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Old Neches Saline Road began as an Indian trail and was used in 1765 by the Spanish priest Calahorra on an Indian peace mission. It gained importance in the 1820s for hauling salt from Neches Saline to Nacogdoches. Survivors of the Killough family massacre of 1838 fled along it to Fort Lacy. The Texas Army used it on the way to fight Mexican rebel Cordova in 1838 and in the Cherokee War in 1839. Some Kentucky volunteers traveled this way to the Mexican War in 1846. After the Indian wars, the road brought in many settlers, and Jacksonville, Dialville, and Larissa grew up along its path.
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