Extending northwards from Cedar Springs to the Red River, the Old Preston Road crossed very few streams.
In the autumn that year, Albert Sidney Johnston (who was at that time the Secretary of War for the Republic of Texas) sent soldiers under the command of Colonel William Gordon Cooke to build a road from the Brazos River to the Red River and establish frontier forts to protect settlers from Indian attacks.
[4] The Preston Trail extended from its southern terminus in Austin northwards to Cedar Springs (now part of downtown Dallas).
Preston Road is a major commercial roadway that stretches from Dallas north through the suburbs of Plano, Frisco, Prosper, and Celina.
Statues installed along the road in Frisco depict the Native Americans, cattle drivers, and settlers who used the trail.