The Marcy Trail - Borger, TX
Posted by: YoSam.
N 35° 38.563 W 101° 28.736
14S E 275553 N 3947152
Local Rotary mark about the trail which Randolph Marcy made using the Fort Smith - Santa Fe trail and others
Waymark Code: WMM6F4
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 07/30/2014
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County of marker: Hutchinson County
Location of marker: TX-136, ½ mile W. of FM-1314, 3 miles W. of TX-207 & Borger
Marker erected by: The Rotary Club of Borger
Date marker erected: June 19, 1956
Marker text:
THE MARCY TRAIL
Captain R.B. Marcy was commissioned in 1840 by the Federal Government to establish a less hazardous route with good water supply on an even terrain, to be more direct from Fort Smith thru Santa Fe to the gold fields of California.
This historical marker was dedicated on the path by the Rotary Club of Borger Texas, June 19, 1956