El Camino Real -- DAR Marker No. 40, OSR near Watson Rd, Madison Co. TX
N 31° 00.992 W 096° 07.883
14R E 773862 N 3434968
No. 40 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 along the OSR near Watson Road in Madison Co. TX
Waymark Code: WMXM9Z
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/28/2018
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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 along the OSR near Watson Road in Madison Co. TX.
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. (
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"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."