El Camino Real de los Tejas
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El Camino Real de los Tejas
National Historic Trail Association
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El Camino Real de los Tejas
National Historic Trail Association
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Milam County Historical Commission
Milam County, Texas
Milam County, Texas
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El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail Association
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El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail Association
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Milam commissioners hear update on trail markers
by Jeanne Williams - Temple Daily Telegram
October 13. 2011
CAMERON — Milam County commissioners this week heard a report on the El Camino Real de Los Tejas National Historic Trail, which will be designated at six points in Milam County with signs to be placed along off-system roadways in rural areas of the county.
Board representatives Dr. Lucile Estell and Joy Graham of Rockdale outlined plans by the National Park Service to designate six historical sites along the ancient network of trails used by Indians, early explorers and pioneers from Mexico City to Louisiana.
“I do believe in my heart that this opportunity to relate to the rest of Texas and the United States Milam County’s role in the history of this state through the two routes that come right through our county is a sign of better times for this area of Texas,” Estell told commissioners.
Milam County will be the first Texas county to receive signs to be placed at Apache Pass, the sites of Spanish missions and the Spanish garrison, and Sugar Loaf Mountain, which became landmarks along some of the trails that made up the El Camino Real de Los Tejas.
“Milam County is a destination, a place where ‘something special happened here.’ Having the upper route come through downtown Cameron and the lower route come through Rockdale is an opportunity for our county to become more involved,” Estell said. “As I said today, historic preservation in itself draws tourists, and tourists impact economic development.”
The agency will work with TxDOT and the Texas Historical Commission in completing details and installing signs. The agency has $7,000 toward completion, including $5,000 from the National Park Service and a $2,000 grant from the Milam County Historical Commission Preservation Trust Fund. To complete the project that amount must be doubled.
by Jeanne Williams - Temple Daily Telegram
October 13. 2011
CAMERON — Milam County commissioners this week heard a report on the El Camino Real de Los Tejas National Historic Trail, which will be designated at six points in Milam County with signs to be placed along off-system roadways in rural areas of the county.
Board representatives Dr. Lucile Estell and Joy Graham of Rockdale outlined plans by the National Park Service to designate six historical sites along the ancient network of trails used by Indians, early explorers and pioneers from Mexico City to Louisiana.
“I do believe in my heart that this opportunity to relate to the rest of Texas and the United States Milam County’s role in the history of this state through the two routes that come right through our county is a sign of better times for this area of Texas,” Estell told commissioners.
Milam County will be the first Texas county to receive signs to be placed at Apache Pass, the sites of Spanish missions and the Spanish garrison, and Sugar Loaf Mountain, which became landmarks along some of the trails that made up the El Camino Real de Los Tejas.
“Milam County is a destination, a place where ‘something special happened here.’ Having the upper route come through downtown Cameron and the lower route come through Rockdale is an opportunity for our county to become more involved,” Estell said. “As I said today, historic preservation in itself draws tourists, and tourists impact economic development.”
The agency will work with TxDOT and the Texas Historical Commission in completing details and installing signs. The agency has $7,000 toward completion, including $5,000 from the National Park Service and a $2,000 grant from the Milam County Historical Commission Preservation Trust Fund. To complete the project that amount must be doubled.
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COLLEGE STATION – October 18, 2011
A free public exhibit that commemorates the historic involvement of Spain and Mexico with Texas will be on display starting November 2nd at 4:00pm at Texas A&M University’s Evans Library. The exhibit will be on display through November, 11th.
The exhibit “El Camino Real de los Tejas: Past & Present,” created by the Consulate General of Spain in Houston, features panels with old maps and engraving reproductions, photographs, and other historical documents. “The exhibit is kind of a ‘historical tourism’ along a very important road,” said David Rex Galindo, historical curator of the exhibit.
A symposium led by experts in this field will be held November 3rd from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the Evans Library, Room 204E, at Texas A&M University.
“Two of the foremost historians of Spanish colonialism and a wonderful young scholar who is quickly developing a reputation in the field — who received her doctorate from the Department of Hispanic Studies at Texas A&M University —will speak to the issue of Texas colonial history. Their papers will be discussed by two prominent members of the Department of History at Texas A&M,” said Alberto Moreiras, Department Head of Hispanic Studies.
The exhibition and symposium seek to increase public awareness of a long and important period in the history of Texas — the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, when Spain and later Mexico were involved with the Lone Star State.
The Camino Real de los Tejas (Royal Road of Texas) is a historic landmark that dates from 1680 to 1845 and spans Spanish, Mexican, and early American history. El Camino Real de los Tejas was designated as a national Historic Trail in 2004 by the U.S. congress and is one of 11 historic trails in the country. The trail has been extensively studied by the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department. Although the Camino Real de los Tejas Association completed an ambitious Comprehensive Management Plan, this trail and other Caminos Reales located across the Americas are not very well known by Texans. They deserve a loving and detailed attention, said Cynthia Brandimarte, Director of the Historic Sites & Structure Program of Texas Parks and Wildlife.
The exhibit and symposium are sponsored by the Department of Hispanic Studies, the Dean of Faculties and Associate Provost Office, and the European Union Center at Texas A&M University, and the generosity of Manuel and Carol Gonzalez, owners of Sterling Auto Group in Bryan, Texas.
Exhibit organizers were the Consulate General of Spain, Houston, Texas A&M University, and SPAIN Arts & Culture.
Collaborators in the creation of the exhibit include the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail Association, Texas Historical Commission, Gobierno de España Ministerio de Cultura, the Spanish International Development Cooperation Agency, Gobierno de España Ministerio de Defensa, and the Daughters of the American Revolution.
For more information about the exhibit, contact: epope@tamu.edu or by calling Erin Pope at 979-862-7455.
New Officers Take the Helm of El Camino Real National Trail Association
Temple Daily Telegram - October 30, 2011
El Camino Real de los Tejas National Trail Association members elected Dr. Lucile Estell of Rockdale, president, and named Joy Graham of Thorndale, Richard Santos of Pearsall and Linda Curtis Sparks of Many, La., as vice presidents. Gary Dunnam of Victoria was elected secretary and Mark Stine of Austin, treasurer.
These officers join nine other directors who represent their regions in 15 places on the board.
At the annual membership meeting in Bastrop, Aaron Mahr, Steve Burns and Kristen Van Fleet of the National Parks Service in Santa Fe, N.M., spoke about implementation of the approved comprehensive management plan and explained the signage plan.
Milam County was selected to be the first county across Texas and Louisiana to receive signs denoting the routes of the National Trail.
Exhibit on historic involvement of Spain and Mexico with Texas
on display at
Texas A&M University - Evans Library
November 2 thru November 11, 2011
on display at
Texas A&M University - Evans Library
November 2 thru November 11, 2011