On Natchitoches Highway (State Highway 6) at State Highway 485, on the left when traveling east on Natchitoches Highway.
Historical park ¼ mile from here.
Site of Los Adaes,
once capital of Spanish Texas.
Erected by the State of Louisiana
and the Daughters of the American Revolution. — — Map (db m106137) HM
On State Highway 485, 1 mile north of Natchitoches Hwy. (Route 6), on the left when traveling north.
This early road connected the presidio, "Nuestra Senora del Pilar de los Adaes", to the royal authority in Mexico City. An elected representative from Los Adaes traveled 1300 miles to Mexico City where he collected the soldiers' salaries and . . . — — Map (db m86807) HM
On State Highway 485 at Natchitoches Highway (Route 6), on the right when traveling north on State Highway 485.
Mission founded nearby in 1717 for Adaes Indians by Fra Margil, Franciscan of Zacatecas, who traversed the trail from Panama on foot. French Natchitoches served by missionaries from this easternmost Spanish post. Plaque Dedicated June 1, . . . — — Map (db m86805) HM
Near State Highway 485, 0.5 miles north of Natchitoches Highway (U.S. 6), on the left when traveling north.
On this hill Spain erected a fort that served as Capital of the Province of Texas from 1721 to 1773. The only Spanish Mission in this area was erected on the opposite hill in 1717, soon after the French founded Natchitoches. — — Map (db m106136) HM
Near State Highway 485, 0.5 miles north of Natchitoches Highway (State Highway 6), on the left when traveling north.
Was founded in 1721 by the Spaniards on the crest of this hill as the Eastern outpost of the Spanish Empire in the West and for fifty years was the capital of the Province of Texas until its abandonment in 1773.
Site donated and tablet erected . . . — — Map (db m106134) HM