in that you could communicate and visit with travelers almost worldwide.

It’s where information was exchanged and new ideas hatched. Learn the impact of Fanthorp Inn SHS on Texas history, and the history-makers who stayed there; that’s tomorrow.

For Texas Parks and Wildlife…I’m Cecilia Nasti.