Historical Marker
Colonel William G. Cooke
Historical marker location:
S. Ewing Avenue, Dallas, Texas
( intersection of Ewing Ave. and Clarendon Ave. (in traffic triangle))
Marker installed: 1936
To the memory of Colonel William G. Cooke and forty other members of the Regular Army, Republic of Texas, who camped in this vicinity in October, 1840 while locating the Central National Highway. The importance of this military road in the history of Dallas will not be forgotten.
(Corinth Street Viaduct, Dallas).