Park Cities in Highland Park in Dallas County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
Preston Road
Photographed by Laura C. Williams, May 22, 2023
1. Preston Road Marker
Named for Ft. Preston; built 1841 at best ford on upper Red River (N. of here). Followed pre-Columbian Indian trail. Republic of Texas staked out road to fort from Austin. "Preston Road" later served as cattle trail from ford of Trinity River at Dallas to Oklahoma border.
Erected 1968 by State Historical Survey Committee. (Marker Number 6831.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Forts and Castles • Roads & Vehicles • Waterways & Vessels.
Location. 32° 50.123′ N, 96° 48.277′ W. Marker is in Highland Park, Texas, in Dallas County. It is in Park Cities. It can be reached from Preston Road 0.1 miles south of Mockingbird Lane. The marker has a new location near Sadelle's restaurant at the southeast corner of Highland Park Village shopping center. The marker is no longer on the outside wall of the Mi Cocina restaurant in the middle of the Highland Park Village shopping center. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 77 Highland Park Village, Dallas TX 75205, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the Prairies & Lakes Region and in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metropolitan Area. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the Republic of Texas, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Stephen J. Hay School (approx. 1.1 miles away); Highland Park Methodist Church Building
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Photographed by Kayla Harper, October 3, 2020
2. Preston Road Marker
Photographed by Laura C. Williams, May 22, 2023
3. Preston Road Marker
Photographed by Kayla Harper, October 3, 2020
4. Preston Road Marker
Photographed by Kayla Harper, October 3, 2020
5. Mi Cocina restaurant
Credits. This page was last revised on May 28, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 6, 2020, by Kayla Harper of Dallas, Texas. This page has been viewed 807 times since then and 37 times this year. Last updated on May 27, 2023, by Laura C. Williams of Dallas, Texas. Photos: 1. submitted on May 27, 2023, by Laura C. Williams of Dallas, Texas. 2. submitted on October 6, 2020, by Kayla Harper of Dallas, Texas. 3. submitted on May 27, 2023, by Laura C. Williams of Dallas, Texas. 4, 5. submitted on October 6, 2020, by Kayla Harper of Dallas, Texas. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
