Details for Karankawa Campsite
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5167007502
Data
| Marker Number | 7502 |
| Atlas Number | 5167007502 |
| Marker Title | Karankawa Campsite |
| Index Entry | Karankawa Campsite |
| Address | Bob Smith and Jolly Roger roads |
| City | Jamaica Beach |
| County | Galveston |
| UTM Zone | 15 |
| UTM Easting | 307371 |
| UTM Northing | 3230327 |
| Subject Codes | forts; Native Americans |
| Marker Year | 1966 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | Bob Smith Rd. and Jolly Roger, Jamaica Beach |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | In this area is one of several known Karankawa campsites or burial grounds. Now extinct, the nomadic Indians lived along the Texas coast, depending on the Gulf for survival. In 1528 they aided Spanish explorer Cabeza de Vaca, but resisted all intruders from the time of the French expedition of La Salle in 1685. The tribe later declined because of disease and warfare with pirates and Anglo-American settlers. Known for tall tribesmen and alleged practices of ceremonial cannibalism, they had virtually disappeared from Texas by the 1840s. This campsite was discovered in 1962. (1966) |