Marker Inscription
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Historical Marker
Texas
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About this site
Texas is a historical marker in Anthony, El Paso County, dedicated in 1964. 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 31.9825, -106.5845 near Anthony. The nearest cataloged historic site is El Paso (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Bailey Cemetery, Fusselman Canyon, and Memory Garden of the Valley.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5141005239. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
This 1964 state marker near Anthony, at the Texas-New Mexico line, commemorates the Confederate campaign of 1861-62 into Arizona and New Mexico, when Texas troops under Henry H. Sibley and John R. Baylor followed this route in an effort to extend the Confederacy to the Pacific. It stands at the Texas Travel Information Center along eastbound Interstate 10.
Sources: hmdb.orgtshaonline.org
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