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OLD SAN ANTONIO ROAD PRESERVATION COMMISSION
P. O. BOX 12276 AUSTIN, TEXAS 78711 TEL. NO. (512) 463 -6096
July 21, 1991
Dear Sir/Madam:
As part of the 300th Anniversary of the Old San Antonio Road, the State Department of Highways
and Public Transportation (SDHPT) has designed InfoBoards to inform the travelling public about
the corridor of old roads that we call "the Old San Antonio Road." The boards will be placed in
free - standing units at several locations along the Old San Antonio Road corridor between Milam,
Texas (near Louisiana) and south Texas. Brochures that provide further details about the old road
and its history will also be made available to local communities by the SDHPT.
A number of communities and historic associations have expressed an interest in purchasing only
the InfoBoard itself, and the SDHPT has agreed to make it available to governments, counties,
and/or associations or commissions. (It may not be purchased by individuals.) Cost of the board
(without the free- standing unit) will be $32.80 plus shipping. The boards can be mounted on a
building wall or placed in another display stand. Clearly the boards can assist your community in
promoting itself and its history. If your community, county, heritage society, etc. is interested in
the purchase of a board, please return the attached form to Pete Haight by September 15. You will
be billed for the board in September, 1991. This is a one -time only opportunity.
Sincerely,
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Archie Mc oval t , ' h.D.
Chairman
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ORDER FORM
OLD SAN ANTONIO ROAD INFOBOARD —
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The below listed group /county/local government wishes to purchase an Old
San Antonio Road InfoBoard. We understand that we will be billed for
this in September, 1991.
InfoBoard Specifications:
Size: 3 x 3 feet
colors: four (4) colors
fabric: silk screen on aluminum - covered by vinyl substrate
coating
durability: should be tueather resistent for ca. 10 years
Name: C i i y 6 C o/ 1 e C�a' r. c Z Oav ICI C e, -i,�9
f lir Delivery Address: / 0 0 0 X re n e k Top R A .
City: Col /ej e �-/ `k oh , Texas Zip: 77e40
Mail order form before September 15, 1991 to:
Pete Haight C o iler S &+1On, TX .
State Department of Highways and Public 17g4
Transportation .
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P.O. Box 5000
Austin, Texas 78763
Note: you may purchase more than one board. Simply indicate on the form how
many are being ordered.
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COMMISSION STATE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS ENGINEER - DIRECTOR
ROBERT H. DEDMAN, CHAIRMAN AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ARNOLD W. OLIVER, P.E.
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RAY STOKER, JR. DEWITT C. GREER STATE HIGHWAY BLDG.
WAYNE B. DUDDLESTEN 11TH & BRAZOS
AUSTIN, TEXAS 78701-2483
(512) 463 -8585
Texas Department of Transportation
October 7, 1991
CONTACT:
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City of College Station
1000 Krenek Tap Road
College Station, Texas 77840
This will acknowledge your order for one duplicate Old San Antonio Road
InfoBord panel. The printed panels should be completed within the next 30
days or so. Printing was delayed when the deadline for receipt of orders was
extended from September 15 to September 30 at the request of the Historical
Commission.
The printer will ship the panel directly to you, billing you for $32.80 plus
the shipping cost. The panel will be shipped by motor freight to the above
address.
I am enclosing a copy of our new folder on the Old San Antonio Road. The
InfoBord panel was designed by the same artist that did the folder and
incorporates several of the same design features to produce a handsome,
compatible panel.
We appreciate ypur interest in the Old San Antonio Road InfoBord project, and
hope that you will enjoy the finished product for many years.
Sincerely,
W. P. ai t
Managing Editor, Travel Publications
Division of Travel and Information
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HOW TO MOUNT HIGHWAY INFOBORD PANEL
Caution! Since the InfoBord is screen - printed on a vinyl -clad aluminum panel, DO
NOT drill holes in the panel for mounting. This can cause the vinyl coating to
separate from the aluminum and to "crawl."
Mounting should be accomplished by any of the methods illustrated below:
1 - With screws and washers, or
2 - With mirror mounts, or
3 - With quarter -round or similar molding
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INVITATION
You are invited to attend a barbeque lunch at the
Brazos Center at 12:00 noon on Tuesday, April 16, 1991
to observe the 300th anniversary of El Camino Real or
Old San Antonio Road
Cost $5.00 per person. Please make checks payable to
Brazos County Historical Commission and send to:
Dr. Charles R. Schultz
Chair, Brazos Historical Commission
University Archives
Texas A &M University
College Station, Texas 77843 -5000
Reservations for the lunch need to be made by April 8, 1991
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BRAZOS COUNTY HISTORICAL COMMISSION
. University Archives
Texas A &M University
College Station, Texas 77843 -5000
409 - 845 -1815
March 28, 1991
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Beachy
1101 Neal Pickett Drive
College Station, Texas 77840
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Beachy:
This year 1991 is the 300th anniversary of the first use of
the El Camino Real or Old San Antonio Road, which passes through
Texas from Mexico to Louisiana and part of which forms the
boundary between Brazos and Robertson counties. In order to
recognize the importance of this historic road, the Texas
Legislature established the Old San Antonio Road Preservation
Commission. This commission has worked with the Texas Department
of Highways and Public Transportation and numerous county
t. historical commissions to organize a caravan to travel through
the parts of the state traversed by the road with stops in each
of the counties.
The caravan will be in Brazos and Robertson Counties on
April 16, 1991. Events planned for the day include rededication
of historical markers at Benchley at 9:30 a.m., tour of exhibits
and slide show on history of Brazos County at the Brazos Center
at 10:45 a.m., a catered barbeque lunch at the Brazos Center at
noon, and a tour and reception at Calvert in the afternoon.
You are invited to attend any or all of these activities.
I am enclosing a separate invitation to the barbeque lunch since
there is a charge for that event. If you plan to attend the
barbeque lunch please send your registration and check to me by
April 8, 1991. Your check should be payable to the Brazos County
Historical Commission.
Sinc rely your 1/1 // 1 70 ? / i \ '
Charles R. Schultz
Chair
Brazos County Historical Commission
Enclosure
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