Details for Karankawa Campsite

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5167007502

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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)
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