HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Eagle articleA survey team from the
National Park Service was in
Brazos County recently to
inspect historical sites of the - EI Camino Real de los Tejas ~:J
h trail along Old San Antonio ~ ~ ~ ~ . ~
Road. The survey team met ~ ~ ° ~ ~ ,r . ~ ~
with members of the cities of ; r Bryan and College Station, as ~ n
well as with members of the ' ~¢r
Brazos County Historical
Commission. ' Susan Boyle of the Park
Service's Santa Fe, N.M.,
office said the Brazos County
section of the historic road ;;r, o-:. was among the most repre-
~ 'fit sentative and preserved sec-
tions the team had seen. The .~~h~:; r
survey team called the Brazos ~ _ County site a rare jewel, ~~^5~ . .
members of the historical ~ t
commission said.
Park Service staff members will conduct an environmental Historians, community leaders and
assessment and compile a members of a National Park Service
management plan to develop survey team visit the EI Camino Real de
guidelines for administration los Tejas trail in Brazos County recent- of the trail, which includes Iy.The Park Service is studying the trail
OSR, the northern boundary to help establish guidelines for its use
of Brazos County. and preservation. In 2004, President George -
Bush proclaimed EI Camino
Real de los Tejas as the only
Natianai Historic Trail ir;.,Texas. It comprised the primary
overland route during the
Spanish Colonial~period, and
traversed more than a 1,000-mile-long corridor link-
ing Mexico to the Red River
Valley in northwestern
Louisiana.
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