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Moss Hill in Liberty County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
 

Kalita, Chief of the Coushatta Indians

 
 
Kalita, Chief of the Coushatta Indians Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brian Anderson, May 9, 2021
1. Kalita, Chief of the Coushatta Indians Marker
Inscription.
Kalita
Chief of the
Coushatta Indians
Friend of the
pioneers

 
Erected 1967 by Sophia Lee Harrison Chapter, D.A.R. - Liberty, TX. (Marker Number 9668.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Indigenous Peoples and Communities. In addition, it is included in the Daughters of the American Revolution series list.
 
Location. 30° 14.934′ N, 94° 44.575′ W. Marker is in Moss Hill, Texas, in Liberty County. It is on State Highway 146 0.1 miles north of State Highway 105, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Liberty TX 77575, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Houston Metropolitan Area. It is also in the American South and on the Gulf Coast. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the Republic of Texas, and one of the Confederate States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Hardin Methodist Church (approx. 6.4 miles away); Site of the Town of Grand Cane (approx. 7 miles away); Batson Prairie School & Church and Guedry Cemetery (approx. 8.7 miles away); Augustine Blackburn Hardin (approx. 10.3 miles away); William Hardin (approx. 10.3 miles away); Benjamin Watson Hardin (approx. 10.3 miles away); Price Daniel (approx. 10.4 miles away); Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center (approx. 10½ miles away).
 
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 Colita (unknown–1852) - The Handbook of Texas Online. Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) (Submitted on May 24, 2021, by Brian Anderson of New Albany, Ohio.) 
 
Kalita, Chief of the Coushatta Indians Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Brian Anderson, May 9, 2021
2. Kalita, Chief of the Coushatta Indians Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 24, 2021. It was originally submitted on May 24, 2021, by Brian Anderson of New Albany, Ohio. This page has been viewed 658 times since then and 48 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on May 24, 2021, by Brian Anderson of New Albany, Ohio.
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