Kings Highway - Texas Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

The trail known throughout Texas as the Kings Highway can be called the El Camino Real, El Camino Real de los Tejas, Old San Antonio Road (OSR), and Royal Road. The Kings Highway, or El Camino Real, is really a series of trails that meandered and shifted over time as needs changed for the travelers. However, it stayed within a generally consistent direction and overall location. While other old mission trails in other states are also referred to as El Camino Reals, this marker is in the context of the path connecting Mexico City to what is now Natchitoches, Louisiana. Within Texas, a few other labels are sometimes used when referencing the El Camino Real, such as the San Antonio to Nacogdoches Road; or, from during the Civil War era, the Camino Arriba.

The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) set pink granite markers along a major portion of the El Camino Real de los Tejas in 1918, in conjunction with the State of Texas funding the cost of the markers. Many still exist today, and some are still visible along State Highway 21 and the State Highway OSR which are both documented as covering large portions of the El Camino Real de los Tejas trails. The Texas legislature declared the Old San Antonio Road as a Texas historical trail. This marker is one I found that was not listed in Texas Historical Commission atlas for Houston County in which this marker is located. There are more of these markers still extant along SH 21 and the OSR, they just may not have been recorded and numbered in the THC atlas. The two closest sister markers are WMP1AC, about 6 miles away, and WMP0JN, about 12 miles away.

This one does not yet have a listing with THC. It is a tall pink granite marker located along SH 21 about 1 mile or less SW of CR 3150's intersection with SH 21 and about 1.6 miles NE of where CR 1280 intersects SH 21 in Austonio, Houston County, TX. It is set in the ground alongside a widened siding of SH 21 that allows cars to pull off onto a graveled area to park in order to see this historical marker.

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Marker Number: Not listed Marker Text: Kings Highway Camino Real Old San Antonio Road Marked by the Daughters of the American Revolution and the State of Texas A.D. 1918

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