Text of marker:
El Camino Real
New Madrid
Cape Giraddeau
Ste. Genevieve
St. Louis.
Erected By The
Missouri Daughters
Of The American
Revolution
A.D. 1915.
"The road, laid out in 1789, extended from New Madrid, through Ste. Genevieve, to St. Louis. It followed an ancient Indian path, and was probably but little better than a trail" - Missouri American Guide