Fort McKavett - Fort Clark Military Road
FROM NEARBY FT. TERRETT, THIS ROAD IN 1852 LED SOUTH TO FT. CLARK AND NORTH TO FT. McKAVETT. SELECTED MAINLY BECAUSE IT HAD WATER AVAILABLE, IT SERVED AS ROUTE FOR FREIGHT AND MAIL, 1868, WHEN FORTS WERE REACTIVATED. OVER IT WENT TROOPS, SUPPLIES, A FEW IMMIGRANTS AND PIONEER RANCHES. IT WAS NOTED ALSO FOR PASSAGE OF FORAYS OF COL. RANALD MACKENZIE AGAINST THE HOSTILE INDIANS TO THE NORTHWEST. AFTER FORTS WERE ABANDONED IN 1883, RANCHERS DROVE CATTLE TO MARKET OVER PARTS OF THE ROAD. (1966)
30.4881° N, 100.0508° W
Where to Find It
from Junction go 18 miles west on IH-10 to Loop 291, go west on 291 about 1 mile to marker which is in front of Roosevelt Community Center
Nearby Markers
- 0.4 mi NW Roosevelt Junction
- 3 mi NE Coalson-Pullen Colony Junction
- 4.3 mi E First Church in Community Copperas Methodist Church Junction
- 4.5 mi E Captain Gully Cowsert Junction
- 8.3 mi W Fort Terrett Headquarters Sonora
- 8.3 mi W Site of Fort Terrett Sonora