King's Highway Marker - Perryville, Missouri
Posted by: BruceS
N 37° 43.534 W 089° 51.798
16S E 247649 N 4179226
Red granite marker for El Camino Real or King's Highway in Perryville, Missouri.
Waymark Code: WMJ0WH
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 09/06/2013
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Across the northwestern corner of the square, indicated by a red-granite marker, ran the King's Highway, extended by Spanish authority from New Madrid to St. Louis in 1789. -
Missouri: A Guide to the "Show Me" State, Tour 11, pg. 523.
The stone marker is in location indicated in the Guide. The marker is inscribed:
El Camino Real
New Madrid
Cape Girardeau
Ste Genevieve
St. Louis
Erected By
The Missouri
Daughters Of
The American
Revolution
A.D. 1917