King's Highway - Camino Real - Old San Antonio Road
Lincoln, Lee County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Marked by the Daughters of the American Revolution and the State of Texas A. D. 1918
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
This marker commemorates the King's Highway, or Camino Real, the Spanish colonial road system that once linked the missions and settlements of Texas and stretched toward Mexico and Louisiana. Placed in 1918 by the Daughters of the American Revolution and the State of Texas, it was part of an early-20th-century effort to trace and memorialize the historic route. The road carried soldiers, missionaries, traders, and settlers for well over a century.
Why it matters
The Camino Real was the spine of Spanish and early Texas travel, and marking it reflects how later generations sought to preserve the deep colonial roots beneath the modern American landscape.
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