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RANGERS AND SOVEREIGNTY.
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Old San Antonio Road
The old San Antonio Road is, or was, the first landmark
in Texas and is older than Texas. It was made
by the Spaniards from Nacogdoches, on the Sabine
River, to the old city of San Antonio. It crossed the
Colorado River at Bastrop. Bastrop was a place of
rest for tJe old Spanish traders crossing their dominion
from Mexico to Louisiana. I think the old
road was called Gochirs trace by the first white men
that came to that new country. That old road was
latitude, longitude, meridian and compass to travelers,
so far as geographical reckonings were concerned. The
noted sea pirate, General Lafitte, on his island, now
called Galveston, made his reckonings by land in case
of invasion from the water, by that old road. It
marked the northern settlements of the Spaniards
and made a safe retreat to "no-man's land." No
American surveyor's chain had ever played "stickstuck"
in that vast country.
We think Texas should embalm that old road in
her history.
The Daughters of the American Revolution have
marked the Santa F6 Trail from Independence, Missouri,
to Santa Fe, New Mexico, by erecting beautiful
monuments of stone along the ancient trail that led
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Roberts, Dan W. Rangers and sovereignty, book, 1914; San Antonio, Tex.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth5833/m1/184/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.