King's Highway
N 31° 02.237 W 096° 05.878
14R E 776993 N 3437352
No. 38 of 118 total Camino Real markers placed by the Daughters of the American Revolution, this marker is at a small pullout along the OSR near Normangee TX
Waymark Code: WMXBT9
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 12/23/2017
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This particular El Camino real marker is located along the OSR highway east of Normangee Texas, west of the I-45 at the Leon County line.
From the Texas Historical Commission: (
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"History of State of Texas Historical Markers
The State of Texas first commemorated a historical site in 1856 by contributing to marking graves at the San Jacinto battleground. In 1858, the Legislature bought an existing Alamo monument, built in 1841 with stones gathered from the battle site. William Nangle and Joseph Cox of San Antonio designed the ten-foot high pyramid on a square pedestal to be portable, and it traveled to Houston, New Orleans and Austin. After the state acquired the monument it was moved to the Capitol, and ultimately destroyed in the 1881 fire that razed that building.
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From 1915-18, the State of Texas and the Daughters of the American Revolution together placed 123 pink granite markers about every five miles along the King’s Highway, also known as Camino Real or Old San Antonio Road, the trail blazed in 1690 by Alonso de Leon. Surveyor V. N. Zively mapped the route through south, central and east Texas. Most of these markers are still intact."