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thot Spanish, American, and i;rench traders and trappers followed
the Vial-FIogasa trail across the northern part of the
county. It is also highly probable th-:t both Spanish and
Aerican ?iuntcrrs, traders, and trappers from the vicinity of
Nacogdcches wanderea through t}tis territory of the rapidly
decreasing Ifasinai Indian tribes. It was during this period
that three iaerican filibuster expeditions of lTolan, :iagee,
and Long, from east of the Sabine, invaded Spanish territory
Lnd carried warfare across the lands of eastern Texas.
The poriou from lO81 to 1822 witnessed the emigration of
the Cherokees from Arrkansas and saw theia take peaceful possessior
of this territory. The invaders found cnly a few
reianc-nts of the once rich Caddoes and Tejas that welcomed
the white man here two centuries before,
Then iin the early 1820's the great influx of lAmeric an
color. ists into Textes start;e- and 1iexico broke away from Spain.
The _aer:ican colonists at first, encouraged by the; ,i.xlcan
governacnt, settled. in regions south of Smith County usually
along the coastal sectJicer.
lt was during the period of early Atirerican colorization
that the old San Antono-Clarksvi].le trail w-s blazed, which
is probably thc second oldest trail n ith- county. Ths
trail led fro.: San Antonio to Clarksvilte, w.hic'u ws one of
the early IAterican settlements, located about fifteen miles s
south of Red River and about seventy-five miiles due north of
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Ward, William R. A History of Smith County, Texas, book, May 1944; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth46834/m1/63/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .