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Introduction General Sign Types
El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail became part of the National Trails the charge of the National Trails System Act of The Conceptual Sign Plan addresses three System on October 18, 2004. The authorizing legislation (Public Law 108-342) identifies 1968: primary signing needs of El Camino Real de los approximately 2,580 miles of trail extending from the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass and Tejas National Historic Trail: “to provide for the ever-increasing outdoor Laredo, Texas to Natchitoches, Louisiana. recreation needs of an expanding population and to promote the preservation of, public 1) Route Identification Signs The designation of El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail commemorates access to, travel within, and enjoyment and significant historic routes extending from the international border at the Rio Grande to the appreciation of the open air, outdoor areas The route identification signs principally easternmost extent of the Spanish province of Texas in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. and historic resources of the Nation.” identify Original Route corridors along Although the period of historic significance for El Camino Real de los Tejas National the length of the national historic trail which readily link to the plan’s identified Historic Trail dates from 1680 to 1845, this plan focuses primarily on the network of To this end, the El Camino Real de los Tejas high potential historic sites. Since the National Historic Trail Conceptual Sign Plan roads that had been developed by the end of the Spanish Colonial period in 1821. Trail identified trail of El Camino Real de los has been developed primarily to mark Original routes, as well as sites along the trail, are associated with events that made significant Tejas National Historic Trail has many Route trail corridors (where appropriate) and contributions to broad patterns of our nation’s history. branches, the route identification signs to identify and link through signing a series of proposed in this plan are limited to those high potential historic sites along the length of paths where linkages to high potential the trail’s historic route. Given the presence In the 1680s when the Spanish began historic sites could be made. to consistently travel into Texas and of Original Route trail along several existing AL RE D western Louisiana, they followed E roadways across the states of Texas and O L N already existing networks of I O Louisiana, an Auto Tour Route has not been S M T American Indian trails. The Spanish A deemed a necessary component of the sign plan. E C J used these paths to reach areas A The general framework of this plan is designed $K"@LHMN L
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2) Directional Signs 3) Site Identification Signs $K"@LHMN 1D@K The directional signs proposed in this Site identification signs refer to the site-specific signing needed on location in order to clearly plan are meant to guide visitors to and identify the high potential historic sites as components (and destination spots) of El Camino Real AL RE D E O L N I O from the identified Original Route and de los Tejas National Historic Trail. S M T A E C J
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N AT AIL ION TR AL HISTORIC high potential historic site locations. Three basic types of site identification signs have been identified in this plan: While unique variation is inherent to Local Tour Figure 3 any comprehensive directional sign Route Local Tour Route plan, every effort has been made here Trail Logo Panel Identification Sign to provide a simple, unified and readily Trail logo site identification signs are meant to be used at sites where adequate property identifiable format for use in directing identification exists but historic trail identification does not. These basic sign panels only include The addition of left- and right-facing the public to the trail’s historic sites and the trail logo, trail name and text “National Historic Trail.” Such signs can be designed as add- arrow indicators to the standard route resources. ons to pre-existing property identification signs, where appropriate, or as stand-alone components identification signs are used to help of the site’s existing family of signage. guide visitors at critical junctions. Basic directional sign variations include the addition of left- and right-facing
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N AT AIL ION TR development and additional signing AL HISTORIC needs of the trail as new sites, segments Los Adaes and historic resources become available Historic for public access and/or interpretation Site in the future. It is not meant to be Figure 6 considered complete or exclusive of Directional Sign other potential trail resources. 3 MILES with Mileage Indicator In this plan, route identification signs are Image 1 indicated with an orange marker. Directional signs are indicated in this Example of Trail Logo Panel with plan with a beige marker. Pre-existing Site Sign
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Standard Large Panel or Double Panel Custom Panel The large panel or double panel site identification signs are designed to be used at locations Custom site identification signs can where adequate property identification signage does not already exist, or where a new inclusive be designed for sites looking for a sign panel is desired by the property owner. This sign includes the site name as well as trail logo unique alternative to the standard Los Adaes and trail name. It can be designed as one large panel sign or a double panel format where the site site sign options. These panels name is on a separate panel from the trail logo and trail name. typically incorporate site-specific and/ or historically relevant imagery (or STATE HISTORIC SITE custom graphic logo) in addition to the site name, trail logo and trail name to AL RE D E O L N I O offer a more graphically-oriented site S $K"@LHMN1D@KCDKNR3DI@R M T A E C Los Adaes J
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Which site identification panel is used at each high potential historic site will depend on specific property needs and the individual land owners’ desires. The site identification signs depicted in this plan are meant to be illustrative only, as final sign details will need to be worked out with each property owner at the time of implementation.
