![]() This curvy, winding road is designated by the National Historic Trail Association as an official route of the Camino Real de los Tejas. On a recent Friday afternoon, Gonzales drives down CM Allen Parkway in San Marcos. "Every Texan of note we can think of … every single one of those people came down one route of the Camino or another." "It's elemental to the state's history," said Steve Gonzales, the executive director of El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail Association. KUT A sign off Hunter Road in San Marcos points out this is the original route for the Camino Real, a historic trail from the Spanish colonial period that runs across Texas. Much of it has been turned into roadways and highways. Today, it's become part of the modern landscape. While it was once traveled by Spanish missionaries trying to spread the Catholic religion, eventually it was traversed by ranchers and Anglo-American settlers. ![]() It's called the Camino Real, which translates to "royal road," because the roads were once part of Spain's empire in the Americas.īut over the years, the trail has witnessed a lot of history. The Camino Real de los Tejas is a historic route that stretches from the Texas-Mexico border to Natchitoches, La. So, he asked KUT's SMTXplained project: Does the Camino Real run through San Marcos? What's the story behind it? He still thinks about those picturesque roads he'd seen on many of his long drives, though, and over the years, he's even heard that some old roads in the area were once part of the Camino Real, a historic trail from the Spanish colonial period that runs across Texas. Let's go down this road.'"īut he never actually did that. "It would be very tempting just to say, 'The heck with the hearing. He’d be in a rush, dodging traffic and hurrying to get to where he needed to be on time.īut sometimes, during a lull in one of these stressful drives, his eyes would wander off to the side, toward a little two-lane road, with a big stone wall and huge oak trees that looked hundreds of years old. As a former lawyer, he often had to drive from Austin to San Antonio to get to hearings. It was almost always stressful for Kevin, a Central Texas resident who asked KUT to use only his first name. As the authority, it has the responsibility for eligibility determination, coordinating care, and managing a network of providers of direct services.Ĭamino Real Community Services is also a provider of services and supports to persons with mental illness, intellectual disabilities, and developmental delays who meet eligibility criteria.Ĭamino Real Community Services is responsible for Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) services for children ages birth to 3 with developmental disabilities in the following counties: Atascosa, Bandera, Bee, Comal, Dimmit, Frio, Guadalupe, Kinney, La Salle, Live Oak, McMullen, Maverick, Medina, Real, Uvalde, Wilson, and Zavala Counties.The drive down I-35 can be a stressful one, to say the least. Camino Real is the designated Community Mental Health Authority and the Authority for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Manager III (Suicide Prevention Coordinator)Ĭamino Real Community Services is a non-profit organization providing mental, behavioral and intellectual disability services to Atascosa, Dimmit, Frio, Karnes, La Salle, Maverick, McMullen, Wilson and Zavala counties.
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