1	Trammel’s Trace from Arkansas to Texas Gary L. Pinkerton gpinkerton@gt.rr.com 409.201.8026 © 2005 Gary L. Pinkerton
2	The Long Road South Over 180 miles from Fulton to Nacogdoches. Three river crossings, with accompanying mud slogging, boot sucking, thigh-deep sloughs & bottoms. Fifteen miles in a hard day of travel. Not a single settlement until well after Texas Independence. Some accounts describe trip with no human encounters the entire way. Crockett, Bowie, Houston Your ancestors?
3	Route of the Trace Connects with Southwest Trail to St. Louis at Fulton, Arkansas on the Great Bend of Red River. Ends in Nacogdoches where it met the El Camino Real de los Tejas, or Old San Antonio Road. Branch to Pecan Point, earliest Anglo settlement on Texas side of Red River. 1813 to 1840’s, limited use by 1860’s.
4	Routes For Immigration Trammel’s Trace primary route for immigration from Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee, & Carolinas. Waves of migration from 1822 forward. Changed from Indian path to smuggler’s trail, from settler’s road to county line.
5	Nicholas Trammell, Jr. Born in 1780 near Nashville, Tennessee. Died 1856 in Gonzales. Family of traders, horsemen, and entrepreneurs. Horse racing. Ferryman at Trinity River for a time (Robbins Ferry). Run out of Texas. Stephen F. Austin despised him for his support of Fredonian Rebellion. Much myth and legend. “Prudent to watch him after he completed his engagement.”
6	Mapping the Trace
7	Reconnaissance on Location
8	Evidence on the Ground
9	Traces of Old Road Evident
10	From Another Angle. . .
11	James Dawson & SARA Research done by James & Mary Dawson during the 1940’s saved at regional archive in Washington, AR.
12	About This Project Tranquility of the Inhospitable Wilds Book in progress. Title from Neutral Ground Agreement of 1806. Trammel’s Trace Preservation Society Non-profit to encourage landowners to preserve remains of Trace, document its route and history, and provide historical education & information. Walk it . . . bicentennial in 2013?
13	How You Can Help Let others know about the project. Share my email. www.trammelstrace.org Contribute family histories or personal accounts. Identify landowners, courthouse work. Stay informed by adding your contact information to mailing list. Support the non-profit effort. Buy the book.
14	Trammel’s Trace from Arkansas to Texas Gary L. Pinkerton gpinkerton@gt.rr.com 409.201.8026 © 2005 Gary L. Pinkerton