El Camino Real de los Tejas -- DAR Marker No. 88, 16029 Pleasanton Rd, San Antonio TX
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N 29° 15.800 W 098° 29.430
14R E 549499 N 3237268
No. 88 of 128 pink granite El Camino Real markers placed by the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1918 stands on the route of the Old San Antonio Road in a backyard, San Antonio TX
Waymark Code: WMXNRH
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/04/2018
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1
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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 at 16029 Pleasanton Rd, in aprovate backyard. It is viewable from the road.

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."
Program: Other

Website: [Web Link]

Official Name: El Camino Real de los Tejas

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