Presidio - Oldest Town in America
N 30° 18.617 W 104° 00.331
13R E 595617 N 3353586
One of two historic markers about 1/2 mile east of Marfa on the US 67/90
Waymark Code: WMTYBR
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/23/2017
Views: 4
This marker is about a half mile east of Marfa on the north side of the US 67/90.
It's odd that this marker is here -- we would have thought it should have been in Presidio.
Marker Number: 8
Marker Text: At confluence of Concho and
Rio Grande Rivers
A settlement for over 10,000 years
Site of
FIRST RECORDED WAGON TRAIN
CROSSING INTO TEXAS
December 10, 1582
headed by Antonio de Espejo.
Marker placed jointly by
Texas Society
Children of the American Revolution
Texas Society
Daughters of the American Colonists.
1961
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