Marker Inscription
Marked by the Daughters of the American Revolution and the State of Texas A. D. 1918
Historical Marker
King's Highway (THC #5287008160)
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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 30.2314, -97.0250 near Lincoln. The nearest cataloged historic site is Ebenezer Lutheran Church (cemetery), about 0.8 miles away. Others within a short drive include Bluff Creek Baptist Church, Black Grove, and Reuther Family.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5287008160. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
This marker near Lincoln commemorates the King's Highway, also called El Camino Real or the Old San Antonio Road, the primary overland route of Spanish colonization through Texas. Between 1915 and 1918 the State of Texas and the Daughters of the American Revolution placed a series of pink granite markers roughly every five miles along the historic road. The route carried Spanish missionaries, soldiers, and settlers for well over a century.
Sources: hmdb.orgtexascounties.net
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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Nearby in Lee County
Cemetery
Ebenezer Lutheran Church
Paige
Cemetery
Black Grove
Giddings
Cemetery
Bluff Creek Baptist Church
Lincoln
Cemetery
Reuther Family
Giddings
Historical Marker
King's Highway - El Camino Real
Giddings · 1918
Cemetery
St. John's Lutheran Church (newer)
Lincoln
Cemetery
St. John's Lutheran (Older)
Lincoln
Historical Marker
St. John Lutheran Church
Lincoln · 1986