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| Highways
& Historic Roads Old
Military Road
by Ken Rudine 3-1-09
US 83 from Rio Grande City
to Brownsville |
The
L-O-N-G Roads of Texas: Texas-State-Highway-16 by
C. F. Eckhardt 3-3-08
Texas’ state highways are some of the most interesting ways to travel. They pass
through—not go around—interesting communities of every sort. The towns are both
beautiful—sometimes (and sometimes not so beautiful)—and often historically interesting.
The two longest state highways in Texas are Highway 16 and Highway 6. Both cut
across scenic and historically significant parts of the state... Camino
Real National Scenic Byway
by Delbert Trew 9-16-08
The old road "Camino Real" or Royal Road may not be
the oldest road in America but was completed in 1598... It begins at the San Juan
Pueblo in northern New Mexico, goes 400 miles south to El Paso then on another
1,200 miles to Mexico City. The U.S. designated it a National Scenic Byway...El
Camino Real
East Texas' oldest highway: The King's Highway (Texas 21) stretches from Toledo
Bend Reservoir near Milam to San Antonio. It is also one of our most scenic roadways.
The route was used by Indians and traveled by Spanish missionaries in 1791. It
is also known as El Camino Real, the Old Spanish Trail, and the Old San Antonio
Road." (From "Holiday
Day Trips" by Bob Bowman)International
Pavedway by
Mike Cox 2-21-08
The International Pavedway never existed anywhere but on
a map, but most Texans have traveled it many times...
US
90 and US 67; Merging Highways
by N. Ray Maxie
10-1-08
"These two US Highways merge for 34 miles in far West Texas,
mostly between Alpine and Marfa. There, together, they go through Alpine, skirt
around the picturesque Paisano Peak and Twin Peaks, both 6050 feet high. Then
on to Marfa where 67 leaves 90 and turns south into Presidio, ending at the Mexican
border... 90/67 also passes another very interesting landmark. One you won’t want
to miss..." |
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Saratoga
Ghost Road
by Ken Rudine 9-9-07
Two miles north of Saratoga off FM787 is the beginning
of Bragg Road which travels north to FM1293. It is the Ghost Road where the Saratoga
Mystery Light has appeared.... |
East
Texas Drives
"Love's
Look Out"
on Highway 69, JacksonvilleEast
Texas Sunday Drives
( Excerpts from the
book by Bob Bowman )
Athens
: Where the hamburger was invented
Athens,
New York, Texas Cheesecakes, LaRue, Brownsboro, Edom, Purtis Creek State Park,
Eustace, Mabank, Gun Barrel City, Payne Springs, Caney City, Malakoff and Cross
Roads
Carthage
: Music from two country masters
Carthage, Jim Reeves, Tex Ritter, Tatum, DeBerry, Elysian Fields, Sabine River,
Hendricks's Lake, Trammel's Trace, ghost town Harmony Hill, Martin Creek Lake
State Park, Beckville, Fair Play and Rake Pocket.
Huntsville
: Old Sam, prisons and pine trees
Huntsville, Oakhurst, Point Blank, Coldspring, Sam Houston National Forest, and
Huntsville State Park
Longview
and Marshall : A metropolitan Sunday Drive
Longview, Marshall, Hallsville, Scottsville, and Jonesville
Palestine
: Old homes, fruit cakes, and stained glass windows
Palestine, Texas State Railroad, Davey Dogwood Park, Plenitude, Mound Prairie,
Montalba, Tennessee Colony, Old Magnolia, Elkhart and Slocum
Rusk
: Mark Twain might have lived here
Rusk, Alto,
Jim Hogg State Park, Caddo Mounds State Historic Site, two ghost towns, and the
longest footbridge in the United States
Tyler
: A drive with beauty and history
Tyler, Tyler State Park, Winona, Starrville, Troup, Burning Bush, Lake palestine,
Mount Sylvan, Lindale and old Steen Saline El
Camino Real
East Texas' oldest highway: The King's Highway (Texas 21) stretches from Toledo
Bend Reservoir near Milam to San Antonio. It is also one of our most scenic roadways.
The route was used by Indians and traveled by Spanish missionaries in 1791. It
is also known as El Camino Real, the Old Spanish Trail, and the Old San Antonio
Road." (From "Holiday
Day Trips" by Bob Bowman)Sabine
National Forest -
From Center, take Hwy 87, FM 417 and FM
2694 to Boles Field Recreational Area, and other Forest Services Roads in Sabine
National Forest
Texas Hotels >
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Texas
Panhandle Drives
FM
669 -
Between Post and Gail - reaches edge of Texas High Plains, or the Llano EstacadoVerbena
- "...Verbena is 4.4 miles North of Hwy 380 on FM 2008. ...
The drive is scenic
and thus well worth [an] altered route. Continuing North on 2008 was just as scenic
and reminded me of the Texas Plains Trail on Hwy 70 & 207 from Borger to Dickens."
- David Higgins, Lubbock, Texas, September 14, 2005 Silverton,
Panhandle scenic drives
Borger,
Panhandle scenic drive |
South
Texas Drives
Old
Military Road
by Ken Rudine 3-1-09
US 83 from Rio Grande City to Brownsville |
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