Marker Inscription
The Chihuahua Road was a nineteenth-century lifeline that connected Chihuahua, Mexico, with the Texas port of Indianola. Opened to exploit rich trade in Mexican silver and gold, the road eventually carried every type of goods, adventurers, settlers, soldiers, and "Forty-Niners" bound for the California gold rush. The road was traversed by many types of vehicles: stagecoaches, wagons, ox-carts, and traveling ambulances, which were light carriages with 4-foot wheels. Not until the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway came to San Antonio in 1877 did this road lose its commercial importance. (1968)
About this site
Chihuahua Road is a historical marker in Del Rio, Val Verde County, dedicated in 1968. It is one of 61 historical markers documented in Val Verde County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 78 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 29.3922, -100.7119 near Del Rio. The nearest cataloged historic site is Laughlin Army Air Field (historical marker), about 5.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Lt. Jack T. Laughlin, Military Aviation in Val Verde County, and Rudolf Anderson, Jr..
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5465004755. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
