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 Site of Chihuahua Road
N 29° 23.458 W 100° 42.691
14R E 333916 N 3252520
The state historic marker on westbound US 90 just over the Kinney-Val Verde County line, along the route of the old Chihuahua road
Waymark Code: WMPNAG
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 09/25/2015
Views: 4
This historic marker is located on the north side of the westbound US 90 at a roadside pullout just west of Sycamore Creek, which forms the boundary between Kinney and Val Verde counties.
This marker is very new, so we think it is a replacement marker for the original 1968 marker.
Marker Number: 4755
Marker Text:
In the 19th Century, a life line that connected Chihuahua, Mexico, with the Texas port of Indianola. Opened to exploit rich trade in Mexican silver and gold, the road eventually carried every type of goods (including, in 1860, 27 camels), adventurers, settlers, soldiers, and "forty-niners" bound for the California gold rush. All sorts of vehicles used the Chihuahua Road: stagecoaches, wagons, ox-carts, and traveling ambulances, which were light carriages with 4-foot wheels. Not until the railroad came to San Antonio, 1877, did this road lose its commercial importance. (1968)
Marker is property of the state of Texas
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