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Paisano Pass

Marfa vicinity, Presidio County

Marker Text

Legend recounts that two Spaniards meeting here greeted each other "Mi Paisano" (My Countryman). First known to history when Juan Dominguez de Mendoza camped here on January 3, 1684. Well known after 1850 as a point on the Chihuahua Trail, an emigrant road to California.

Marker Details

Address
Location Description From Marfa, take US 67/90 East about 13 mi.
Marker # 3951
Dedicated 1936
Size, Type 1936 Centennial - Highway Marker (pink granite)
Code roads
Latitude, Longitude 30.270675, -103.815199

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