Near Oktaha in Muskogee County, Oklahoma — The American South (West South Central)

The Texas Road

Honey Springs Battlefield

— Interpretive Trail Three · Confederate Line —

The Texas Road Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, March 20, 2024

1. The Texas Road Marker

Inscription. Long before the resettlement of the Cherokee and Muscogee Creek, the Osage and other tribes used this region for hunting. The trail, known as the Osage Trace, was a major route used by American Indians for travel between winter and summer hunting areas and for trade or war. Immigrants to Texas and traders passed up and down the trail, and it became known as the Texas Road. Historic roads were not like highways of today that have easily identified lanes. Depending on weather conditions they might have nearly side-by-side ruts covering an area a mile or more wide.

[Captions:]
Right: Ox-drawn wagons on the Texas Road
(Courtesy of Frank Hall Wright Collection)

Left: Joshua Ross store owner
(Courtesy Smithsonian Institution)

Erected 2019 by Friends of Honey Springs Battlefield.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Roads & Vehicles. In addition, it is included in the Honey Springs Battlefield series list.

Location. 35° 33.479′ N, 95° 28.334′ W. Marker is near Oktaha, Oklahoma,

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in Muskogee County. It can be reached from Honey Springs Battlefield Road 1.9 miles north of East 1020 Road, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Oktaha OK 74450, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Oklahoma’s Muscogee Nation

and specifically in the Cherokee Nation.

It is also in the American South,

specifically on the prairies,

and on the Southern Plains.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: 29th Texas Cavalry & 20th Texas Cavalry (within shouting distance of this marker); 5th Texas Partisan Rangers and Lee's Light Battery (within shouting distance of this marker); Breaking the Line, Hand-to-Hand Combat (within shouting distance of this marker); The Confederate Center (within shouting distance of this marker); 1st and 2nd Regiments of Creek Mounted Volunteers

Photographed by Mark Hilton, March 20, 2024

2. The Texas Road Marker

(about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Confederate Right (about 300 feet away); 1st and 2nd Regiments of Cherokee Mounted Rifles (about 300 feet away); Primitive Trail to Elk Creek Overlook (about 300 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Oktaha.

Credits. This page was last revised on March 24, 2024. It was originally submitted on March 24, 2024, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 358 times since then and 50 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 24, 2024, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.