Historical Marker
Preston Road
Historical marker location:
69 Highland Park Villa, Highland Park, Texas
( Highland Park Village shopping center. On exterior wall of Lela Rose.)
Marker installed: 1968
Named for Ft. Preston; built 1841 at best ford on upper Red River (N. of here). Followed pre-Columbian Indian trail. Republic of Texas staked out road to fort from Austin. "Preston Road" later served as cattle trail from ford of Trinity River at Dallas to Oklahoma border. (1968).