Houston Road

Near this site. Link from Old Spanish Texas to Austin Colony and ports of Houston, Galveston. Vital to freight and passenger travel. In early days, numerous streams were forded or swum. It was common for a carriage to overturn in a river, uncommon for no one to be injured. Adults often rode horseback. Sleds and wagons hauled children, baggage. The Buffalo Bayou, Brazos & Colorado Railroad, started in 1852, built to Alleyton by 1860, shortned the way to Houston. In the Civil War, 1861-65, used for armies, goods, cotton, from coast, east Texas and Louisiana.

Houston Road is a historical marker in San Antonio, Bexar County, dedicated in 1965. It is one of 239 historical markers documented in Bexar County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 542 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 29.4200, -98.4448 near San Antonio. The nearest cataloged historic site is Saint Philip's College (historical marker), about 0.5 miles away. Others within a short drive include Second Baptist Church of San Antonio, St. Philip's College, and Holy Spirit & Mary Immaculate.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5029002581. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.