| Marker Number |
4371 |
| Atlas Number |
5083004371 |
| Marker Title |
Route of Old Military Road |
| Index Entry |
|
| Address |
US 67 / US 84 |
| City |
Santa Anna |
| County |
Coleman |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
476522 |
| UTM Northing |
3510667 |
| Subject Codes |
roads; military topics |
| Marker Year |
1972 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
3 miles east of Santa Anna on US 67/84. Marker reported missing Jul. 2021. |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
Missing |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
Opened in 1850s for supply trains and cavalry travel along line of U.S. forts from Belknap on the Brazos to Fort Mason and to Fort Clark near the Rio Grande. Along this road passed great men, including Col. Robert E. Lee, later (1861-65) general of Confederate forces in the Civil War. (1972) |
