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The Gotier Trace |
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entrance to Bastrop State Park, SH 21 at Loop 150, Bastrop,
TX,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
30° 0' 31.5",
-97° 9' 35.8992"
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Texas State
Historical Marker |
Originated in 1820s. Crossed the present counties of Austin, Washington, Fayette, Lee, Bastrop; joined San Felipe, capital of Stephen F. Austin's colony, with Bastrop. Marked by James Gotier, a settler who (with several in his family) died in an Indian massacre near this trace in 1837. Like most early Texas roads, this was only a marked route which travelers could follow-- dusty in droughts, boggy in rains. From such traces, wagon roads and cattle trails, Texas has developed over 67,000 miles of fine paved highways-- a system recognized as nation's finest. (1967)
This page last updated: 7/15/2008 |
The Gotier Trace Historical Marker Location Map, Bastrop, Texas
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