Site identification signs are marked in this plan with a red marker.
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General Sign Strategy
All signs in this plan follow the sign guide As noted, this Conceptual Sign Plan has been 12) Museum of the Republic of the Rio Cluster 2 – Central standards established by the National Trails designed largely to mark Original Route trail Grande / Border Heritage Museum / 1) McKinney Falls State Park / Onion Intermountain Region office to provide unified corridors which link to a series of identified high Villa Antigua / Casa Ortiz, Laredo Creek Crossing trail signage in compliance with National potential historic sites. 13) Jesús Treviño Fort and Ranch at San 2) Comal Spring Park Service and MUTCD standards, where Ignacio 3) Mission San Francisco de la Espada required. Sign dimensions indicated in this 4) Rancho de las Cabras plan represent established standards from the High Potential Sites El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic 5) Mission Nuestra Señora del Espiritu NTIR Sign Guide. While largely accurate, final Trail has many more historic sites which Santo de Zúñiga (La Bahia), 3rd site sign dimensions need to be coordinated with The high potential historic sites in this plan were could and likely will be incorporated into the property owners (for site identification signs) identified based upon public accessibility (i.e. trail’s sign plan in the future. These sites, as Cluster 3 – Southwest and the Texas and Louisiana State Departments the site’s ability and readiness to accommodate well as this sign plan are meant to provide the 1) Museum of the Republic of the Rio of Transportation (for route identification and visitors and interpret the trail), property framework upon which the trail’s historic sites Grande / Border Heritage Museum / roadside directional signage). ownership, diversity and quality of the historic and resources can be conceived as part of the Villa Antigua / Casa Ortiz, Laredo resource, as well as its location along the overall trail signing plan. 2) Jesús Treviño Fort and Ranch at San length of El Camino Real de los Tejas National Ignacio Historic Trail. It was the specific intention of It is not meant for this list of high potential this plan to identify and incorporate sites which historic sites to be considered exhaustive. These The identified geographic clusters provide a geographically spanned the length of the trail’s sites are merely the first which can be readily means to determine directional signing between historic corridor, from the international border incorporated into this initial sign plan for El specific high potential historic sites within a at the Rio Grande to the easternmost extent of Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic given cluster, as well as conceptualize route the Spanish province of Texas in Natchitoches Trail. signing between clusters. Parish, Louisiana.
