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17696 Albion E. Shepard House NW corner of North Avenue D and North 2rd Street In 1883, completion occurred of the extension of tracks by the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway (G.H. & S.A. Ry.) Line located between ... 13328 Alpine 2.3 mi. E on US 67-90 Original name Osborne. Central gateway to Big Bend National Park. Largest city in largest county in Texas. Center for mining, livestock, travel. ... 157 Ancient Rocks Boundary From Alpine; take U.S.90 east about 8 miles to the junction of US 90 & US 67. The mountains toward the east are limestone reef beds deposited in the Cretaceous and Permian seas about 135 million years ago and 250 million years ...

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422 Black Gap Wildlife Management Area Black Gap Wildlife Management Area, 55 mi. from Marathon, S on US 385 then SE on FM 2627 (Stillwell-Heath Rd). Tourist Information Marker #10 sponsored by Texas Game and Fish Commission. Black Gap, a natural cleft in the basalt ridge northeast of the Sierra del Carmen, frames the headquarters site of the Black Gap Wildlife Management ... 503 Brewster County From Alpine, take US 90 about 8.1 mi, east - roadside Brewster County formed from Presidio County. Created February 2, 1887. In 1897 the territory of Buchel and Foley counties was added to Brewster. ... 1092 Brewster County Courthouse 5th St., Alpine Courthouse Building erected in 1887 when Brewster County was created. Served Buchel and Foley County until these areas where added to Brewster County ... 570 Burgess' Water Hole Kokernot Masonul Lodge property, Kokernot Springs, off of SH 223, Alpine Burgess' Water Hole, called San Lorenzo by Juan Dominguez de Mendoza,1684. Later Charco Alzate in honor of an Apache chieftain. Water hole honoring ...

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801 Chambers Hotel Main St., Marathon Chambers Hotel. Original adobe building constructed in 1891. First owner, Mrs. Mary Collins. Purchased in 1905 by (Gran) Chambers. Enlarged and a ... 872 City Building 205 Ave. E, Alpine City Building. Erected in 1893. Oldest public school building standing in Alpine. Abandoned as school in 1910. Later served as a hospital, college ... 964 Colonel Lewis Given Harman From Marathon, take US 90 about 1 mi. east to junction of US 90 with US 385 N. (1818-1902) Typical of those who served the South and then moved into new counties of Western Texas. Surveyor, Indian agent, soldier, legislator, ... 994 Comanche Trail From Marathon, take US 385 S. about 42 mi, to Parsimmon Gap entrance to Big Bend. Marker is in parking lot to entrance station You are now traveling the Comanche Trail blazed by Comanche Indians, en route from the western plains to Mexico, and traveled later by emigrants ...

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1209 Denuded Ouachita Rock Belt From Marathon, take US 90 about 1 mi. east to junction of US 90 & US 385 N, in roadside area. In highway cuts toward the east are excellent exposures of almost vertical rocks layers--part of the Ouachita Fold Belt, a northeasterly trending ... 1258 Double Mills From Marathon, take US Hwy 385 south about 35 mi, to roadside area at Maravillas Creek. A natural watering place in prehistoric time, as evidenced by artifacts found here. Used later by Indians and Spaniards on roads from northern Mexico. ...

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17969 Federico Villalba Terlingua Cemetery Villalba family tradition traces their lineage to Algiers where several generations were members of the order of Santiago. In 1764, Federico's great-grandfather, ... 12989 First Baptist Church of Alpine Alpine, 203 N. 4th St. When the railroad came through this area in 1882, the settlement of Osborne was established here near natural springs. The community's name changed ... 6405 First Methodist Church 208 Ave D., Alpine Built in 1889 by Alpine residents. Altar portion, original adobe church remains. Here met Methodists, Baptists, Presbyterians. Methodist congregaton ... 1862 First School House Off Main Street 1 block west at 3rd., Marathon. Oldest school building in Brewster County. Built in 1888. Used for all public meetings and all elections. Restored in 1928 by ladies of Marathon ... 23935 First United Methodist Church marker pending inscription pending 2003 Fort Pena Colorada (Red Rock) From Marathon, take local road 4-5 mi. sw to camp ground & city park Established in 1880 as a means of preventing Indian raids into Mexico. Raided by Apaches in 1881. Abandoned in 1893 after Western Texas had been ...

