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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14ZR_mission-nuestra-senora-de-la-luz_Wallisville-TX.html
Site ofMission Nuestra Senora de la Luz Established in 1757 by Franciscan missionaries with the purpose of civilizing and Christianizing the Orcoquiza and Bidai Indians. Abandoned in 1772.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14ZQ_old-wallisville_Wallisville-TX.html
Site ofOld Wallisville Settled in 1825 by Elisha H. R. Wallis, a pioneer from Georgia, on land in grant of Joseph Vehlein, a contractor working to place colonists in Texas. Chambers County was organized 1858; Wallisville was made county seat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14ZK_turtle-bayou-resolutions_Wallisville-TX.html
Near site of the signing ofTurtle Bayou Resolutions Drafted and signed at Turtle Bayou on June 13, 1832; this first formal protest of Texas colonists against Mexican tyranny formed an early step in events that led eventually to the Texas Revolu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14ZE_mission-nuestra-senora-de-la-luz-del-orcoquisac-and-presidio-san-agustin-de-ahumada_Wallisville-TX.html
Two of the most misfortune-ridden outposts of Spain in texas, "Our Lady of the Light" mission and its auxiliary fort, were founded near here in 1756 to guard against French encroachment from the east. The two friars who were to minister to memb…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14ZD_joseph-blancpains-french-trading-post_Wallisville-TX.html
French trader Joseph Blancpain established a trading post in this vicinity in August 1754. He had been living in Natchitoches, Louisiana, where he was the owner of a mercantile store. With a small group of men, Blancpain arrived in August and s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14Z5_chambers-county-youth-project-show_Wallisville-TX.html
On July 30, 1955, members of the East and West Chambers County Farm Bureaus and their families held a picnic in Fort Anahuac Park (4 mi. S) which included a variety of youth events and games. The success of the picnic resulted in a sense of unity,…
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