El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail
El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail
Web: www.elcaminorealtx.com
El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail
Address:PO Box 728
Santa Fe, NM 87504
Phone:505-988-6888 - Phone
Web: www.elcaminorealtx.com
Established: October 18, 2004. Description:This network of routes in Texas and Louisiana in the 18th and 19th centuries connected Mexico City and various provincial capitals and mission outposts. Along it, Spanish and Mexican influences moved northeastward. As the Old San Antonio Road, after Mexican independence in 1821, this route brought American immigrants south and west into what became the Texas Republic, the anexation of which precipitated the Mexican-American War of the late 1840's. The comprehensive management plan for developing this trail is just getting underway.
Legth: 2,600 miles.
See other parks in New Mexico.