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2093 Gage-Van Sickle House 109 W. 3rd St., Alpine Built in 1866. Early owners L. Gage, Seth N. Gage, W.W. Turney and Wigfall Van Sickel. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1965. 2103 Garcia-Valadez House 108 W. Ave F, Alpine Built in 1890 by Trinidad Garcia, ranch hand. Original four rooms had adobe walls 27 to 33 inches thick. Was a social center for many years. Since ...

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13362 Hancock Building 115 N 5th St. 2509 Holland Hotel Building 207 W. Holland, Alpine This Spanish Colonial Revival hotel was built in 1912 for John R. Holland (d.1922), a successful area cattleman. Completed during the mercury mining ...

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17697 J. C. Bird 209 E. Lockhart Julius Canselor Bird (1863-1925) was born in Round Mountain (Blanco Co.), and came to west Texas at age 18 as a Texas ranger, protecting crews during ... 2669 J.C. Carr-Bob Slight House 406 5th St., Alpine Bulit 1884 by an early settler, J.C. Carr. Adobe brick double walls were laid at night, slowly drying to super-strength, in time honoerd southwestern ... 15965 John R. Holland 201 W. Holland

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18262 Lajitas Cemetery FM 170 at Maverick Ranch Road Lajitas, the Spanish word for flagstone, comes from the Boquillas Geologic Formation. Located near the Lajitas Crossing/San Carlos ford on the Rio ... 13367 Leoncita Springs 15 mi. N, east of SH 118 First known to history when Juan Dominguez de Mendoza camped here in 1684. Stage stand on the San Antonio to El Paso route through Musquiz Cañon ... 3124 Los Caballos (in core of the Ouachita Structural Belt) From Marathon, take US 385 about 12 mi. south, in roadside park area. Highly deformed rocks in the Ouachita Fold Belt, a northeasterly trending range, uplifted about 275 to 290 million years ago. The intricate folding ...

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3201 Marathon From Marathon, about 1 mi. east on US 90. Fort Pena Colorada, the last active fort in this area, on the old Comanche Trail, about 4 miles to the southwest was established in 1879. Marathon ...

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3603 Nolte-Rooney House 307 Ave. D, Alpine Built 1890 by F.H. Nolte, early settler, on land in Murphyville (NW Alpine). The 20 inch walls are made of adobe bricks molded at the building site. ...

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13386 Old Roman Catholic Church 102 W Ave G 3884 Our Lady of Peace Parish Hall 102 W. Ave G, Alpine Site of the oldest church building in Alpine, originally called Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, completed in 1892 and in continuous use as a church ...

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13381 Pioneer School House Off Main St.

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4276 Ritchey Hotel, 1886 Corner of Murphy & S. 4th Sts., Alpine; (fronts tracks) 1886 frame and adobe. Built facing old cattle loading pens on the Southern Pacific Railway. Lodgings and saloon for cowhands and ranchers in town ...

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6478 Terlingua FM 170, east of Terlingua Ghost Town Road Famous Texas Ghost Town Terlingua With the mother-ore cinnabar strike in 1890, Terlingua became the world's quicksilver capital, yielding 40 percent ... 6404 Texas Confederate Colonel Henry P. Brewster (1816-1884) Courthouse square, 5th Street County named for Texas Confederate Colonel Henry P. Brewster, 1816-1884. South Carolinian; came to Texas, 1836. Attorney General, State of Texas, ... 6411 Texas Confederate General Lawrence "Sul" Ross Adminstration Building, Sul Ross College, US 90, Alpine College named for Texas Confederate General Lawrence "Sul" Ross. Lawrence Sullivan Ross 1838-1898 Entered Confederate service a private in 1861. ... 2092 The Gage Hotel US 90 & Ave. C The Gage Hotel This brick hotel building, designed by the El Paso firm of Trost and Trost, was constructed in 1926-27 for Vermont native Alfred S. ...

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5679 W. W. Townsend Home 807 W. Sul Ross Avenue (Ave. D) Built in 1908 by local architect and building contractor William Daugherty for William Wallace Townsend (1833-1915), this house is a good example ...