El Camino Real (The King's Highway)
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
31.7593° N, 106.4885° W
Where to Find It
San Jacinto Plaza, N side of Mills Ave. and Oregon St.
Nearby Markers
- <0.1 mi N San Jacinto Plaza El Paso
- <0.1 mi E El Paso's Chinese Community El Paso
- <0.1 mi N El Paso County, C.S.A. El Paso
- <0.1 mi NE Hotel Cortez El Paso
- 0.1 mi SW Pioneer Plaza El Paso
- 0.1 mi SW El Paso El Paso