| Marker Number |
3951 |
| Atlas Number |
5377003951 |
| Marker Title |
Paisano Pass |
| Index Entry |
Pasiano Pass |
| Address |
|
| City |
Marfa vicinity |
| County |
Presidio |
| UTM Zone |
13 |
| UTM Easting |
613964 |
| UTM Northing |
3349373 |
| Subject Codes |
roads |
| Marker Year |
1936 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
From Marfa, take US 67/90 East about 13 mi. |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
1936 Centennial - Highway Marker (pink granite) |
| 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. |
