Cynthia, I went by the monument recently and it was still there.I was in the area last weekend but did not go that direction. I may be able to go up there this weekend. If I do I will try to weed eat as much as possible (depending on weather conditions). If this fellow is coming up on a weekend I will try to meet him someplace , and take him to the monument. The property is owned by some Germans and is overseen by a person in Bogata. Tom Watson Heath,Tx ----- Original Message ----- From: Cynthia Samples Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 11:49 AM To: TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [TXREDRIV] Becknell Marker Hey, Jim or Tom or anybody that can help me. I have been corresponding with a man in Georgetown, TX, who is obsessed with seeing the monument for Captain William Becknell. He is not a descendant but he says he is writing a paper. I gave him explicit directions, he drove down there and said he couldn't find it. I have seen it many times so I didn't know what his problem was. You can normally see it from Hwy 82 if you are looking the right way(and not driving) or from CR 1290. Yesterday I drove down there and I couldn't find it either. The place is grown up so badly that it could have weeds that are as high as the marker all around it. I didn't walk out there, because I wasn't prepared to do that and I was by myself. He questioned me about "could it have been removed". I think if anything like that had happened some of us would have heard about it. Has anybody seen it in the last few months? Any clues anybody could give me would be appreciated. We have the gps coordinates, thanks to Lawrence Dale, but I don't have a gps receiver. I don't know who owns the land now. Cynthia ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXREDRIV-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

He said he is going to be in Commerce Friday after Thanksgiving but that would be his last opportunity for a while. I told him if he wanted to try again I would meet him there and help him look. That is, if the weather is decent. Of course, if the weather is bad he probably won't do it. I don't get as adventuresome when I am by myself, so I probably just didn't look good enough. I didn't know then about Jim's ladder, so I think I can do better now. I have seen it many times but never tried to judge distance. Cynthia ----- Original Message ----- From: "tom watson" <DRtom_watson@msn.com> To: "red river" <txredriv@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 6:24 PM Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Becknell Marker > Cynthia, I went by the monument recently and it was still there.I was in > the area last weekend but did not go that direction. I may be able to go > up there this weekend. If I do I will try to weed eat as much as possible > (depending on weather conditions). If this fellow is coming up on a > weekend I will try to meet him someplace , and take him to the monument. > The property is owned by some Germans and is overseen by a person in > Bogata. > Tom Watson > Heath,Tx

...A paper? This means there's a story, right? Can anyone tell me more about Capt. Becknell? --MaryKCourtesy is owed. Respect is earned. Love is given. (Unknown author, found in Guide to Texas Etiquette by Kinky Friedman)> From: DRtom_watson@msn.com> To: txredriv@rootsweb.com> Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:24:21 -0600> Subject: Re: [TXREDRIV] Becknell Marker> > Cynthia, I went by the monument recently and it was still there.I was in the area last weekend but did not go that direction. I may be able to go up there this weekend. If I do I will try to weed eat as much as possible (depending on weather conditions). If this fellow is coming up on a weekend I will try to meet him someplace , and take him to the monument.> The property is owned by some Germans and is overseen by a person in Bogata.> Tom Watson> Heath,Tx> > ----- Original Message -----> From: Cynthia Samples> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 11:49 AM> To: TXREDRIV-L@rootsweb.com> Subject: [TXREDRIV] Becknell Marker> > Hey, Jim or Tom or anybody that can help me. I have been corresponding with a man in Georgetown, TX, who is obsessed with seeing the monument for Captain William Becknell. He is not a descendant but he says he is writing a paper. I gave him explicit directions, he drove down there and said he couldn't find it. I have seen it many times so I didn't know what his problem was. You can normally see it from Hwy 82 if you are looking the right way(and not driving) or from CR 1290. > > Yesterday I drove down there and I couldn't find it either. The place is grown up so badly that it could have weeds that are as high as the marker all around it. I didn't walk out there, because I wasn't prepared to do that and I was by myself.> > He questioned me about "could it have been removed". I think if anything like that had happened some of us would have heard about it. Has anybody seen it in the last few months? Any clues anybody could give me would be appreciated. We have the gps coordinates, thanks to Lawrence Dale, but I don't have a gps receiver. I don't know who owns the land now.> > Cynthia> > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXREDRIV-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message> > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TXREDRIV-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message