Marker Inscription
Originated in 1820s. Crossed the present counties of Austin, Washington, Fayette, Lee, Bastrop; joined San Felipe, capital of Stephen F. Austin's colony, with Bastrop. Marked by James Gotier, a settler who (with several in his family) died in an Indian massacre near this trace in 1837. Like most early Texas roads, this was only a marked route which travelers could follow-- dusty in droughts, boggy in rains. From such traces, wagon roads and cattle trails, Texas has developed over 67,000 miles of fine paved highways-- a system recognized as nation's finest. (1967)
About this site
Gotier Trace is a historical marker in Bastrop, Bastrop County, dedicated in 1967. It is one of 103 historical markers documented in Bastrop County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 296 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 30.1108, -97.2932 near Bastrop. The nearest cataloged historic site is Lost Pines of Texas (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Bastrop, Early History of the City of, Bastrop County, and Baron de Bastrop, Felipe Enrique Neri.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5021009190. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
