El Camino Real -- DAR Marker No. 85, Mission Road at E Hart Road, San Antonio TX - Wagon Roads and Trails on Waymarking.com

This pink granite DAR marker was placed in 1918 as a statewide project by the Daughters of the American Revolution to mark the route of the Old San Antonio Road.

The marker is located along Mission Road at E Hart Road in San Antonio.

The marker reads as follows:

"KING'S HIGHWAY
CAMINO REAL
Old San Antonio Road

Marked by the
Daughters of the
American Revolution
and the State of Texas
A. D. 1918"

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."

Road of Trail Name: El Camino Real / Old San Antonio Road State: Texas County: Bexar 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 Mission Rd) 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) Website Explination: https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/exo04 Why?: exploration, conquest, colonization, trade, immigration Directions: Mission Road at E Hart Road

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