Near Marfa in Presidio County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
Presidio
Oldest Town in America
Photographed by Mansfieldphoto.com, June 11, 2025
1. Presidio Marker
Rio Grande Rivers.
A settlement for over 10,000 years
Site of
first recorded wagon train
crossing into Texas
December 10, 1582
Headed by Antonio de Espejo
Erected 1961 by Texas Society, Children of the American Revolution, Texas Society, Daughters of the American Colonists. (Marker Number 8.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Exploration • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Antonio de Espejo Entrada of 1582-1583, and the Daughters of the American Colonists series lists. A significant historical date for this entry is December 10, 1582.
Location. 30° 18.62′ N, 104° 0.334′ W. Marker is near Marfa, Texas, in Presidio County. It is on U.S. 67 0.8 miles east of Highland Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Marfa TX 79843, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Texas’ Trans-Pecos & Big Bend Region. It is also in the American Southwest. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the Comancherνa, the Republic of Texas, and one of the Confederate States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Presidio County (here, next to this marker); Marfa Stockyards (approx. 0.3 miles away); Humphris-Humphreys House (approx. 0.9 miles away); El Paisano Hotel (approx. one mile away); Presidio County Courthouse
this page online
Photographed by Bill Kirchner, October 22, 2012
2. Presidio Marker (on the left)
Photographed by Bill Kirchner, October 22, 2012
3. Presidio and Presidio County Markers
Photographed by Bill Kirchner, October 22, 2012
4. Presidio Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on August 5, 2025. It was originally submitted on November 4, 2012, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. This page has been viewed 1,481 times since then and 87 times this year. Last updated on February 7, 2023, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos: 1. submitted on August 5, 2025, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. 2, 3, 4. submitted on November 4, 2012, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
