Paso de Francia crossing, Maverick County, Guerrero, Coahuila, Mexico
Paso de Francia crossed the Rio Grande River six miles southeast of Mission San Juan Bautista. It is believed that the name Paso de Francia (France Way) was given to this ford after Alonso De León's third entra... More
Mission Nuestra Señora Mission de los Dolores de los Ais, San Augustin...
First established in January of 1717, this mission was abandoned in 1719 with the advent of hostilities between Spain and France. When the mission was reestablished in August 1722, Father Antonio Margil de Jesú... More
Lucky Loop Swales, Sabine County, Texas
These parallel trail swales are found in the front yard of an occupied house. Time period: 1800s Ownership: Private
Nuestra Señora de Loreto de la Bahía
This National Historic Landmark dates from April 6, 1722, when the Marqués de Aguayo laid out the plan for construction of fortifications at the La Salle settlement site in southern Victoria County. The presidi... More
Jesús Treviño Fort and Ranch, Zapata County, Texas
The Jesús Treviño Rancho is a fortified home in the small town of San Ignacio, Texas, located on the banks of the Río Grande. Jesus Treviño, founder of San Ygnacio, built this 100- by 140-foot sandstone home in... More
Paso las Islas, Maverick County, Guerrero, Coahuila, Mexico
Paso las Islas, on the Rio Grande about one mile below the more famous Paso de Francia, was one of the fords that served Spanish travelers between Mission San Juan Bautista and the Texas settlements. At that po... More
McGehee Crossing, Hays County, Texas
Located on Old Bastrop Road, McGehee Crossing is a ford of the San Marcos River. A state historic marker indicates that Louis Juchereau de St. Denis traveled this route to establish trade between the French in ... More
Old Stone Fort, Nacogdoches County, Texas
Built by Antonio Gil Y’Barbo as a market or storage area for the town of Nacogdoches, the trading post is located on Old San Antonio Road and La Calle del Norte. This location may have also been associated with... More
Comal Springs, Hays County, Texas
Spanish explorers discovered Comal Springs in 1691. American Indian tribes inhabiting the area referred to it as Conaqueyadesta, translated as “where the river has its source.” In an excerpt from his diary, Fat... More
Presidio San Antonio de Bexar (San Pedro Springs), Bexar County, Texas
Listed in the National Register of Historic Places, San Pedro Springs was an American Indian village named Yanaguana and may have been used as a paraje (campsite) as early as 1692. The site, known popularly as ... More
17. Acequia Madre Mission de Valero (Bexar County, Texas) on the El Ca...
Acequia Madre Mission de Valero, Bexar County, Texas Public domain photograph of a canal, water landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
21. Mission Tejas State Park (Houston County, Texas) on the El Camino ...
Mission Tejas State Park, Houston County, Texas
26. Lucky Loop Swales (Sabine County, Texas) on the El Camino Real de ...
Swales, Lucky Loop, Sabine County, Texas
3. Paso de Francia Crossing (Guerrero, Coahuila, Mexico) on the El Cam...
Paso de Francia crossing, Maverick County, Guerrero, Coahuila, Mexico
30. Fort Saint Jean Baptiste State Historic Site (Natchitoches Parish,...
Fort Saint Jean Baptiste State Historic Site, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana
22. Caddo Mounds State Historic Park (Cherokee County, Texas) on the E...
Caddo Mounds State Historic Park, Cherokee County, Texas
19. McKinney Falls State Park (Travis County, Texas) on the El Camino ...
McKinney Falls State Park, Travis County, Texas
11. Mission Nuestra Señora del Espiritu Santo de Zúñiga (La Bahia) (Vi...
Mission Nuestra Señora del Espíritu Santo de Zúñiga (La Bahía), Victoria County, Texas
23. Gaines-Oliphant House (Sabine County, Texas) on the El Camino Real...
Gaines-Oliphant House, Sabine County, Texas Public domain photograph of a cabin, log house, dwelling in National Park, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
27. Lobanillo Swales (Sabine County, Texas) on the El Camino Real de l...
Lobanillo Swales, Sabine County, Texas Public domain photograph by National Parks Administration, nature conservation, tourism, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
