Details for The Camino Real
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5141000642
Data
| Marker Number | 642 |
| Atlas Number | 5141000642 |
| Marker Title | The Camino Real |
| Index Entry | Camino Real |
| Address | 1720 W. Paisano Dr. |
| City | El Paso |
| County | El Paso |
| UTM Zone | 13 |
| UTM Easting | 357068 |
| UTM Northing | 3515058 |
| Subject Codes | Exploration and expeditions; roads |
| Marker Year | 1983 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | W. Paisano Dr., in marker plaza 0.2 mi. S of Ruhlen Ct. on restricted access/private property. One of five markers by this title in El Paso County. |
| Private Property | Yes |
| Marker Condition | Access Restricted |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | For more than 200 years the Camino Real, or Royal Road, was the major route for transporting commercial goods from Mexico City and Chihuahua to Santa Fe and Taos. First traveled by Juan de Onate during his 1598 expedition to New Mexico, the Camino Real followed the San Elizario, Socorro, and Ysleta Road, crossed the Rio Grande west of present downtown El Paso, and continued north into New Mexico. When the Rio Grande was established as the U.S. - Mexico boundary in 1848, this section of the old Camino Real became part of the United States. (1983) |