Marker Inscription
Established early in the 19th century by a band of Cherokees. Inhabited until those Indians and their associated tribes were driven from Texas in 1839.
Historical Marker
Indian Village
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About this site
Indian Village is a historical marker in Gilmer, Upshur County, dedicated in 1964. It is one of 48 historical markers documented in Upshur County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 108 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.7266, -94.9475 near Gilmer. The nearest cataloged historic site is Croley Funeral Home (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include First United Methodist Church of Gilmer, Leather Factories, C.S.A., and Upshur County, C.S.A..
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5459011320. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
Legend and local history hold that a Cherokee village once stood where Gilmer now sits, near a spring on the Cherokee Trace that served as a camping ground before the Cherokee were driven from East Texas in 1839. During the 1936 Texas Centennial a granite marker was placed at the old campground in Gilmer's Roosevelt Park.
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First Baptist Church of Gilmer
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Houston, Sam
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