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Antonio Road as one of the historic trails of Texas. Later research by the Old San Antonio Road Preservation Commission determined that the Zively route is just one of no fewer than five different main routes that were used
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took additional missionaries to East Texas following much the same course as traveled by De León. In 1693,
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206:Domingo Terán de los Ríos
544:"Old San Antonio Road."
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