Rene Robert Cavelier
Sieur de La Salle

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Marker Text: ​  Treacherously slain by his own men near this spot in March 1687.
  Born in France, November 22, 1643. Explorer of the Mississippi River. Frontier statesman-empire builder. A nobleman in rank and character. 
  Erected by the Texas Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the citizens of Navasota, 1930.

Marker No: 15515

Statue

Geographic: 30.389191, -96.086983

Location: East Washington Avenue, Navasota