Thursday, November 11, 2021 - 11:08am
Spanning the centuries and the breadth of Texas from the Rio Grande to the Sabine River, a “royal road” connects the present to the past. El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail was designated as part of the National Trails System by the U.S. Congress in 2004, but its story started far earlier, as a series of routes laid...
Tuesday, June 16, 2020 - 9:29am
By Rachel Galan, Assistant Site Manager, Caddo Mounds State Historic Site
It is a comfort in uncertain times to know that some things are certain. Recognizing ideas and beliefs that are universal creates unity among communities, easing feelings of isolation and fear. All the wild, beautiful, and sometimes unruly plants growing around us offer comfort through universal themes...
Wednesday, April 29, 2020 - 8:52am
By Rachel Galan, Assistant Site Manager, Caddo Mounds State Historic Site
In this time, when we are asked to draw in and make our worlds smaller, when groceries are sometimes hard to come by, and we are trying to minimize our trips to public places, I’ve noticed people’s focus and interest return to foraging for wild food and medicine, gardening, and other homesteading...
Thursday, September 18, 2014 - 8:00am
By Rachel Galan, Caddo Mounds Educator/Interpreter
“The camino real, or more aptly the caminos reales, is more than a route, more than a series of parajes between two end points. It is a complex set of relationships between travelers and nature, buyers and sellers, governors and governed.”
–Jesus F. de la Teja, 1991
I've made a daily ritual of leaving my desk...
Tuesday, September 2, 2014 - 8:00am
By Rachel Galan, Caddo Mounds Educator/Interpreter
It is a fairly safe bet that following a rainstorm there will be a new treasure of blooms at Caddo Mounds State Historic Site. Earlier this week, I stumbled across a sunny patch of copper lilies (pictured at right). These beauties cropped up in close proximity to a 1920s-era barn near our main road segment of El Camino Real de los...