The identified high potential historic sites are as Geographic Clusters Sign Strategy Framework follows: Analysis of the locations of the high potential In this plan, regional context maps were 1) Los Adaes State Historic Site historic sites identified as part of this plan identified for each of the high potential historic 2) Gaines-Oliphant House revealed three distinct clusters of sites along sites as a means to prioritize directional signing 3) Mission Nuestra Señora de los Dolores the historic trail corridor. These clusters are as within a given localized area. At this identified de los Ais, 2nd site / San Augustine follows: regional scale, directional signing points Visitor Center towards the specific high potential historic 4) Old Stone Fort / La Casa de Piedra Cluster 1 – Northeast site within that area. In order to link the high 5) Caddo Mounds Trace # 1 1) Los Adaes State Historic Site potential historic sites within a given geographic 6) Mission Tejas State Park Trail Segment 2) Gaines-Oliphant House cluster, directional signage at the outskirts of 7) McKinney Falls State Park / Onion 3) Mission Nuestra Señora de los Dolores each site-specific regional context map indicates Creek Crossing de los Ais, 2nd site / San Augustine mileage to the adjacent high potential historic 8) Comal Spring Visitor Center Image 5 site. Last, the geographic clusters of sites are 9) Mission San Francisco de la Espada 4) Old Stone Fort / La Casa de Piedra connected utilizing specific Original Route Example of Custom Panel Site 10) Identification Sign Rancho de las Cabras 5) Caddo Mounds Trace # 1 corridors (and, in some cases, Local Tour 11) Mission Nuestra Señora del Espiritu 6) Mission Tejas State Park Trail Segment Routes) which follow existing roadways. Santo de Zúñiga (La Bahia), 3rd site
4 The net result is a comprehensive sign plan which both spans the length of the historic trail corridor as TABLE OF CONTENTS well as connects visitors to specific and readily accessible associated trail sites. This is both in the spirit of the National Historic Trails Act of 1968 and the intent, though never quite realized, of the Auto Tour Routes established along other historic trails. Geographic Clusters 6
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The following map sheets begin by identifying the high potential historic trail sites and their Mission Nuestra Señora de los Dolores de los Ais, 2nd site / 23 corresponding geographic clusters across the length of El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic San Augustine Visitor Center Trail. Each high potential historic trail site is then identified at a regional context scale where the site is noted in context with towns, major intersections and the trail corridor itself. These high potential historic site maps are finally delineated at a site-scale level where specific signs and their general Old Stone Fort / La Casa de Piedra 28 locations are identified. Caddo Mounds Trace # 1 34 This basic framework is repeated for each geographic cluster and each high potential historic site along the length of the historic trail corridor. For this document, Google Earth aerial imagery was used due to Mission Tejas State Park Trail Segment 37 the ease with which the trail could be navigated and the universality of the format and its interface.
By design, this sign plan document focuses on the specific signing needed to mark Original Route McKinney Falls State Park / Onion Creek Crossing 42 trail corridors which link to the identified high potential historic sites. A digital KML file (viewable in Google Earth) was developed to accompany this plan and provide more details on specific sign Comal Spring 47 placement, particularly route identification signing across long distances of trail corridor (e.g. between geographic clusters). The digital file also allows for greater flexibility in adjusting specific sign locations Mission San Francisco de la Espada 52 as both the trail plan and sign plan are developed further and refined over time. Rancho de las Cabras 59 Route Identification Mission Nuestra Señora del Espiritu Santo de Zúñiga (La Bahia), 63 This plan document does not attempt to locate the placement of each Original Route or Local Tour Route 3rd site identification sign given the scale of the historic trail corridor, representing approximately 2,580 miles of trail extending from the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass and Laredo, Texas to Natchitoches, Louisiana. Museum of the Republic of the Rio Grande / 67 Specific routes are identified in this plan as Original Route and Local Tour Route corridors, however. The location of each proposed Original Route and Local Tour Route identification sign can be found Border Heritage Museum / as part of the digital KML file developed in conjunction with this document as a means to augment the Villa Antigua / Casa Ortiz, Laredo hard-copy sign plan and facilitate its eventual digital conversion upon implementation. Jesús Treviño Fort and Ranch at San Ignacio 71
