18 Field Notes, 2, 11. All of the important streams between the Trinity
and Red River are cited in Major Stell's field notes by the names by
which they are still called. These are the Bois d'Arc Fork of the Trinity
in Rockwall County (more often called the East Fork), the three Caddo
Forks of the Sabine in Hunt County, the Cowleach Fork of the Sabine in
Hunt County, the South Fork of Sulphur River, also in Hunt County, and
Sulphur River itself in Fannin County. The writer has measured the
route of the National Road across present-day county maps, as previously
mentioned, and in no instance has he found one of the streams out of the
place assigned to it in Major Stell's field notes by more than a small frac-
tion of an inch. Even some of the very small streams that did not bear
names in the field notes may be identified on present maps. This close
correlation between the old field notes and topography is evidence that the
route of the National Road as shown in this paper is not greatly in error.
