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Address: US 67 E of Marfa
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| Directions: 1/2 mile E. of Marfa (with Presidio County markers)
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Marker #: 5377000008
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Year Dedicated: 1936
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Size, type: State Approved
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Last reported condition:
N/A
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Presidio - Oldest Town in America - At confluence of Concho and Rio Grande Rivers. A settlement for over 10,000 years. Site of first recorded wagon train crossing into Texas, December [year illegible], headed by Antonio de Espejo. Marker placed jointly by Texas Society, Children of the American Revolution, Texas Society, Daughters of the American Colonists. (1961)
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Decimal degrees: N 24.255094 W -55.849135
Degrees, minutes: N 24 15.306 W 055 50.948
UTM: Zone 13, Easting 5915688, Northing 3353149
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