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6 Zúñiga de los Dolores de los Ais, de los Dolores del Espiritu Santo de Señora Señora Fort and Ranch at San Ignacio El Camino Real de los Tejas Trail Route Trail El Camino Real de los Tejas Jesús Treviño (La Bahia), 3rd site (La Bahia), 3rd 2nd site / San Augustine Visitor Center 4) Old Stone Fort / La Casa Piedra #1 5) Caddo Mounds Trace Segment State Park Trail 6) Mission Tejas El Camino Real de los Tejas El Camino Real de los Tejas High Potential Sites CLUSTER 1 - Northeast 1) Los Adaes State Historic Site 2) Gaines-Oliphant House 3) Mission Nuestra CLUSTER 2 - Central Crossing 1) McKinney Falls State Park / Onion Creek 2) Comal Spring 3) Mission San Francisco de la Espada 4) Rancho de las Cabras 5) Mission Nuestra CLUSTER 3 - Southwest 1) Museum of the Republic Rio Grande / Heritage Museum / Villa Antigua / Border Casa Ortiz, Laredo 2) SIGNING STRATEGY: High Potential Sites * Sign El Camino Real de los Tejas (local) possible, to connect sites * Use Original Route, where within a given cluster (region) Route * Use specific Original Route and Local Tour corridors to connect clusters (trail) CLUSTER 1 CLUSTER 2 CLUSTER 3 National Historic Trail El Camino Real de los Tejas
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MAP 1 Los Adaes State Historic Site MAP 2 Robeline, LA Los Adaes State Historic Site MAP 3 Hwy 49 + Route 6 Natchitoches Hwy Interchange Historic use type: Mission and Presidio site MAP 4 Many, LA Significance: The Presidio served as the capital of the REGIONAL CONTEXT MAP province of Tejas from 1728 to 1773 when Spanish MAP 3 authorities decided to close it. Archeological excavations have found the remains of both the mission and Route 120 presidio. The full name of the Presidio was Nuestra Original Route Señora del Pilar de Zaragoza de los Adaes. The site is (pre-1821) owned by the State of Louisiana. MAP 1 Time period: 1717-1773 MAP 2 Ownership: Public (Louisiana Office of State Parks)
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MAP 1 N AT AIL National Historic Trail ION TR AL HISTORIC Los Adaes State Historic Site
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MAP 1 Gaines-Oliphant House MAP 2 Milam, TX Gaines-Oliphant House MAP 3 Route 21 + Route 103 Interchange Historic use type: residence of ferry operator MAP 4 Route 191 + Texas HWY Interchange Route 120 MAP 5 Route 191 + Carters Ferry Rd Interchange Significance: 1818 log house built by James Gaines, Original Route owner of the Gaines Ferry, for his in-laws. It is listed in MAP 6 Zwolle, LA (pre-1821) the National Register of Historic Place and it is being MAP 7 Route 120 + SR 171 Interchange restored by the Daughters of the Republic of Texas. REGIONAL CONTEXT MAP MAP 6 MAP 7 Time period: 1800s Ownership: Private (Daughters of the Republic of Texas)
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Route 32 x 48 Route 32 x 48 25 32 x 12 32 x 12
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MAP 7 N AT AIL National Historic Trail ION TR AL HISTORIC Gaines-Oliphant House
Route 120 + SR 171 Interchange Route 120 Original Route (pre-1821) 26. $K"@LHMN 27. $K"@LHMN 1D@K 1D@K AL EAL RE D R D E E O O L L N N O I O I S S M M T T A A E E C C J J A A L L S
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MAP 1 Mission Nuestra Señora de los Dolores de los Ais, 2nd Site MAP 2 San Augustine, TX + San Augustine Visitor Center Mission Nuestra Señora de los MAP 3 Route 21 + SR 96 Interchange Dolores de los Ais, 2nd site MAP 4 SR 96 + Route 147 Interchange Historic use type: Mission REGIONAL CONTEXT MAP Significance: This is a State Historic Landmark that is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. MAP 3 Time period: 1717-1773 Ownership: Public
To Old Stone Fort MAP 2 Route 21 Original Route To Gaines-Oliphant House MAP 1
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EL CAMINO REAL DE LOS TEJAS MAP El Camino Real de los Tejas Trail Route 23 AL RE D E O L N I O S M El Camino Real de los Tejas T A E C J
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MAP 1 N AT AIL National Historic Trail ION TR AL HISTORIC Mission Dolores
Mission Nuestra Señora de los Dolores de los Ais, 2nd Site
1. 72 x 36
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San Augustine, TX
2. 3.
5 36 x 48 36 x 48 36 x 12 36 x 12 2 3 Route 21 4. Original Route 4 36 x 48 36 x 12
San Augustine Visitor Center
5. 72 x 16
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MAP 3 N AT AIL National Historic Trail ION TR AL HISTORIC Mission Dolores
Route 21 + SR 96 Interchange
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Original Route 6 36 x 12 7 9 8. 9. 36 x 48 36 x 48 36 x 12 36 x 12
Site ID Route ID Directional El Camino Real de los Tejas Trail Route 26 AL RE D E O L N I O S M El Camino Real de los Tejas T A E C J
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MAP 4 N AT AIL National Historic Trail ION TR AL HISTORIC Mission Dolores
SR 96 + Route 147 Interchange
10. 11. 36 x 48 36 x 48 10 36 x 12 11 36 x 12 12.
