Trail Marker - Sherman, TX
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WalksfarTX
N 33° 38.144 W 096° 36.559
14S E 721737 N 3724330
On the southeast corner of the Grayson County Courthouse is a round marker that looks like a wooden wagon wheel.
Waymark Code: WMX237
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/15/2017
Views: 3
Marker Text:
Here Passed
Marcys California Trail 1849
Butterfield Trail 1858
Marked By
Martha Jefferson Randolph Chapter D.A.R.
Grayson County Historical Society
1936
Back of Marker:
Rededication
Martha Jefferson Randolph
Chapter D.A.R.
Grayson County Historical Society
2013
Moved and Restored by
Love Monument Company
In Cooperation With
Judge Drew Bynum
and
Grayson County Facilities Department
Background Information
Revolvy
The California Road followed the route laid out by Captain Randolph B. Marcy escorting gold seekers during the spring of 1849. Starting from Ft. Smith, Arkansas, it crossed over into Indian Territory and generally followed the Canadian River to the Texas Panhandle. The trail continued across the Panhandle along the Canadian into New Mexico where it met an existing trail south out of Santa Fe to El Paso and west into California.
National Parks Service
Butterfield Stage Line followed the route that Captain Randolph Marcy had used.
Group that erected the marker: Martha Jefferson Randolph Chapter D.A.R.
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
100 W Houston St.
Sherman, TX USA
75090
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