Jefferson Davis Highway - New Mexico Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

Marker Erected by: United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Date Marker Erected: 1955
Location of Marker: I-10 at milepost 2, at the New Mexico Visitor Center.
County of Marker: Dona Ana County
Marker Text:
Jefferson
Davis
Highway
New Mexico

History:: "The Jefferson Davis Highway, also known as the Jefferson Davis Memorial Highway, was a planned transcontinental highway in the United States in the 1910s and 1920s that began in Arlington, Virginia, and extended south and west to San Diego, California; it was named for Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States, United States senator, and Secretary of War. Because of unintended conflict between the National Auto Trail movement and the federal government, it is unclear whether it ever really existed in the complete form that its United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) founders originally intended." ~ Wikipedia Link to History,Plaque or Sign:: Not listed Additional Point: Not Listed

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