Kings Highway - Texas Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

The King's Highway, or the El Camino Real, is really a series of trails that meandered and shifted over time and as needs changed for the travelers. However, it stayed within a generally consistent direction and overall location. The trail throughout Texas can be called the El Camino Real, El Camino Real de los Tejas, Old San Antonio Road (OSR), Royal Road, Old San Antonio to Nacogdoches Road, and Kings Highway. While other old mission trails in other states are also referred to as El Camino Reals, this marker is in the context of the path connecting Mexico City to what is now Mean, Louisiana. Within Texas, a few other labels are sometimes used when referencing the El Camino Real, such as the San Antonio to Nacogdoches Road; or, from during the Civil War, the Camino Arriba.
In 1915, the Texas legislature set aside money to pay for a survey of the ancient road and
the DAR placed pink granite markers along a major portion of the El Camino Real de los Tejas in 1918. These markers were places about every five miles apart. Not many still exist today, but some are still visible along State Highway 21 and the State Highway OSR which are both documented as covering large portions of the El Camino Real de los Tejas trails. The Texas legislature later declared the Old San Antonio Road as a Texas historical trail. San Antonio, TX was a major hub for the the King's Highway. Another major hub was Nacogdoches, TX.
This marker is one of two such DAR pink granite historical markers located in San Antonio in Bexar County. No listing number is found in the THC atlas when searching in either Bexar County or in the city of San Antonio within the atlas even though the pink granite DAR markers are twin sisters to those few stone markers that are listed and assigned a number. All these markers were made and placed at the same time and have the same markings on them, whether or not they are officially listed. Perhaps the THC can use these waymarks to update their atlas.

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Marker Number: Not Listed Marker Text: Camino Real Old San Antonio Road Marked by the Daughters of the American Revolution and the State of Texas A.D. 1918

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