Paisano Pass
N 30° 16.119 W 103° 48.995
13R E 613833 N 3349147
A 1936 Texas Centennial pink granite block feature marker at Paisano Pass on the US 67/90 east of Marfa
Waymark Code: WMTYDW
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/23/2017
Views: 5
This 1936 pink granite block Centennial highway marker is located 13 miles east of Marfa on the US 67/90 in a highway pull-out before you enter Paisano Pass (if you are heading east). It's at the end of the pass for westbound travelers.
This handsome marker has an original 1936 marker plate with a replacement seal.
Marker Number: 3951
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
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