Cherokee Trace
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txoilgas
N 33° 01.796 W 095° 05.462
15S E 304712 N 3656548
Located at a roadside pulloff near Lake Bob Sandlin bridge on FM 21
Waymark Code: WM7TY8
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 12/04/2009
Views: 10
Marker Number: 9792
Marker Text:
This Indian trading route to Arkansas and Oklahoma was laid out by Cherokees. A tribesman with a keen sense of direction pulled buffalo hides behind his horse to press down the tall grass. Groups of Indians followed blazing the trail, removing logs and underbrush, and marking fords. Others located springs and good camping places. After the road was established the Cherokees planted roses and honeysuckle which still mark the old trace. After the Indians were driven out, settlers came into texas by this route. The first residents in Camp County lived on the trail.
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