Kings Highway
N 29° 07.642 W 098° 29.746
14R E 549052 N 3222201
#91 Kings Highway DAR pink highway marker is found on the right side of (Old) Pleasanton Road when heading from San Antonio toward Pleasanton, TX.
Waymark Code: WMZE3N
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/27/2018
Views: 7
The trail known throughout Texas as the Kings Highway can also 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 de los Tejas, 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 Real, 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 these 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 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 and more recently this trail was designated as a National Historic Trail.
This marker #91 is one that is not yet listed in Texas Historical Commission Atlas for Atascosa County. This marker plus five other twin sister markers are still extant along Pleasanton Road and SH-173 within Atascosa County (DAR markers #90, #91, #93, #94, 96and #97). There are two missing markers (#92 and #95) that are classified as "lost" by both the DAR and the TexasCounties.net. The last of this set of markers, #98, is on private property and the public has no access to it.
This pink granite Kings Highway marker #91 is located on the left side of the road when traveling from San Antonio, TX toward Pleasanton, TX. It is found along the side of the roadway next to a barbed wire fence. It is about 1.25 miles before Old Pleasanton Road intersects and merges with US-281. If the grass isn't too high, it should be easily visible while driving toward it.
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