San Augustine County

San Augustine has been called the �Eastern Gateway into Texas� for more than three centuries. Many immigrants crossed the Sabine River and followed El Camino Real to the little settlement nestled on each side of this ancient roadway. Alamo-bound David Crockett wrote his last letter to his daughter Margaret from San Augustine on January 9, 1836. Davy�s words echoed the favorable impressions expressed by new arrivals to Texas: �I am hailed with hearty welcome to this country . . . The cannon was f