12 36 x 48 36 x 12
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MAP 1 Old Stone Fort / La Casa de Piedra MAP 2 Route 21 + North St. Interchange Old Stone Fort / La Casa de Piedra MAP 3 Route 21 + Route 224 Interchange Historic use type: Trading Post MAP 4 Route 21 + Route 7 Interchange MAP 5 Route 21 + SR 59 Interchange Significance: Built as a market or storage area for the town site of Nacogdoches by Antonio Gil Y’Barbo, the site is located on the [Old] San Antonio Road and REGIONAL CONTEXT MAP the La Calle del Norte. This location may have also been associated with the Barr and Davenport trading post. The original was torn down in 1902. A replica MAP 1 is constructed as the Stone Fort Museum, Stephen F. To Caddo Mounds Trace #1 Austin University. Route 21 Time period: 1779-1902 Original Route MAP 5 Ownership: Public (Stephen F. Austin State University) MAP 2
MAP 4 MAP 3
Route 21 Original Route
To Mission Nuestra Señora de los Dolores de los Ais
EL CAMINO REAL DE LOS TEJAS MAP El Camino Real de los Tejas Trail Route 28 AL RE D E O L N I O S M El Camino Real de los Tejas T A E C J
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Old Stone Fort / La Casa de Piedra
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MAP 2 N AT AIL National Historic Trail ION TR AL HISTORIC Old Stone Fort / La Casa de Piedra
Route 21 + North St. Interchange
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Route 21 + Route 224 Interchange 9 8. 9.
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Route 21 + Route 7 Interchange
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Route 36 x 48 15 32 x 48 36 x 12
14 Route 21 Original Route
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Route 21 + SR 59 Interchange 16. 17. 17 54 x 72 54 x 72 20 54 x 18 54 x 18 Route 21 Original Route 18 18. 19. 20.
19 36 x 48 36 x 48 36 x 48 21 36 x 12 36 x 12 36 x 12
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MAP 1 Caddo Mounds Trace #1 MAP 2 Alto, TX Caddo Mounds Trace #1 To Old Stone Fort Historic use type: Road segment Significance: Both magnetometer data of existing subsurface swales as well and the 1806-1807 Juan REGIONAL CONTEXT MAP MAP 2 Pedro Walker map clearly indicate the relationship of the trail to the three Caddo Mounds. A preliminary survey of the surrounding landscape showed that there is no other location possible for ELTE to exist north of the mounds other than the location discovered during the NPS evaluation field trip. Primary Spanish documents also discuss the mounds and their relationship to the mounds. For example, La Fora writes in 1767 of passing just north of the mounds by stating “We forded this river [the Neches] in shallow water and one league beyond we climbed a hill. On the summit is a mound which appears to be hand-made.” Route 21 Original Route Time period: pre-1700-1800s Ownership: Public (Texas Historical Commission)
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To Mission Tejas State Park
EL CAMINO REAL DE LOS TEJAS MAP El Camino Real de los Tejas Trail Route 34 AL RE D E O L N I O S M El Camino Real de los Tejas T A E C J
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Caddo Mounds Trace #1
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Route 21 Original Route 4.
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Alto, TX
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Route 21 Original Route 8 36 x 48 36 x 48 6 36 x 12 36 x 12 5 7. 8.
