The Bosque River sanctuary became notorious as a source of liquor for the Comanches and other Native peoples, as well as a refuge for dangerous characters. So, when Texas was annexed by the United States in 1845, Houston’s land grant on the Bosque River was discarded and the “town” was closed. The location has faded from history. The new Indian Superintendent, Thomas G. Western, explained that Anglo settlements were getting too close to the Bosque River log cabin community, which attracted Natives too far south. Jim Ned and the other traders left the Bosque River under protest and moved their whiskey shops farther up the Brazos River.