el camino real

Spring Road Trips : From Kolaches to the Comanche to the Kings Highway

March 8, 2022 | By Joe Nick Patoski

Warm weather has arrived, and so has the urge for adventure. The first of our two-part spring road trips series takes you on three different journeys: a kolache trail that offers two different routes to find the delicious Czech pastry; a drive following the steel arrows that recall the 19th-century era of Comanche Chief Quanah Parker; and an overnight journey following the historic El Camino Real, also known as the King’s Highway.

Follow Texas’ Indigenous Roots Along El Camino Real de los Tejas

November 24, 2021 | By ire’ne lara silva

Spanish Colonial Architecture Finds New Life in the Restored Custodian’s Cottage at Goliad State Park

December 27, 2019 | By By Gene Fowler

When Spaniards first blazed a trail from the Rio Grande to the Sabine in the late 1600s, they often followed long-established Native American pathways and trade routes.