El Camino Real by Archie McDonald (All Things Historical) AKA The King's Highway, Texas 21, Old Spanish Trail, and the Old San Antonio Road
Mackenzie Trail by Clay Coppedge "A number of towns have claimed portions of the Mackenzie Trail as their own, and most of them probably have a right to do so.... The best of what's left of the Mackenzie Trail today is probably on private property. You're near it when you're at the intersection of U.S. 277 and Texas 6 in Stamford, where a monument tells you the trail ran a little north of there. The trail also ran between Dickens and Spur, so when you're on parts of U.S. Highway 82 from Dickens to Lubbock you're probably following Mackenzie's path pretty closely."
Trammel's Trace by Clay Coppedge Trammel's Trace started (or ended) at what is now East Main Street in Nacogdoches and took North Street through what is now Mount Enterprise, then north between current Rusk and Panola Counties and across the Sabine River near Tatum. From there the road jogged north through Marshall and Jefferson, crossing the Sulphur River at Stephenson's and Epperson's Ferry.
The Alamo (World Heritage Site) Site of the 1836 Battle of the Alamo
A Unique Historical Landmark by Bob Bowman A granite shaft set into the ground on April 23, 1841, marks the only international boundary existing within the continental United States. Farm Road 31 between Deadwood, Texas, and Logansport, Louisiana
Wild Rose Pass The two mile-long pass ranges from 4,320 feet to 4,546 feet above sea level. Texas Legend Bigfoot Wallace, who once carried mail by foot from San Antonio to El Paso later drove a stagecoach along the Skillman mail route which included the pass.
Larissa Cherokee County Ghost town Site of the Killough Massacre
Featured Texas Historic Destinations:
Fort Concho The best preserved of the chain of forts across Texas. Twenty-three buildings on 40 acres make up this National Historic Landmark.
The Chisholm Trail Rides Again by Clay Coppedge Anyone wanting to follow the Old Chisholm Trail through Bell County would find part of the quest relatively easy, at least as easy as driving on IH-35. The old trail roughly paralleled the Interstate from Salado to Belton. After that following the old trail might get a little trickier, though anyone who spends much time here passes or crosses it many more times than they could ever know... more
Finding the Polancio Grave Marker by Barclay Gibson Back in the 1870s a stage was attacked by Indians and a man, Jose Maria Palacios, was killed. He was buried right where he fell, at the base of the Peak and a crude rock slab had the information scratched on it...
National Scenic Drives
Camino Real National Scenic Byway by Delbert Trew The old road "Camino Real" or Royal Road may not be the oldest road in America but was completed in 1598... It begins at the San Juan Pueblo in northern New Mexico, goes 400 miles south to El Paso then on another 1,200 miles to Mexico City. The U.S. designated it a National Scenic Byway... Hotels > Book Hotel Here
