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Many in Sabine Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)
 

El Camino Real

Kings Highway

— Old San Antonio Road —

 
 
El Camino Real Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Tom Bosse, July 4, 2017
1. El Camino Real Marker
Inscription.
Historical park 125 yards from here.
With … and remaining building of
Old Fort Jesup.

Erected by the State of Louisiana
and the Daughters of the American Revolution.
 
Erected by State of Louisiana and the Daughters of the American Revolution.
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Forts and CastlesRoads & VehiclesWar, Mexican-American. In addition, it is included in the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), and the El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail series lists.
 
Location. 31° 36.774′ N, 93° 24.155′ W. Marker is in Many, Louisiana, in Sabine Parish. It is at the intersection of Old Louisiana 6 (State Highway 485) and Geoghangan Road, on the right when traveling north on Old Louisiana 6. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Many LA 71449, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Louisiana. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, and in the Piney Woods. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of
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Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Fort Jesup (within shouting distance of this marker); Sabine High School (approx. 5.1 miles away); St. John the Baptist Catholic Church (approx. 5½ miles away); The Sabine Index (approx. 5.6 miles away); Baldwin's Store (approx. 5.7 miles away); Duty • Honor • Country (approx. 5.7 miles away); First Lieutenant Floyd J. Giblin (approx. 5.8 miles away); Kansas City Southern Railway Depot (approx. 5.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Many.
 
El Camino Real Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Tom Bosse, July 4, 2017
2. El Camino Real Marker
Fort Jesup image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Tom Bosse, July 4, 2017
3. Fort Jesup
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 29, 2020. It was originally submitted on July 26, 2017, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 560 times since then and 52 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on July 26, 2017, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
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