• Temple,  

  Bell County

Bird Creek Battlefield

• Named in honor of Captain John Bird who lost his life here May 26, 1839 With only 34 Texas Rangers he met 240 Indians at this point, and routed them.

• Address

• Directions

  In median at intersection of Adams and S I-35 across from Church of Christ, Temple

• Marker #

  409

• Dedicated:

  1936

• Size, Type:

  1936 Centennial - Subject Marker (gray granite)

• Code:

  rangers; military topics; Native Americans

• Latitude

  -97.35884238

• Longitude

  FALSE