La Bahia Trail
near the intersection of La Salle (Bus. SH 6) and Bruce St. in Cedar Creek Roadside Park; Navasota., Navasota, TX, USA
Texas, USA
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1690
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION at La Bahia Trail.
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 La Bahia Trail
Used since Spanish colonial times, this route through southern Texas carried Alonso de Leon's 1690 expedition, sent to counter French encroachment and found a mission near present-day Weches. Its eastern extension into Louisiana became known as the Atascosito Road. By the nineteenth century it served as the Opelousas Road, driving Texas cattle to eastern markets.
HISTORY HAPPENED HERE at La Bahia Trail
Originally an Indian trail through Southern Texas and Louisiana; known to Spanish explorers as early as 1690, when the De Leon Expedition passed this site on the way from Mexico to East Texas. With 115 men, 721 horses, 82 loads of flour, and other supplies, Alonso de Leon, Governor of Coahuila, and Father Massanet, a Franciscan priest, entered the wilds of Texas. The purpose of the expedition was to discourage French encroachment from the north, as well as to explore, colonize, and Christianize the Indians. They followed the rugged trail from the present town of Refugio to Goliad and continued northeast to Navasota, probably following Cedar Creek through this town. Then they journeyed north until reaching the Neches River, where (near present Weches) they founded the Mission of San Francisco de Los Tejas. The church was called after the Tejas, or "Friendly" Indians, whose name was eventually given to the entire state. Although de Leon's party went no farther on the western section of the trail, known as Atascosito Road, the eastern section extended into Louisiana. In nineteenth century, the route gained importance as a cattle trail, the Opelousas Road, that moved Texas herds to market in the north and east. Source: https://atlas.thc.texas.gov/Details/5185008595
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