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The regal highway extending between his Catholic majesty's far-flung kingdoms of New Spain, from Mexico City to the Kingdom of New Mexico, passed here. From 1581 onward it was the route followed by conqueror, padre, merchant, adventurer and settler. Along its course passed ox-cart and mule-train and the traffic of the new realm. Erected by the State of Texas 1936
El Camino Real (The King's Highway) is a historical marker in El Paso, 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 31.7594, -106.4887 near El Paso. The nearest cataloged historic site is Mills Building (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include El Paso's Chinese Community, White House Department Store and Hotel McCoy, and El Paso County, C.S.A..
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5141000643. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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