The Yellow Stone landing site marks a crossing point on the Brazos River, near Groce's plantation in what is now Waller County close to present-day Hempstead and not far from San Felipe, where the steamboat Yellow Stone performed a critical logistical function during the Texas Revolution in the spring of 1836. Originally a commercial vessel used to transport cotton and goods along the Brazos, the Yellow Stone was pressed into service by Sam Houston's retreating Texian army during the Runaway Scrape, when swollen floodwaters made the river difficult to cross by other means. The steamboat ferried Houston's soldiers, along with their supplies, artillery, and large numbers of fleeing civilian refugees, safely across the flooded Brazos, allowing the army to continue its eastward retreat and later reposition for the decisive engagement at San Jacinto. This landing and crossing function was purely logistical and temporary, tied to the emergency conditions of the revolution rather than to any permanent settlement or commercial development at the site itself. No town or lasting installation grew up specifically around the landing, and the surrounding land returned to agricultural use typical of the Brazos bottomlands. Today the site is commemorated by historical markers, including markers referencing the Yellow Stone's role and the broader Brazos River crossing history in the vicinity of Hempstead and San Felipe, preserving the memory of the steamboat's contribution to the army's survival rather than any ongoing use of the landing itself.