| Marker Number |
9621 |
| Atlas Number |
5289009621 |
| Marker Title |
El Camino Real _ The Old San Antonio Road |
| Index Entry |
|
| Address |
371 W. OSR |
| City |
Normangee |
| County |
Madison |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
775375 |
| UTM Northing |
3435986 |
| Subject Codes |
roads; transportation; Spanish Texas; missions |
| Marker Year |
1936 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
1936 Texas Centennial monument [pink granite], SE side of OSR (Old San Antonio Road), 400 feet SW of FM 39 and 150 feet SE of OSR |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
1936 Texas Centennial monument |
| Marker Text |
First blazed in 1691 by Captain Don Domingo Teran de los Rios first provincial governor of Texas in an expedition officially directed by Father Fray Damian Massanet O-F-M apostolic missionary and explorer in Texas. The general route was northeast from the Rio Grande to the San Antonio River thence across the Guadalupe, San Marcos, Colorado, Brazos, and Trinity rivers to the missions in east Texas. Other expeditions taking the same route: Espinosa-Olivares-Aguirre in 1709 - - St. Denis in 1714 - - Ramon in 1716 - - Alarcon in 1718 - - Marquis of Aguayo in 1720 - - Moses Austin in 1820 - - The Republic of Texas officially made this road a boundary between a number of empresarial land grants. Normangee - Home of the Old San Antonio Road Association. Erected by the State of Texas 1936 |
