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Cherokee County, Texas
Historical Markers in Alto, Texas
Duane tells the stories behind 29 Texas historical markers in Alto, in Cherokee County. Each one is hand-told in his own voice, with the official marker text right alongside. Common themes here: Native History, Civil War, Ghost Towns, and Texas Revolution. The markers on this list were placed between 1936 and 2008.
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- Ellis P. Beanplaced 1999
(Peter Ellis Bean) (June 8, 1783-October 3, 1846) Born in Tennessee, Ellis P. Bean came to Texas with Philip Nolan's mustang hunters in 1800.
- Box's Fortplaced 1999
John M. and Sally Box, along with John's brother Stephen F. and his wife Keziah Box and their families, came to Texas from Alabama in 1834.
- Berryman Cemeteryplaced 2007
James Dill, an early Anglo settler who would become the first alcalde at Nacogdoches under Mexican rule, petitioned the Spanish government in 1802…
- Cherokee Furnace Co., C.S.A.placed 1965
Made crude kettles, plow tools, on this site in 1864-65. Slaves fled from Louisiana's Red River Campaign battles were the workers.
- In the Present County of Cherokeeplaced 1936
Was the home of the exalted grand xinesi - chief priest and custodian of the sacred fire of the Hasinai Confederacy of Indians.
- Isaac Leeplaced 1989
(February 8, 1788 -- October 4, 1880) A native of Georgia, Isaac Lee lived in Mississippi and Arkansas before coming to Texas in 1828.
Alto on the Texas history calendar
All 29 historical markers in Alto
- A. Frank Smith United Methodist Church1977
- Berryman Cemetery2007
- Box's Fort1999
- Camp Alto, World War II Prisoner of War Camp2006
- Cherokee Furnace Co., C.S.A.1965
- Cold Springs School and Methodist Church1985
- Ellis P. Bean1999
- Helena Kimble Dill Nelson1969
- Holcomb Family Reunion1997
- Homer-Alto Road1999
- In the Present County of Cherokee1936
- Isaac Lee1989
- Lynches Chapel United Methodist Church and Cemetery1985
- Morrill Orchard Company2002
- Mound Prairie1970
- Mount Zion United Methodist Church and Cemetery1985
- Neches Indian Village1936
- Old Palestine Baptist Church1966
- Old Palestine Cemetery2001
- Robert F. Mitchell1986
- Shiloh Methodist Church and Cemetery1986
- Site of Fastrill1999
- Site of Lacy's Fort1936
- Site of the Delaware Indian Village1936
- Site of the Mission San Francisco De Los Tejas1936
- Stella Salmon Hill1966
- Terrell Lodge No. 831978
- Weeping Mary Community2008
- Zebulon Pike Campsite1982
Historical markers near Alto
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