Presidio - Oldest Town in America - Marfa, Presidio County, Texas
Address: US 67 E of Marfa
Directions: 1/2 mile E. of Marfa (with Presidio County markers)
Marker #: 5377000008
Year Dedicated: 1936
Size, type: State Approved
Last reported condition: N/A
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)
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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