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| Directions: from Junction, take IH-10E about 8 miles to Exit #465 (Segovia) - marker is on access road in front of truck stop | |
| Marker #: 5267003545 | |
| Year Dedicated: 1966 | |
| Size, type: 18 x 28" Subject | |
| Last reported condition: REFINISH | |
| Near Route of Old Military Road - SUPPLY LINE FROM U.S. ARMY HEADQUARTERS IN SAN ANTONIO TO FORT TERRETT, 1852-1854. IN THE 1850'S TWO-THIRDS OF TEXAS WAS HELD BY COMANCHES OR THREATENED BY RAIDS. POSTS SUCH AS FORT TERRETT STOOD FROM RED RIVER TO THE RIO GRANDE, FOR PROTECTION. THE FORT TERRETT ROAD PARALLELLED JOHNSON (ELM) FORK OF THE LLANO NEAR JUNCTION. THE ARMY CLOSED FORT TERRETT IN 1854, BUT SETTLERS USED THE ROUTE AS THEIR MAIN ROAD TO SAN ANTONIO. IT APPEARED ON KIMBLE COUNTY MAPS UNTIL 1930. PARTS OF THE ROAD ARE STILL VISIBLE. RECORDED TEXAS HISTORIC LANDMARK - 1966 | |
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Decimal degrees: N 30.418243 W -99.672447
Degrees, minutes: N 30 25.095 W 099 40.347 UTM: Zone 14, Easting 435417, Northing 3365323 |
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