Preston Road
N 32° 50.156 W 096° 48.322
14S E 705412 N 3635232
Located inside the Highland Park Village shopping center, this oddly-placed marker preserved the history of a road with continuing importance in Dallas tpday
Waymark Code: WMP4Y6
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 07/01/2015
Views: 4
This historic marker is one of several plaques at the south central gateway at the center of Highland Park Village.
Preston Road runs nearby.
Marker Number: 6831
Marker Text:
Named for Ft. Preston; built 1841 at best ford on upper Red River (N. of here). Followed pre-Columbian Indian trail.
Republic of Texas staked out road to fort from Austin. "Preston Road" later served as cattle trail from ford of Trinity River at Dallas to Oklahoma border. (1968)
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