The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-06-11

Laredo on the Rio Grand" ~, ' tSS IRON
Sahso am mn thence northwestsufdlv =, S s,,
~" H'sslon, about 30 m 80 ~ S't
| iresiuio road. from prcsiata prei
ut"hie 70 san Antonio, lnid o,, te ~
NJ io' mics, and the San An,,, a. ~ T.
erross INES read, tho erua, birb,va,
length "s' ""oNt $50 miles IN
nose roads were probably ,,,,,,
ieeis,a,,s.s s,es OF travel rather INN ~
n,' S1,s'a.Ne enactment, ana rrol,bI, ~
| hose unn 'o,,e on them was dorc hy
na avse VINO Travelled them rhis =,
,nmea road. 'thc old San An,onin ~ ,' ~ =,
No. ~ was commonly called is In. No. "
to,v n ihe roads OF early Tcxls nc.
| q sian, ',ia ~ S'l"nus line were stiune At
n,u,u' ',niPfNais the lumlets of s.r., -
e ny N"cesdcrhos Bastrop nn1 it. =,
San ,Ini,vi'lpl. bordering on tho olr
s sori, Antonio road" was part Of tSs az @,u
| eiants IN =, Wa,N 81 the generous land
| Sai,..lI III INC colonies OF Xavalu ntr,a,
mem. cameron, Austin ami " iit,,,,,,..
mn"y portions Of this road ara s,nl -
,hc sa.,t.uN .ihporspnt part it playci in
we,lih 4. MI ,i,,o OF "" now great common
-" II almost forgotten M lu,nnro.,,,
,Ya's We're undertaken after thr W. . ,'n'
IN o' itNas from Mexico nan *
"un. II" second congress of 'foNos n,,
an, v.i''il.Ss loners to view AMI mark
ri,,r" Iuhi' road from Rasirop ~ t,,.J
.INni. me s'lme congress nrovil,,a CAV
N.in'lary read from Red rivor ~ ia, !, "
,',i'l TN Fourth congress lNio III,
80 A'' l'f'tlrn u al
W""nil' ilton on The ,iuzos H. mo s,s,i,n
.N'r- ~" fifih congres. I'm iSn
. s,uu we il9usion nnl Austin lurnnilt.
oo,nhnuNN.' rhe most s,rous eGo,; n,
., I'M ~ trk out an Important toai
M,S ir"de ny the l. gh,h congress H. lslt
when SIX commissioners wer. ,n,-', ~
10 laN ont tho cariral Nliinnni ,.,,i
Nc we hcpnpiic of Texas" from Tho Titnit,.
abiV I ''yar 'ne ln9n'h OF Elm fork prob
NIX -. hei RIVER. N Rcd River county,
Np1ut ~ miles N length. Tlis r., ny.
n pVutr,u "a be c'nrcn out thirty ieot wa.
~, StuinfS cui To within twelve inches or
.i Eroun'. For this work tho co,nmts-
W'f" % have 90 acres az land
,nN", NE "niri surveyor i.SO a,rss .nl
nn',, "ss'h,a'i surveyor go acres 'rho
acres Tor each mile of road. Tho man II
~, ROAD required by to, nc, 10 he ul.d
az ne general land office was mover 80
ji, ,',,.". nu' llir road was evidently raced.
ina ~ 't" rom tli' records, II appears thet
~ vihei Surveyor received his ccrtillrutr
!,i l-Np hcrcs ana others ronune,.I IN, {
w work received a Total Of 3i,i acias
\, VI committee Indebted To Captnln
conn, w. Noni,ey spanish translator Of nc
.'n,,iAi lanH on ce for the following M
T. mutton in reference to Tho roads Of |
'7pnn1sh i"N'S. rs shown ny the archives 4
OF IN. departments.
NE" Leone oNpedition crossed th, c,,,n
Try from l.avaoi bay to Nn-cnitnc,,.e eu
~ river. ny mat vi .uity. in lGSn mn
-,. Silp itni ibusey adj followed tho
III s'ntIrai route many years after. Ian
.Hft ~ 'NlipWfd his footsteps thcr, ia mo
~ dSnN I" li"N" There is no mention of
!, IN ON archives before 1870 though IL
Vas 5 u ven kneNn road much ,a'lior ~
Leon made Sec1uh oNuediti5u In i6lt I'M
which he crossed ma country fprtbs,
gn IN" e. as' Inc. bui his footsteps .,ro
NJ 'raaeanle In l7li the French chov-
tutr' - Dents. oNplor ocross Texas.
I'm Naiehitoehes TO Prcsidio de San
man lSAntlStA OIL ti.. KIN ,:,.nl, ~.