Historical Markers and War Memorials in Alto
Alto, Texas and Vicinity
GEOGRAPHIC SORT
1► Texas (Cherokee County), Alto — 12568 — Chief Bowles' Last Homesite —  |
| 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 . . . — — Map (db m40654) HM | |||
| 2► Texas (Cherokee County), Alto — 6971 — Mound Prairie — |
| Bulging out of the earth a few yards from 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 aboriginal . . . — — Map (db m121333) HM | |||
| 3► Texas (Cherokee County), Alto — 6838 — Site of Lacy's Fort — |
| 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. — — Map (db m121259) HM | |||
| 4► Texas (Cherokee County), Alto — 15628 — Site of Mission San Francisco de los Tejas — |
| 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 . . . — — Map (db m121257) HM | |||
| 5► Texas (Cherokee County), Alto — 6860 — Site of Neches Indian Village — |
| 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 . . . — — Map (db m121335) HM | |||
| 6► Texas (Cherokee County), Alto — 6646 — Site of the Delaware Indian Village — |
| 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. — — Map (db m121258) HM | |||
| 7► Texas (Cherokee County), Alto — 6962 — Zebulon Pike Campsite — |
| 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. . . . — — Map (db m121256) HM | |||
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