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 El Camino Real -- Normangee, TX
N 31° 01.503 W 096° 06.909
14R E 775388 N 3435953
A pink granite monument erected during the centennial of the State of Texas in 1936 preserves the history of the El Camino Real through Texas
Waymark Code: WMXM9F
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/28/2018
Views: 1
This tall pink granite Centennial monument to the importance of the El Camino Real stands just west of the intersection of the OSR highway (the only non-numbered highway in Texas, OSR for Old San Antonio Road) and the Farm to Market Road 39 near downtown Normangee TX.
The monument reads as follows:
"EL CAMINO REAL
THE OLD SAN ANTONIO ROAD
First blazed in 1691 by Captain Don domingo Teran De Los Rios first provincial governor of Texas. In an expedition officially directed by Father Fray damian Massanet O-F-M Apostolic Missionary and explorer in Texas. the general route was northeast from the Rio Grande to the San Antonio River thence across the Guadalupe, San Marcos, Colorado, Brazos, and Trinity Rivers to the missions in east Texas. Other expeditions taking the same route: Espinosa Olivares Aquirre in 1709, St. Denis in 1714, Ramon in 1716, Alarcon in 1718, marquis of Aguayo in 1720, Moses Austin in 1820. The Republic of Texas Officially made this road a boundary between a number of empresarial land grants.
Normangee - Home of the Old San Antonio Road Association.
Erected by the State of Texas 1936"
Road of Trail Name: El Camino Real / Old San Antonio Road
State: Texas
County: Madison Co.
Historical Significance:
The El Camino Real opened LA, TX, and the southwest to exploration and conquest by the Spanish Government. It led directly to the establishment of the Spanish Empire in this part of the New World.
Years in use: 1691-present (as OSR)
How you discovered it:
Learned about it in Texas History courses
Book on Wagon Road or Trial:
From Saltillo, Mexico to San Antonio and East Texas (Paperback) – Unabridged, April 26, 2016
by Joseph P Sanchez (Author), Bruce A Erickson (Author)
and
El Camino Real de los Tejas (Images of America) Paperback – October 20, 2014
By Steven Gonzales (Author), Mary Joy Graham (Author), Dr. Lucile Estell (Author)
Website Explination:
https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/exo04
Why?:
exploration, conquest, colonization, trade, immigration
Directions:
OSR at El Camino Park in downtown Normangee, near the RR tracks
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