Marker Inscription
King's Highway - Camino Real - Old San Antonio Road. Marked by the Daughters of the American Revolution and the State of Texas A. D. 1918
Historical Marker
King's Highway (THC #5287008159)
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About this site
King's Highway is a historical marker in Lincoln, Lee County, dedicated in 1918. It is one of 47 historical markers documented in Lee County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 110 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 30.3232, -96.9304 near Lincoln. The nearest cataloged historic site is Copperas (cemetery), about 1.9 miles away. Others within a short drive include Mitschke Family, E. E., Christ Lutheran Church, and St Peters Lutheran.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5287008159. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
This marker at Lincoln in Lee County stands along the historic King's Highway, or Old San Antonio Road, the Spanish colonial route that ran from the Rio Grande to the Sabine River and served as the principal path for settlers entering Texas. The road followed older Indian and buffalo trails and was formally surveyed and marked in the 1910s. Between 1915 and 1918 the DAR and the State of Texas placed 123 pink granite markers about every five miles along its length.
Sources: hmdb.orgtexasce.org
Also at or near Lincoln, Lee County
“King's Highway” names 2 distinct records in Lee County. This page is the historical marker dedicated in 1918 in Lincoln. The others:
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