Marker Inscription
Past this point extended in 1851 a military road connecting Fort Belknap and Fort Worth. Over it passed troops, travelers, and supplies for the frontier posts.
Historical Marker
Military Road (Ft. Belknap-Ft Worth)
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About this site
Military Road (Ft. Belknap-Ft Worth) is a historical marker in Newcastle, Young County, dedicated in 1936. It is one of 43 historical markers documented in Young County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 49 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 33.1500, -98.7400 near Newcastle. The nearest cataloged historic site is Butterfield Overland Stages (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Colonel William C. Young, Military Road (Ft. Belknap-San Antonio), and Fort Belknap.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5503003375. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
This marker commemorates a military road that linked Fort Belknap with the settlements to the southeast. Fort Belknap itself was established in 1851 to protect the frontier from Kiowa and Comanche raids and became the hub of a network of roads, including routes surveyed by U.S. Army officers in the early 1850s. Troops, supply trains and settlers traveled the road, which helped open the region around present Newcastle in Young County. The marker stands within Fort Belknap park.
Sources: hmdb.orgen.wikipedia.org
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