STATE HISTORICAL SURVEY COMMITTEE
EMIGRANT TRAIL
GATEWAY TO THE WEST
ROAD OF STUBBORN SEEKERS OF
1849 CALIFORNIA GOLD FIELDS AND
BETTER LIFE, BRINGING THE OLD,
INFANT, THE YET UNBORN AND ALL
WORLDLY GOODS, FAMILY WAGONS
ENTERED TEXAS AT PRESTON, ON
RED RIVER, TO GO SOUTHWEST VIA
SPRINGS (INCLUDING SOME NOW IN
MONAHANS SANDHILLS PARK) TO
EMIGRANTS' CROSSING ON THE
PECOS, THEN UPRIVER AND WEST
THROUGH GUADALUPE PASS TO EL
PASO. OLD WAGON PARTS BY THE
TRAIL TELL OF SOME DISASTERS.
CAPT. R.B. MARCH IN 1849 AND
CAPT. JOHN POPE IN 1854 MADE
ARMY SURVEYS OF THE TRAIL. IT
PASSED NEAR THIS SPOT.
(1964)
