The Post Road -- Comal Community, TX
N 29° 38.740 W 098° 13.414
14R E 575151 N 3279774
A local historical preservation association plaque preserves the ancient history of the post road, part of El Camino Real/the Old San Antonio Road
Waymark Code: WMXPBW
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/07/2018
Views: 3
A handsome native stone monument with a piece of a culvert embedded in it stands next to the state historic marker for the Comal community along FM 482/El Camino Real/Nacogdoches Road in Comal County Texas. A Schertz Historic Site marker has been placed on top of this monument, and reads as follows:
"SCHERTZ HISTORIC SITE
THE POST ROAD
The stone below, dated 1915, represents a portion of the headwall element of one of several culverts constructed in 1915 for water displacement from the dry Comal Creek as it passes along Comal Settlement. These culverts formed a part of the Post Road (AKA “King’s Highway” or “Royal Road” in Spanish Colonial times), now FM 482. The roads trail is thought to have been originally blazed about 1691 to allow transport from Mexico to the Spanish missions of East Texas. Post road became a joint federal-county reconstruction project in 1915 and was completed in 1917.
The culverts and the road they supported were part of the highway system that makes up a portion of the National historic Camino Real de los Tejas Trail. That trail system was instrumental in the settlement, development, and history of Texas. The trail has had more than 300 years of impact on the state.
This monument commemorates the road’s historic importance for enabling exploration, settlement, commerce and community social contacts.
Presented by the
Schertz Historical Preservation Committee"
Group that erected the marker: Schertz Historical Preservation Committee
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:
FM 482 at Comal Community
Comal, TX
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