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
El Camino Real _ The Old San Antonio Road
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El Camino Real _ The Old San Antonio Road is a historical marker in Normangee, Madison County, dedicated in 1936. It is one of 24 historical markers documented in Madison County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 65 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 31.0253, -96.1153 near Normangee. The nearest cataloged historic site is Sand Prairie Cemetery (cemetery), about 1.0 miles away. Others within a short drive include Sand Prairie Cemetery #1, Randolph Cemetery, and Ten Mile Cemetery.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5289009621. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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