El Camino Real de los Tejas -- Pine Springs Campground, Cherokee Co. TX
N 31° 28.576 W 095° 17.245
15R E 282695 N 3484652
A well-known campground along the El Camino Real de los Tejas, known for its free-flowing springs
Waymark Code: WMXKR1
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/25/2018
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The Pine Springs Campground is a well known watering place, stopping point, and Campground from prehistoric times to the modern era. It is located in Cherokee County taxes along the route of the El Camino Real, or in modern terminology, the Texas State Highway 21.
A state historic marker at the site reads as follows:
"PINE SPRINGS CAMPGROUND
A favorite campsite of Tejas Indians in the years before European settlers arrived, this location was used in turn by explorers, Spanish missionaries, traders and armies. Travelers were attracted by abundant game, including deer and wild turkey, and fresh water which flowed from springs 300 feet from El Camino Real (The King's Highway.) Nineteenth century pioneers ringed their wagons in the grove and rested en route to settlements. Hunting parties later camped at Pine Springs for weeks at a time. (1972)"
The El Camino Real de los Tejas has been designated a National Historic Trail through the states of Texas and New Mexico. (
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"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."