A Spanish settlement on the Atascosito Road was established here in 1757 to prevent French trade with the Indians - Four and one-half miles west of here the road crossed the Trinity - There Alonso de Leon, Spanish explorer, crossed in 1690 - The road from Goliad to Opelousas, Louisiana, known as the Lower Road, extensively traveled from 1750 to 1850, also crossed there. Erected by the State of Texas 1936