Garcitas Creek today
Illustration: Fort St. Louis at Garcitas Creek. (Charles Shaw)
Bison roamed the Texas coastal plains. (Cephas)
A simple concrete span across muddy Garcitas Creek between Inez and LaSalle, this Texas Highway 616 bridge offers a good look at the area that La Salle decided to settle. From here you can see the winding waterway La Salle and the Karankawa canoed, the plains they found teeming with buffalo, and the wild country that surrounds. This is as close to Fort Saint Louis as you're going to get.
Garcitas Creek Bridge
From Port Lavaca, take U.S. 87 for 13 miles to FM 616. Turn right on FM 616 for 8 miles to the bridge at Garcitas Creek.
