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Site of the Delaware Indian Village

Alto, Cherokee County

Marker Text

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. Erected by the State of Texas 1936

Marker Details

Address SH 21
Location Description about 1.3 miles west of Alto on SH 21, east of CR 2902, east side of the road at pullout
Marker # 6646
Dedicated 1936
Size, Type 1936 Texas Centennial historical marker (gray granite)
Code Native Americans
Latitude, Longitude 31.637434, -95.090638

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