Paisano Pass -- US67/90 13 miles E of Marfa TX
N 30° 16.119 W 103° 48.995
13R E 613833 N 3349147
In the 1930s, WPA writers came through Paisano Pass on their way on the US 90 to Marfa. In 2016, Blasterz did too
Waymark Code: WMV1E6
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/07/2017
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The waymark coordinates are located at the 1936 Texas Centennial pink granite block feature marker at Paisano Pass on the US 67/90, 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.
The state marker reads as follows:
"PAISANO PASS
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"
From Texas: A Guide to the Lone Star State:
"West of Alpine US 90 winds through Paisano Pass (5,070 alt.), highest point on the highway between Del Rio and El Paso. Left looms the cone-shaped summit of PAISANO PEAK (5,750 alt.), and to the right is TORONTO MOUNTAIN (5,350 alt.).
Beyond the pass the route leads across hills almost barren of vegetation. Cactus splays its grotesque, angular shapes against the red, yellow, and white of earth, rocks and sand. Sage fills the hollows with a purple haze."
Book: Texas
Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 617
Year Originally Published: 1940
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