7 36 x 48 36 x 48 Route 21 Original Route 36 x 12 36 x 12
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MAP 1 Mission Tejas State Park Trail Segment Site MAP 2 Route 21 + Route 7 Interchange Mission Tejas State Park Trail To Caddo Mounds Trace #1 MAP 4 Route 21 + Osr Hwy Interchange Segment MAP 3 Osr Hwy + Hwy 45 Interchange MAP 1 Historic use type: Trail segment REGIONAL CONTEXT MAP Significance: This is a 1.5 mile long trail segment that crosses an area that has remarkable visual integrity. The trail segment runs roughly parallel to, and at times crosses, SH 21. One of the Caddo sites within the park is adjacent to the trail. Time period: 1600s Ownership: Public (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department) Route 21 Original Route
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Route 21 Original Route
MAP 4 Osr Hwy Original Route MAP 3
EL CAMINO REAL DE LOS TEJAS MAP El Camino Real de los Tejas Trail Route 37 AL RE D E O L N I O S M El Camino Real de los Tejas T A E C J
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Mission Tejas State Park Trail Segment
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Route 21 Original Route
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Route 21 + Route 7 Interchange
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Site ID Route ID Directional El Camino Real de los Tejas Trail Route 39 AL RE D E O L N I O S M El Camino Real de los Tejas T A E C J
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Route 21 + Osr Hwy Interchange
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15 Osr Hwy + Hwy 45 Interchange 13. 14. 36 x 48 84 x 56 16 36 x 12 17 Osr Hwy 19 18 Original Route 15. 16. 14 36 x 48 84 x 56 36 x 12 17. 18.
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MAP 1 McKinney Falls State Park / Onion Creek Crossing Site MAP 2 E William Cannon Dr + McKinney Falls Pkwy McKinney Falls State Park / Onion MAP 3 Hwy 35 + E William Cannon Dr Creek Crossing MAP 4 Hwy 35 + Original Route Intersect Historic use type: Road swale REGIONAL CONTEXT MAP Significance: Although Onion Creek was probably crossed elsewhere this site offers the opportunity to experience a setting quite close to that of the authentic crossing during the historic period. Time period: 1700-1800s Ownership: Public (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department) MAP 4
MAP 3 MAP 1
Hwy 35 Original Route
MAP 2 To Comal Spring
EL CAMINO REAL DE LOS TEJAS MAP El Camino Real de los Tejas Trail Route 42 AL RE D E O L N I O S M El Camino Real de los Tejas T A E C J
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MAP 1 N AT AIL National Historic Trail ION TR AL HISTORIC McKinney Falls State Park
McKinney Falls State Park / Onion Creek Crossing
1. To Onion Creek Crossing 72 x 16
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E William Cannon Dr + McKinney Falls Pkwy
4. 5. 36 x 48 36 x 48 36 x 12 36 x 12 5 4
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Hwy 35 + E William Cannon Dr
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Hwy 35
Original Route 54 x 18 54 x 18 54 x 18
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Hwy 35 + Original Route Intersect
11. 48 x 72 11
Hwy 35 Original Route
Site ID Route ID Directional El Camino Real de los Tejas Trail Route 46 AL RE D E O L N I O S M El Camino Real de los Tejas T A E C J
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MAP 1 Comal Spring MAP 2 Hwy 35 + Route 46 Interchange Comal Spring MAP 3 Route 46 + Loop 337 Interchange Historic use type: Spring, paraje MAP 4 Hwy 35 + Loop 337 Interchange Significance: Spanish explorers discovered Comal Springs in 1691 and found many Indian tribes living REGIONAL CONTEXT MAP there, who referred to it as Conaqueyadesta meaning To McKinney Falls ‘where the river has its source’. In an excerpt from his diary, Espinosa, who accompanied Domingo Ramon’s State Park expedition in 1716, described it this way: “Groves of inexpressible beauty are found in this vicinity. The waters of the Guadalupe are clear, crystal and so Hwy 35 abundant that it seemed almost incredible to us that Original Route its source arose so near. It makes a delightful grove for MAP 3 recreation.” Comal is the Spanish word for basin, which somewhat describes the local geography. The springs were later visited in 1764 by French explorer St. Denis MAP 1 and eventually became a stop on the El Camino Real. Time period: 1691-1800s Ownership: Public (city of New Braunfels)
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MAP 4
To Mission San Francisco de la Espada
EL CAMINO REAL DE LOS TEJAS MAP El Camino Real de los Tejas Trail Route 47 AL RE D E O L N I O S M El Camino Real de los Tejas T A E C J
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Comal Spring
1. 72 x 16 1 2. 3. 36 x 48 36 x 48 36 x 12 36 x 12
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Hwy 35 + Route 46 Interchange
5. 6. 84 x 56 84 x 56 9 6 7. 8. 9.
