Historic Pathways --- Mission Tejas SP, Grapeland TX
N 31° 32.942 W 095° 14.407
15R E 287354 N 3492626
The sign of history at Mission Tejas State Park discusses historic pathways that crisscross the Piney Woods
Waymark Code: WMXKQ2
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/25/2018
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This sign of history is located at the crossing of the El Camino Real trail ruts with Park Road 44 in Mission Tejas State Park.
The waymarked sign reads as follows:
""HISTORIC PATHWAYS
East Texas forests and rivers have sustained local communities for hundreds of years.
River corridors
Rivers and creeks in the piney woods region were important sources of food and transportation for both native peoples and Anglo settlers. In the mid-1800s, East Texas rivers became major commercial arteries for the transportation of goods by steamboat.
A Texas and southeastern railroad log train at Diboll, circa 1910. The completion of an extensive railroad network in this region fueled a logging bonanza from 1876 to 1917.
Steamboats like the Neches Belle, above, also carried passengers on moonlight excursions on East Texas rivers and on the Texas coast.
Railroads
The population of Texas grew rapidly during the late 1880s. Spurred on by state land grant of over 30,000,000 acres, the rapid growth of railroads provided faster and cheaper transportation for both people and products into the piney woods region.
Overland trails
El Camino Real de los Tejas was a lifeline for Spanish missions and other outposts. This 2500 mile route from Mexico City to Northwestern Louisiana followed established Indian trails and trade routes.
Once a supply lifeline for Spanish missions, El Camino Real de los Tejas was later a conduit for further exploration, migration and settlement throughout the piney woods region."
Group that erected the marker: State of Texas
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:
El Camino Real at the Park Road 44
Grapeland, TX
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