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Old 10-24-2009, 06:11 PM
 
Location: San Antonio, TX
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The reason I bring this up is i've been back there and the whole place is really creepy. I found on barbed wire fences, windmills, and other things that seem like old ranch items. The forest backs up to a quarry.
Just curious, as in this view it appears that there is a fence and gate across Old Lockhill Selma Road...is that the case, and if so, is it private property now?

By the way, noticed that it is Lockhill, one word with no 'e's in it...
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Old 10-24-2009, 06:28 PM
 
Location: Austin, TX via San Antonio, TX
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Just curious, as in this view it appears that there is a fence and gate across Old Lockhill Selma Road...is that the case, and if so, is it private property now?

By the way, noticed that it is Lockhill, one word with no 'e's in it...
I don't how to link directly to Google Maps (the link just said maps.google.com), but the location where the gate is is 4200 De Zavala Road. I'm pretty sure it has to do with the power lines back there. Way back when (early 90s) late at night you could hear the power lines because there were so many in the area.
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Old 10-24-2009, 06:29 PM
 
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Just curious, as in this view
By the way, noticed that it is Lockhill, one word with no 'e's in it...
I've seen it spelled both ways on various maps. It was named after the family that owned that land. Like Callaghan Rd used to be named "Kenny Rd" after the land owner "Kenny"...which has been spelled Kinny, Kenny and even Kenney on all kinds of maps. The original deed would be the best source of information if it's that important.
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Old 10-24-2009, 06:47 PM
 
Location: San Antonio, TX
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I don't how to link directly to Google Maps (the link just said maps.google.com), but the location where the gate is is 4200 De Zavala Road. I'm pretty sure it has to do with the power lines back there. Way back when (early 90s) late at night you could hear the power lines because there were so many in the area.
Just click where it says 'Link' and copy and past that URL here.

This is the view from De Zavala, but I couldn't see if there was a gate at the other end of Old Lockhill-Selma.

Oddly enough, it was at that last location that I test-drove my Jeep back in 2007. The guys at Ancira basically gave us the keys and let us take it out as long as we liked; and I was looking for someplace to "offroad" it a little. If I remember correctly, there is a gate a little further up. We ended up finding a dirt road someplace else...
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Old 10-24-2009, 07:48 PM
 
Location: Austin, TX via San Antonio, TX
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Just click where it says 'Link' and copy and past that URL here.

This is the view from De Zavala, but I couldn't see if there was a gate at the other end of Old Lockhill-Selma.
I haven't ever seen another gate. It could be towards the other end of the neighborhood on the other side of Shavano Creek (for the life of me I cannot remember the name, even though I know people that live there)...if there is another gate. I just always assumed that the little gate at De Zavala (on the map) was the only entrance/exit.
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Old 10-24-2009, 08:05 PM
 
Location: San Antonio, TX
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I am pretty sure there is a gate at the opposite end, as otherwise we could have continued driving down the road in the Jeep. I actually recall turning around so there had to be a reason for it. I suspect with all the equipment back there--far away from watchful eyes--that the area is fenced. It'd only make sense...
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Old 10-24-2009, 08:12 PM
 
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I love those old roads. Usually if it has the word "Old" in it that means it used to be the actual old road that connected one town from another. This is very common in the Hill Country: Old San Antonio Rd, Old Mason Rd, Old Austin Highway is an example of a more well known one. Usually these "Old" roads are more scenic.
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Old 10-24-2009, 09:52 PM
 
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I love those old roads. Usually if it has the word "Old" in it that means it used to be the actual old road that connected one town from another. This is very common in the Hill Country: Old San Antonio Rd, Old Mason Rd, Old Austin Highway is an example of a more well known one. Usually these "Old" roads are more scenic.
I love them too Nick. Did you know that San Antonio Street in New Braunfels was actually the main road from SA to Austin long before the freeway was built.

There's one that you can almost follow from San Antonio (called OLD SAN ANTONIO Rd...same one out of NB) all the way out to East Texas to Nacogdoches. If you are going out 21? from San Marcos towards Bastrop you can see remnants of it along the road off to the East. From what I understand that was the main El Camino Real from San Antonio to Nacogdoches in the early 1800's. I LOVE that stuff! The old maps at the GLO in Austin show the El Camino Real and it follows three county boundaries on the North. It's really a pretty drive out there....but too long to drive for college weekend trips home from SFA.

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Old 10-24-2009, 10:02 PM
 
Location: San Quilmas, Tx
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I love them too Nick. Did you know that San Antonio Street in New Braunfels was actually the main road from SA to Austin long before the freeway was built.

There's one that you can almost follow from San Antonio all the way out to East Texas to Nacogdoches. If you are going out 21? from San Marcos towards Bastrop you can see remnants of it along the road off to the East. From what I understand that was the main El Camino Real from San Antonio to Nacogdoches in the early 1800's. I LOVE that stuff! The old maps at the GLO in Austin show the El Camino Real and it follows three county boundaries on the North. It's really a pretty drive out there....but too long to drive for college weekend trips home from SFA.
Legend has it that there's gold buried somewhere along the Old Camino Real Road somewhere here in San Antonio.
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Old 10-24-2009, 10:22 PM
 
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Legend has it that there's gold buried somewhere along the Old Camino Real Road somewhere here in San Antonio.
Yeah...but which one. I can't remember how many trails the old king used, but there were dozens. But I'll take the high road and you can take the low road....and start diggin! We can meet in the middle fer lunch!
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