Fort Mason-Camp Cooper Military Road
Route for U.S. 2nd Cavalry and supplies from San Antonio to Fort Mason (about 100 miles south of here) to Camp Cooper (about 65 miles north) in campaigns of 1851-1861 against Plains Indians. Great military men of American history traveled this road, including Robert E. Lee (later a commanding general, C.S.A.) and George T. Thomas, "Rock of Chickamauga." Callahan County Historical Survey Committee, 1967.
32.1214° N, 99.1756° W
Where to Find It
Treadway Park on SH 36, western city limits
Nearby Markers
- 0.2 mi E Home of Robert E. Howard Cross Plains
- 0.4 mi NE Cross Plains Cemetery Cross Plains
- 0.7 mi NE Higginbotham Brothers and Company Cross Plains
- 0.7 mi E Cross Plains Review Cross Plains
- 5.5 mi E Liberty Cemetery Cisco
- 5.6 mi E Pioneer Cemetery Cross Plains