Texas Historical Marker

Site of Mission Nuestra Senora de la Luz

Wallisville · Chambers County · placed 1936

Native History

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Chambers County, Texas

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Established in 1757 by Franciscan missionaries with the purpose of civilizing and Christianizing the Orcoquiza and Bidai Indians. Abandoned in 1772.

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