El Camino Real -- Site of Block House, Austonio TX
N 31° 11.182 W 095° 38.298
15R E 248581 N 3453255
The state historic marker at the site of the Old Block House in Austonio TX, along the El Camino Real
Waymark Code: WMXKP5
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/25/2018
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This 1936 gray granite historic marker was placed along State Highway 21 at the location of the Old Block House in downtown Austonio TX. The Old Block House was a place of refuge along El Camino Real for settlers from Indian attacks during the Republic of Texas days.
"SITE OF THE OLD BLOCK HOUSE
Established before 1836
Used by Elisha Clapp and neighboring settlers as a place of defense against the Indians
Abandoned about 1844
Erected by the State of Texas
1936"
The El Camino Real de los Tejas has been designated a National Historic Trail through the states of Texas and New Mexico. (
visit link)
"From the Rio Grande to the Red River Valley
Come on a journey that will carry you through 300 years of Louisiana and Texas frontier settlement and development on a Spanish colonial "royal road" that originally extended to Mexico City, Mexico.
You are about to travel 2,500 miles, from Mission San Juan Bautista Guerrero, Mexico to Fort St. Jean Baptiste Nachitoches Parish, Louisiana."