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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B3M_old-carson-store_Alto-TX.html
First stone store in town; built 1920-21 by G. M. Carson, merchant. His 1904 general store (on this site) was for years only establishment in county selling caskets. Present store withstood 1927 tornado that killed 72 here; is still owned by the C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2A41_zebulon-pike-campsite_Alto-TX.html
In 1807, under commission from Gen. James Wilkinson, Governor of the Louisiana Territory, Lt. Zebulon Pike led an expedition to explore the headwaters of the Arkansas and Red Rivers and to report on Spanish settlements in the New Mexico area. Head…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2A3Z_site-of-lacys-fort_Alto-TX.html
Built before 1835 as a home and trading post by Martin Lacy, Indian agent for the Mexican government.
Used as a place of refuge after the massacre of the Killough family, October 5, 1838.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2A3T_site-of-the-delaware-indian-village_Alto-TX.html
Noted as interpreters and messengers of peace, the Delawares were chiefly instrumental in bringing other tribes to the General Treaty at Bird's Fort (in the present county of Tarrant) in 1843.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2A3R_site-of-mission-san-francisco-de-los-tejas_Alto-TX.html
Originally established as Mission San Francisco de los Tejas in 1690 by Franciscan missionaries for the purpose of Christianizing and civilizing the Neches and other Indians of the region. Reestablished in 1716. Abandoned temporarily due to French…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR7R_chief-bowles-last-homesite_Alto-TX.html
In 1836, General Sam Houston negotiated a treaty with the Cherokees in Texas allowing possession of the lands they occupied in east Texas. The leading figure among the Cherokees at that time was Duwali (also known as Bowl, Chief Bowles and Bold Hu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIQT_homer-alto-road_Alto-TX.html
As the population increased in Angelina and Cherokee counties in the 1860s, a formal system of roads began to take shape. Until that time, roads were usually forged by farmers and other pioneers carrying goods to market or traveling to new homes, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIQA_mt-hope-cemetery_Alto-TX.html
Joseph H. Bowman, a veteran of the Texas War for Independence from Mexico, offered one hundred acres of land to the Rev. W.D. Lewis to come to Mt. Hope community and establish a Methodist church and cemetery. The Rev. Mr. Lewis agreed and the cong…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHYW_site-of-neches-indian-village_Alto-TX.html
Here at the opening of the 18th century stood a village of the Neches Indians. Their name was given to the river and later to a mission, San Francisco De Los Neches, established near by. With the Cherokees, the Neches Indians were expelled from Te…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDZM_mound-prairie_Alto-TX.html
Bulging out of the earth a few yards form this point, three prehistoric Indian mounds interrupt the prevailing flat terrain. Long overgrown with grass, the mounds and adjacent village (covering about 100 acres) constitute one of the major aborigin…