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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.
San Elizario is a historical marker in San Elizario, El Paso County, dedicated in 1936. It is one of 94 historical markers documented in El Paso County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 140 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 31.5850, -106.2733 near San Elizario. The nearest cataloged historic site is Salt War (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Los Portales, San Elizario Chapel, and San Elizario.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5141004532. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
“San Elizario” names 2 distinct records in El Paso County. This page is the historical marker dedicated in 1936 in San Elizario. The others:
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