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Route 46 + Loop 337 Interchange
10. 11.
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Hwy 35 + Loop 337 Interchange
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MAP 1 Mission San Francisco de la Espada MAP 2 Hwy 410 + Hwy 37 Interchange To Comal Spring Mission San Francisco de la Espada MAP 3 Hwy 410 + Hwy 35 Interchange Historic use type: Mission MAP 4 Hwy 410 + SR 281 Interchange MAP 5 SR 281 + Hwy 35 Interchange Significance: It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Originally founded in 1690 as San Francisco de MAP 6 SR 281 + Hwy 10 Interchange MAP 3 los Tejas near present-day Weches in Houston County, MAP 4 the mission was re-established in San Antonio in 1731 REGIONAL CONTEXT MAP and changed its name. The original buildings at Espada, the farthest south of the five missions near San Antonio, were undoubtly of adobe. A wall surrounded the church (usually called a chapel), friary, granary, and workshops. Extensive farms and pastures lay nearby. By 1745 the Indians produced grain and beans, and the mission owned 1,150 head of cattle and 750 sheep. One of the few remaining early structures is the southeast bastion (fortified round tower), which is the only mission fort MAP 5 left intact in San Antonio. Its three-foot rock walls, which contain holes for cannons and muskets, support a vaulted roof. Encompassing Espada’s once-vital waterworks are a dam (one mile north), an irrigation ditch, and a fine aqueduct (near this site)--the only extant Spanish aqueduct in the United States. Time period: 1731-1824 MAP 6 Ownership: Public (National Park Service)
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To Rancho de las Cabras
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Mission San Francisco de la Espada
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7 Hwy 410 + Hwy 37 Interchange
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9. 10. 11. 54 x 72 54 x 72 54 x 72 11 9 54 x 18 54 x 18 54 x 18
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Hwy 410 + Hwy 35 Interchange
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18 Hwy 410 + SR 281 Interchange
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Route 32 x 48 Route 32 x 48 32 x 12 32 x 12 54 x 72 54 x 18
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SR 281 + Hwy 35 Interchange
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21. 21 20 84 x 56
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SR 281 + Hwy 10 Interchange
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MAP 1 Rancho de las Cabras MAP 2 Floresville, TX Rancho de las Cabras MAP 3 Hwy 37 + SR 181 Interchange Historic use type: Ranch Significance: It is in the National Register of Historic Places. It was the ranch of Mission San Francisco de REGIONAL CONTEXT MAP la Espada, which includes the architectural ruins with standing walls. It was located on the west bank route of MAP 3 the Bexar-La Bahia Road. Time period: 1700s SR 181 Local Tour Route Ownership: Public (National Park Service)
To Mission San Francisco de la Espada
SR 181 Original Route
MAP 2 MAP 1 To Mission Nuestra Señora del Espiritu Santo de Zúñiga
EL CAMINO REAL DE LOS TEJAS MAP El Camino Real de los Tejas Trail Route 59 AL RE D E O L N I O S M El Camino Real de los Tejas T A E C J
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Rancho de las Cabras 3 1. 72 x 36
2. 3. 2 36 x 48 36 x 48 36 x 12 36 x 12
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Floresville, TX 8 4. 5. 36 x 48 36 x 48 5 36 x 12 36 x 12
4 6. 7. 36 x 48 36 x 48 36 x 12 36 x 12
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Site ID Route ID Directional El Camino Real de los Tejas Trail Route 61 AL RE D E O L N I O S M El Camino Real de los Tejas T A E C J
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Hwy 37 + SR 181 Interchange 9 9. $K"@LHMN 10. $K"@LHMN 1D@K 1D@K