24. Old Stone Fort (Nacogdoches County, Texas) on the El Camino Real d...
Old Stone Fort, Nacogdoches County, Texas
7. San José de los Corralitos (Zapata County, Texas) on the El Camino ...
San José de los Corralitos, Zapata County, Texas
Mission Espada Aqueduct, Bexar County, Texas
This National Historic Landmark shows the vital role of water in the survival of missions in the vicinity of San Antonio. According to tradition, goat’s milk served as a cementing agent in the mortar used in co... More
Mission Tejas State Park, Houston County, Texas
This 1.5-mile-long trail segment crosses an area that has remarkable visual integrity. The trail segment courses parallel to State Road 21 and at times crosses the highway. One of the Caddo Indian sites within ... More
Olmos Basin Road Segment, Bexar County, Texas
A branch of the old Nacogdoches Road used to run from Olmos Dam to Hildebrand Avenue. The trail segment can be seen from the right-of-way. Time period: 1700s Ownership: Private
Camino de la Laguna, Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana
In 1767 José de Urrutia prepared a map that clearly designated Camino de la Laguna as a road that advanced north from Los Adaes to La Laguna de Los Adaes. It’s location was confirmed on the ground during the de... More
Mission San Juan Bautista ruins, Guerrero, Coahuila, Mexico
Established in 1700 and located on a strategic location near a series of crossings on the west bank of the Rio Grande, Mission San Juan Bautista is often called the mother of the Texas missions. It was created ... More
Mission San Juan Acequia, Bexar County, Texas
Listed in the National Register of Historic Places, this acequia (irrigation ditch) is associated with Mission San Juan. Time period: 1700s Ownership: Public (National Park Service)
El Paso de Jacinto/Paso de los Indios, Webb County, Texas
Around 1746, explorer Jacinto de León discovered a ford that allowed safe passage across the Río Grande in this vicinity; it had probably been used for centuries by American Indians. The ford came to be known a... More
Rancho los Ojuelos, Webb County, Texas
This national historic district consists of 13 stone houses (several in ruins) constructed from hewn sandstone blocks, chinked and plastered, ranging from rectangular flat roofed Colonial style buildings to hip... More
Acequia de Mission San Francisco Xavier de Horcasitas, Milam County, T...
In June 1745 a group of Indians came to San Antonio de Valero to ask for a mission in their own territory. Father Francisco Xavier Ortiz favored the idea because it would convert a new group of Indians; stop ap... More
Conquista Crossing, Karnes County, Texas
This ford of the San Antonio River is located at a distinct bend in the river. According to information on an 1867 travel map, the ford seems to have been located at the junction of the Laredo Road and the road... More
Caddo Mounds State Historic Park, Cherokee County, Texas
Recent data of existing subsurface swales and the 1806–1807 Juan Pedro Walker map clearly indicate the relationship of El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail to three Caddo mounds. Spanish document... More
Lobanillo Swales, Sabine County, Texas
Two sets of deep and parallel swales extend about one-quarter mile through the forest. One set of swales has seven parallel ruts reaching a depth of 18-feet and 12-feet wide. A state historic marker in nearby G... More
Presidio de Nuestra Señora del Pilar de Zaragoza de los Adaes, Natchit...
In 1721 Marqués de Aguayo founded this landmark as a frontier outpost to check French expansion in East Texas. It rested a quarter league from the mission of San Miguel de Linares de los Adaes, near the site of... More
Acequia Madre Mission de Valero, Bexar County, Texas
The Spanish and their Indian charges built this irrigation ditch (acequia) after the founding of San Antonio in 1718. Construction of the acequia began a year later. Hand dug and made of dressed limestone, the ... More
Mission San Bernardo ruins, Guerrero, Coahuila, Mexico
Located just north of Guerrero in Mexico, construction of the mission church began in 1760 but was never completed. The outstanding ruins are virtually the only visible remains of the complex of missions establ... More
McKinney Falls State Park, Travis County, Texas
Father Isidro Félix Esty Espinosa, with the Olivares-Aguirre expedition, first described the arroyo/río de las Garrapatas (present-day Onion Creek) in 1709. Recent research reveals that in 1716 the expedition o... More
San José de los Corralitos, Zapata County, Texas
The land grant started with a fortified ranch structure to protect the family from Indians and marauders from across the Río Grande. It dates from 1753, when Colonel José de Escandón donated a 350,000-acre gran... More
Fort Saint Jean Baptiste State Historic Site, Natchitoches Parish, Lou...
French-Canadian trader Louis Juchereau de St. Denis was on a mission to establish trading ties with Mexico. After traveling nearly 140 leagues up the Red River, he encountered an impenetrable logjam. At this sp... More
Mission Nuestra Señora del Espíritu Santo de Zúñiga (La Bahía), Victor...
Unlike most Spanish missions excavated during the Work Progress Administration era, this mission’s extensive ruins have not been reconstructed. The ruins exist as an excellent example of unaltered early Spanish... More
Gaines-Oliphant House, Sabine County, Texas
Listed in the National Register of Historic Places, the Oliphant House was built in 1818 and is one of the earliest pre-Republic, Anglo structures in Texas. The log house is the only surviving structure of Jame... More
An El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail marker at ...
An El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail marker at Onate Crossing in El Paso, TX An El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail marker at Onate Crossing in El Paso, TX; https://w... More