- Joined
- Dec 31, 2009
- Location
- Smack dab in the heart of Texas
Newest member of the McCulloch County Hysterical Commission overloaded her posterior again....I need some help, and of course, I thought of you guys first.
I (we) need a good map of the military roads in Texas (especially the ones which criss-crossed McCulloch County) by the time of the Civil War. We know there was an east-west road (I'll explain how I know in a moment) and a north-south one through here. The north-south route pretty much went through Mason then through where Lohn is now, crossing the Colorado at Waldrip Crossing--that would later become the Great Western Cattle Trail, in fact. I realized THAT years ago while I was standing in my classroom prepping for the next day's lessons and of course, started jumping around like a fool and ran out the door to stand in the middle of the road, because Robert E. Lee obviously rode through at some point in the 1850's.
The East-West road ran near what we now know as Soldier's Water Hole--for obvious reasons.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Soldiers-Waterhole-Historical-Monument/136300136412112
http://www.cemeteries-of-tx.com/Wtx/McCulloch/cemetery/soldiers.htm
http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMTRJC_Fort_Griffin_Fort_Mason_Road_Brady_TX
http://www.forttours.com/pages/hmmcculloch.asp
HOWEVER, I have never found what to me is good documentation of this event--I have not yet accessed the original application. However, everyone gets really, really huffy when I question it; therefore, I'd love to see some of his reports or mapping or something....
It doesn't even show up in The Handbook of Texas online, which is sort of shocking if it is true. I'm about to drive out and see why there is no actual TSHA metal marker (or if there is). There should be. If it's true. Go to work, detectives!
**Edit: Just drove out there. There is no official marker where I could have sworn it was in 2005 on my first trip out there....more searching is in order.
I (we) need a good map of the military roads in Texas (especially the ones which criss-crossed McCulloch County) by the time of the Civil War. We know there was an east-west road (I'll explain how I know in a moment) and a north-south one through here. The north-south route pretty much went through Mason then through where Lohn is now, crossing the Colorado at Waldrip Crossing--that would later become the Great Western Cattle Trail, in fact. I realized THAT years ago while I was standing in my classroom prepping for the next day's lessons and of course, started jumping around like a fool and ran out the door to stand in the middle of the road, because Robert E. Lee obviously rode through at some point in the 1850's.
The East-West road ran near what we now know as Soldier's Water Hole--for obvious reasons.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Soldiers-Waterhole-Historical-Monument/136300136412112
http://www.cemeteries-of-tx.com/Wtx/McCulloch/cemetery/soldiers.htm
http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMTRJC_Fort_Griffin_Fort_Mason_Road_Brady_TX
http://www.forttours.com/pages/hmmcculloch.asp
HOWEVER, I have never found what to me is good documentation of this event--I have not yet accessed the original application. However, everyone gets really, really huffy when I question it; therefore, I'd love to see some of his reports or mapping or something....
It doesn't even show up in The Handbook of Texas online, which is sort of shocking if it is true. I'm about to drive out and see why there is no actual TSHA metal marker (or if there is). There should be. If it's true. Go to work, detectives!
**Edit: Just drove out there. There is no official marker where I could have sworn it was in 2005 on my first trip out there....more searching is in order.
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