American Auto Trail-Blackland Prairie of Hopkins County (Commerce to Birthright TX)

This American auto trail follows a route east from Commerce to Birthright, Texas.
The route passes through the Blackland Prairie region of Delta County and northern Hopkins County.
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Camera: Sony Active Camera FDR-X3000
Vehicle: “Sage” 2018 Nissan Rogue
Image Credits:
Jernigan/River Bottom Washout (L. Joyce Davis - faculty.tamuc....)
Music Credits:
Seasons/roljui
Desert Sky/Silent Partner
For Time to Disappear/Go by Ocean-Ryan McCaffrey
Modus Operandi (M.O.)/Wes Hutchinson
Undeniable/Vibe Tracks
Blue Macaw/Quincas Moreira
Searching for Time/Telecasted
Sunday Stroll/Huma-Huma
Please/Wayne Jones
Map Credit:
© OpenStreetMap contributors
Endnotes:
1) “Farm to Market Road 71”; Texas Department of Transportation Highway Designation File; www.dot.state....
2) Jennings, J.E.; “Birthright, TX”; Texas State Historical Association; November 1, 1994; www.tshaonline...
3) Long, Christopher; “Emblem, TX”; Texas State Historical Association; January 1, 1995; www.tshaonline...
4) Long, Christopher; “Posey, TX”; Texas State Historical Association; September 1, 1995; www.tshaonline...
5) Long, Christopher; “Peerless, TX”; Texas State Historical Association; June 1, 1995; www.tshaonline...
6) Fulmore, Z.T.; The History and Geography of Texas as Told in County Names; E.L. Steck, Austin, Texas, 1915; www.google.com...
7) “Blackland Prairie Ecological Region”; Texas Parks & Wildlife; tpwd.texas.gov...
8) Hill, H.O. and Peevy, W.J. and McCall, A.G. and Bell, F.G.; Investigations in Erosion Control and Reclamation of Eroded Land at the Blackland Conservation Experiment Station, Temple, TX 1931-41; United States Department of Agriculture, Washington D.C., January 1944; www.google.com...
9) Reed, S.G.; “Texas Midland Railroad”; Texas State Historical Association; August 1, 1995; www.tshaonline...
10) Davis, Jason Lee; “The Paris Branch”; Jason Lee Davis’ RailFan Pages; faculty.tamuc....
11) “Watershed Overview, Sulphur River Basin Overview, Final Report”; Freeze and Nichols, Incorporated; January, 2014; srbatx.org/ass...
12) Jennings, J.E.; “North Hopkins, TX”; Texas State Historical Association; May 1, 1995; www.tshaonline...

[@donavanjohnson27]

What a nice ride along FM-71 East

[@autotrails4105]

As we are based in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, you will see many trails within Texas.