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N N AT AIL AT AIL ION TR ION TR AL HISTORIC AL HISTORIC Local Tour Local Tour Route Route 48 x 72 48 x 72 48 x 18
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MAP 1 Mission Nuestra Señora del Espiritu Santo de Zúñiga (La Bahia), 3rd Site MAP 2 Goliad, TX Mission Nuestra Señora del MAP 3 SR 181 + SR 59 Interchange Espiritu Santo de Zúñiga (La Bahia), 3rd site REGIONAL CONTEXT MAP MAP 2 Historic use type: Mission Significance: It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. It is the final location of Mission Nuestra MAP 1 Señora del Espiritu Santo de Zúñiga Time period: 1749-1830 Ownership: Public (Texas Historical Commission)
To Rancho de las SR 59 Cabras Local Tour Route
SR 181 Local Tour Route
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EL CAMINO REAL DE LOS TEJAS MAP El Camino Real de los Tejas Trail Route 63 AL RE D E O L N I O S M El Camino Real de los Tejas T A E C J
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MAP 1 N AT AIL National Historic Trail ION TR AL HISTORIC Mission Espiritu Santo
Mission Nuestra Señora del Espiritu Santo de Zúñiga
1. 72 x 36
3 2. 3. 1 2 36 x 48 36 x 48 36 x 12 36 x 12
Site ID Route ID Directional El Camino Real de los Tejas Trail Route 64 AL RE D E O L N I O S M El Camino Real de los Tejas T A E C J
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Goliad, TX
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4 36 x 48 Route 32 x 48 5 36 x 12 32 x 12
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Site ID Route ID Directional El Camino Real de los Tejas Trail Route 65 AL RE D E O L N I O S M El Camino Real de los Tejas T A E C J
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SR 181 + SR 59 Interchange 7. 8. 8
SR 181 SR 59 Local Tour Route Local Tour Route 84 x 56 11 84 x 56
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MAP 1 Museum of the Rio Grande MAP 2 SR 83 + Route 359 Interchange Museum of the Rio Grande / MAP 3 Hwy 35 + Bob Bullock Loop Border Heritage Museum / Villa Antigua / Casa Ortiz, Laredo REGIONAL CONTEXT MAP Historic use type: Residences Significance: Casa Ortiz is a Texas Historic Landmark MAP 3 Time period: 1800s Ownership: Webb County Heritage Foundation
Hwy 35 Local Tour Route
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MAP 1 To Jesús Treviño Fort and Ranch SR 83 Local Tour Route EL CAMINO REAL DE LOS TEJAS MAP El Camino Real de los Tejas Trail Route 67 AL RE D E O L N I O S M El Camino Real de los Tejas T A E C J
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MAP 1 N AT AIL National Historic Trail ION TR AL HISTORIC Museum of the Rio Grande
Hwy 35 Local Tour Route Museum of the Rio Grande
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SR 83 + Route 359 Interchange
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Site ID Route ID Directional El Camino Real de los Tejas Trail Route 69 AL RE D E O L N I O S M El Camino Real de los Tejas T A E C J
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Hwy 35 + Bob Bullock Loop
11. 54 x 72 54 x 18
Hwy 35 Local Tour Route
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Site ID Route ID Directional El Camino Real de los Tejas Trail Route 70 AL RE D E O L N I O S M El Camino Real de los Tejas T A E C J
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MAP 1 Jesús Treviño Fort and Ranch at San Ignacio Site Jesús Treviño Fort and Ranch at San Ignacio Historic use type: Fort and ranch REGIONAL CONTEXT MAP Significance: This site is a National Historic Landmark. Time period: 1830s Ownership: Private
Note: River Pierce Foundation bought half interest in the To Museum of the building Rio Grande
SR 83 Local Tour Route
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MAP 1 N AT AIL National Historic Trail ION TR AL HISTORIC Jesús Treviño Fort
Jesús Treviño Fort and Ranch at SR 83 San Ignacio Local Tour Route 1. 4 72 x 36 1 3 2. 3. 2 36 x 48 36 x 48 36 x 12 36 x 12
4. 36 x 48 36 x 12
Site ID Route ID Directional El Camino Real de los Tejas Trail Route 72