Details for The Double File Trail
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5507013824
Data
| Marker Number | 13824 |
| Atlas Number | 5507013824 |
| Marker Title | The Double File Trail |
| Index Entry | Double File Trail |
| Address | US 79 |
| City | Round Rock |
| County | Williamson |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 630118 |
| UTM Northing | 3377201 |
| Subject Codes | Exploration and expeditions; roads; Native Americans; Republic of Texas; pioneers |
| Marker Year | 1979 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | US 79, S side, 0.3 mi. W of Kenney's Fort Blvd. There is another marker with identical title in Georgetown (Atlas number 5491009049). |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | As the Delaware Indians moved from their home in the "Redlands" of east Texas in 1828 to near present Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, they laid out this trace. It was named Double File Trail because two horsemen could ride side by side. The first settlement in Williamson County, Kenney Fort, was built here at the Brushy Creek crossing in 1838. It served as a way station and for Indian protection. In 1841 members of the Santa Fe Expedition assembled here. Texas Rangers, early Anglo-American settlers, surveying parties, and explorers also used this important route. (1979) |