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San Elizario

San Elizario, El Paso County

Marker Text

Site of the Presidio de Nuestra Senora Del Pilar y Glorioso Senor San Jose established by Don Domingo Jironza Petriz de Cruzate in 1683 near Mision de Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe in present Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Located on this site in 1773 and renamed Presidio de San Elzeario. Its chapel was served by Franciscan missionaries.

Marker Details

Address
Location Description next to Los Portales, in the central plaza
Marker # 4532
Dedicated 1936
Size, Type 1936 Centennial - Subject Marker (gray granite)
Code cities and towns
Latitude, Longitude 31.581557, -106.267751

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