Military Road (Ft. Belknap-Ft. Phantom Hill)
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N 33° 09.048 W 098° 44.542
14S E 524025 N 3668034
One of three "Military Road" markers at Fort Belknap, this marker memorializes the road from here to Fort Phantom Hill.
Waymark Code: WM3N1K
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/22/2008
Views: 8
Texas Historical Commission Atlas data:
Index Entry: Military Road (Ft. Belknap-Ft. Phantom Hill)
Address: SH 251, S of Newcaslte
City: Newcastle
County: Young
Subject Codes: ML; RD
Year Marker Erected: 1936
Designations: na
Marker Location: Fort Belknap Grounds, 3 mi s. of Newscastle on SH 251.
Marker Size: 1936 Centennial - Subject Marker (gray granite)
Marker Number: 3374
Marker Text:
Past this point extended a military road surveyed in 1849 by Colonel J. E. Johnson who was detailed by the U.S. War Department to locate the most feasible route from Red River to El Paso. From 1851 to 1854 it connected two frontier forts, Belknap and Phantom Hill, 73 miles apart. Traveled 1858 to 1861 by stages of the Butterfield line which connected St. Louis and San Francisco.
Erected by the State of Texas 1936
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