Angelina River

Early Texas artery of travel and transportation. Ran through lands of civilized Indians whose word "Tejas", for friend, gave name to northern part of New Spain, then to the Republic and State of Texas. Here in 1690, Spanish explorers and missionaries found a young girl eager to learn Christianity. For her sweet disposition, she was called Angelina. Her name soon was used for the river where she lived. Though French and Spaniards were enemies, Angelina befriended all, and for years acted as interpreter. Angelina River by 1799 was route for settlers to come from the coast to East Texas. It was crossed by the Camino Real (King's Highway to Mexico) and by Smugglers' Road, for those dodging tax collectors. In the 1830s, John Durst promoted on the Angelina, just south of here, a port for shipping cotton to New Orleans and receiving merchandise in return. Other Texas rivers named by Spaniards include the Blanco, Brazos (river of the arms of God), colorado, Concho, Comal (A Pan), Frio, Guadalupe, Lavaca, Llano, Medina, Navidad, Navasota, Neches, Nueces, Pedernales, Pecos, Rio Grande, San Antonio, San Gabriel, Trinity and San Jacinto. Anglo-American names for streams include Canadian, Pease, Red and Devil's River.

Angelina River is a historical marker in Linwood, Cherokee County, dedicated in 1965. It is one of 112 historical markers documented in Cherokee County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 245 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 31.6729, -94.9599 near Linwood. The nearest cataloged historic site is Linwood (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Linwood, Bean, Candice Midkiff, and Selman-Roarke Cemetery.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5073006610. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.