Preston Trail

Preston Trail, later known as the Old Preston Road, was a road created by the Republic of Texas in 1841 from Preston, Texas on the Red River[1] south to Austin, Texas. This road closely followed an existing trail that led across the area that had been used for centuries. This road was a main transportation artery from Central Texas to North Texas in the latter half of the 19th century.[2][3] Today, Texas State Highway 289 follows near this former road.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Gard1956 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Middlebrooks, Audy; Middlebrooks, Glenna (1965). "Holland Coffee of Red River". The Southwestern Historical Quarterly. 69 (2): 159.
  3. ^ Britton, Morris L. (2014). "Coffee, Holland". Handbook of Texas Online. Denton, Texas: Texas State Historical Association. Retrieved 2014-01-11.