| Marker Number |
6831 |
| Atlas Number |
5113006831 |
| Marker Title |
Preston Road |
| Index Entry |
Preston Road |
| Address |
69 Highland Park Villa |
| City |
Highland Park |
| County |
Dallas |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
705397 |
| UTM Northing |
3635213 |
| Subject Codes |
roads |
| Marker Year |
1968 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
Highland Park Village shopping center. On exterior wall of Lela Rose. |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
20" x 20" |
| Marker Text |
Named for Ft. Preston; built 1841 at best ford on upper Red River (N. of here). Followed pre-Columbian Indian trail. Republic of Texas staked out road to fort from Austin. "Preston Road" later served as cattle trail from ford of Trinity River at Dallas to Oklahoma border. (1968) |
