El Camino Real
E. Old San Antonio Road, Benchley, TX, USA
Texas, USA
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EST. 1691
EST. 1691
1691
HISTORIC PEOPLE WHO WERE HERE
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION at El Camino Real.
The Texas Historical Commission Atlas records this marker as in situ at the listed location. It remains part of the state marker inventory; the placement description and coordinates in this row follow the current official Atlas record and should be field-verified before publication.
About El Camino Real
El Camino Real, also called the Old San Antonio Road, was a Spanish colonial route linking Monclova to missions in east Texas, marked in 1691. Travelers included Spanish explorers and missionaries, and Moses Austin followed it in 1820 ahead of thousands of settlers. Soldiers and supply trains later used it during the Texas Revolution, Mexican War, and Civil War.
HISTORY HAPPENED HERE at El Camino Real
Also known as Old San Antonio Road and Old Spanish Trail A trail of adventure, hardships, opportunity and freedom, over which history stalked into Texas. To the Spanish, El Camino Real was a road traveled for the king – to colonize, Christianize, seek adventure or look for riches. This road became the most famous. Its many parts were made, discovered or known hundreds of years before 1691, when Domingo Teran de los Rios, first Texas governor, joined and marked the different trails for the king. It was the route from Monclova (crossing the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass) to the missions of east Texas. Probably its trailblazers were buffalos and Indians, or Aztecs on trading expeditions. It was also probably traveled, described and changed in part by French explorer La Salle; by Alonso de Leon and Father Damian Massanet planting missions in east Texas; and by the French nobleman St. Denis seeking trade along the Rio Grande. As the years wore on, it was traveled in 1820 by Moses Austin, as well as by thousands of settlers who followed him. San Augustine, Nacogdoches and San Antonio were its principal cities; inns sprang up along the way. Soldiers and supply trains used it during the Texas Revolution, Mexican War and Civil War. It is still followed in part by this highway. Source: https://atlas.thc.texas.gov/Details/5395010908
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