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Dallas-Shreveport Road

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Wills Point, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 32° 41' 58.73854999992", -95° 59' 30.32486999988"
 
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     A trail established by Caddoan Native Americans and later used by French traders who traversed this area is known today as the Dallas-Shreveport Road. The trail emerged in the mid-1830s as a main route into North Texas for emigrants and cargo from the river port of Shreveport, Louisiana. Van Zandt County's first courthouse was built along the route at Jordan's Saline in 1848. Used extensively for troop movements during the Civil War the route remained active with emigrants and ox teams into the 1900s. The route has greatly influenced settlement patterns in this area. (1995)

This page last updated: 8/23/2009 23:31:18

Dallas-Shreveport Road Historical Marker Location Map, Wills Point, Texas

 
   
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