​In the Present County of
​Cherokee

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Marker Text: ​In the present county of Cherokee was the home of the exalted Grand Xinesi-Chief Priest and Custodian of the Sacred Fire of the Hasinai Confederacy of Indians. If fire was allowed to die out, it was his duty to carry more fire with proper ceremony to their homes to be rekindled. It was to the Hasinai -- the principal tribe of this Confederacy -- that the word "Texas" was generally applied. (1936) 

Marker No: 6628

Gray Granite 1936 Centennial Marker

Geographic: 31.634483,-95.045700

Location: From Alto take US 29 1.6 miles SE, then CR 2603 0.9 miles north, marker is at end of the road