The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 18, July 1914 - April, 1915 Page: 228
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The Southwestern Historical Quarterly
copies be sent to the State University, The Confederate Veteran,
the daily press of Texas, and to Major Littlefield with a personal
letter of grateful appreciation.
"LOUELLA STYLES VINCENT, Dallas,
"Mus. CORINNE N UNN CORRY, Crockett,
"MRs. A. C. JOHNSON, Corsicana,
"MRS. G. I. GOODWIN, Brownwood,
"Committee on Resolutions, Texas Division, U. D. C."
Mrs. Lipscomb-Norvell, Chairman of the Texas Old Trails
Committee, Daughters of the American Revolution, asks the
assistance of all members of the Texas State Historical Associa-
tion in marking the course of the Camino Real or Old San An-
tonio Road across Texas. Service can be rendered in two ways,-
by financial contributions, and by historical research to determine
the exact route of the trail. In a letter to the President of the
Association, Mrs. Lipscomb-Norvell says:
"It is the desire to erect a chain of monuments across the
state, which the early argonauts and trappers and explorers trav-
eled toward the setting sun, and which will not only point the
way, but give you the history in detail for which the trail was
noted: the places of battle, the well known stage stations, the
scenes of massacres by savages, the forts and noted crossings of
the rivers, and known graves of the dead that lie along the way,
and the boundary of the Empresario grants when the land was
first opened up to colonization. These and many others to be
chronicled in stone, commemorating the brave deeds of those bold
pioneers who pushed out from the beaten paths of civilization
into the untrodden paths of the wilderness and braved the un-
known in all of its impending danger.
"We are calling upon those who have any tie of blood, or asso-
ciation with Texas history or its people to assist by any contri-
bution that their judgment may deem best. We are giving every
true Texan an opportunity to show his patriotism, by lending a
hand.
"We have a fund of $1500 and hope to have as much again
by the November conference of the Daughters of the American
Revolution. Mr. Robison of the land office has kindly sent us
maps showing the old San Antonio road, and from these maps228
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Texas State Historical Association. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 18, July 1914 - April, 1915, periodical, 1915; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101064/m1/234/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.