Pinta Trail (Texas)

The Old Pinta Crossing on the Guadalupe painted in 1857 by Hermann Lungkwitz

The Pinta Trail is a historic trail in Central Texas that was first traveled by indigenous tribes, and later explorers, settlers, soldiers, and travelers. The 19th-century Germans who settled the Texas Hill Country used part of the Pinta Trail on their journey northward from New Braunfels to found Fredericksburg. A historic battle between a Texas Rangers patrol and a band of Comanches is often said to have occurred near a ford where the Pinta Trail crossed the Guadalupe River.[1]

  1. ^ "Pinta Trail". Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved December 12, 2014.