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Central National Road

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Ladonia, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 33° 26' 13.85269000008", -95° 52' 30.59725000008"
 
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Historical Marker
    Created 1844 to connect with the United States. Route began in Dallas, to go to Kiomatia Crossing on Red River. Surveyed by Maj. George W. Stell, road was to be 30' wide and clear of tree stumps more than a foot high. Route ran north of land of John H. Loring (1 mi. E of present Ladonia), coming eastward to make abrupt north turn here and push over Sulphur River at crossing named for Isaac Lyday, who came here in 1836. A small segment of the road may still be seen (1972) skirting Lyday Cemetery in the W. D. Wehrmann, Jr. pasture, just east of FM 904, southwest of Dial. Marker Sponsors: Walter Long, W. D. Wehrmann, Jr. and Pecan Gap Friends

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Central National Road Historical Marker Location Map, Ladonia, Texas