San Elizario
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rilekyle
N 31° 35.103 W 106° 16.399
13R E 379185 N 3495146
1936 Centennial marker commemorating the founding of San Elizario
Waymark Code: WMRR4
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 09/29/2006
Views: 14
Marker Number: 4532
Marker Text:
Site of the Presidio de Nuestra Senora Del Pilar y Glorioso Senor San Jose established by Don Domingo Jironza Petriz de Cruzate in 1683 near Mision de Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe in present Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Located on this site in 1773 and renamed Presidio de San Elzeario. Its chapel was served by Franciscan missionaries.
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