Historical Marker
Marcy Trail
Historical marker location:
Windthorst, Texas
( From Windthorst, take U.S.281 south about 4.5 miles.)
Marker installed: 1967
Mapped 1849 by U.S. Army Capt. Randolph B. Marcy. Used for California gold rush; export of buffalo hides; West Texas settlers; cattle drives; 1859 Indian exodus from Texas. Route connected Texas Ranger frontier posts. Wagon ruts, water stops visible 3 miles to west.
Erected by the Archer County Historical Survey Committee, 1967.