American Auto Trail-El Camino de los Tejas (Crockett to Grapeland TX)

This American auto trail explores a densely historic area of East Texas.
The route follows a portion of the El Camino De Los Tejas trail and the International Great Northern Railroad.
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Camera: Sony Active Camera FDR-X3000
Vehicle: “Sage” 2018 Nissan Rogue
Image Credits:
Mary Allen Seminary (Texas Monthly - www.texasmonth...)
El Camino Real de los Tejas Map (National Park Service - www.nps.gov/el...)
Music Credits:
Snowy Peaks pt I/Chris Haugen
Eternal Garden/Dan Henig
Highway Wildflowers/Bird Creek
Morning Mandolin/Chris Haugen
Vishnu/Patrick Patrikios
Happy Sixth/Freedom Trail Studio
Natural Light/Chris Haugen
Waking to Reality/Unicorn Heads
The Beaten Path/Andrew Langdon
Endnotes:
1) “International-Great Northern”; Missouri Pacific Historical Society; mopac.org/mopa...
2) Young, Nancy; “Houston and Great Northern Railroad”; Texas State Historical Association; www.tshaonline...
3) “A Brief History”; El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail; National Park Service; www.nps.gov/el...

[@angiejensen2335]

Love Texas backroads, especially when they follow old travel routes. Great video and history. Thanks!

[@autotrails4105]

Glad you enjoyed it. I just captured some more West Texas routes last week and should have some videos up in a week or two.

[@angiejensen2335]

@@autotrails4105 Great!! Looking forward to it!!

[@user-ey3wu5dd3k]

At 7:02 in the video when you turned right how far does Old Latexo Road go to the left? I was expecting you to meet a Conestoga wagon or a Model T on the dirt portion of Old Latexo Road. At 8:57 in the video do you think that tank is an old oil tank? Is there oil in this portion of Texas? Another fine video!

[@autotrails4105]

The route to the left goes by some homes before ending behind a transformer station. I would guess that the tank is used for water locally as there is not a large water tower nearby. Oil does not appear to be much of a player in Latexo's history, but oil was produced in the area beginning in the mid-1930s. www.texasalmanac.com/places/crockett