Historical Marker
Old Chihuahua Road
Historical marker location:
US 87, La Vernia, Texas
( In front of City Hall, US 87, La Vernia.)
Marker installed: 1967
Mexican cart road from central Mexico to Texas Coast at Indianola. Route of marauding Indians as well as Alsatian, German, Polish, Irish immigrants seeking freedom in New World. After 1835 was important in gold and silver exporting; in 1850s for army travel. (1967).