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14743 Bass Canyon Van Horn

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7925 Clark Hotel Clark Hotel Museum, NE corner W. Broadway St. (Bus. Loop 10) and Ash St. First permanent structure in Van Horn. Earliest portion (built 1901) housed original city post office. Main portion was built in 1905-06 by John ... 7934 County Named for Texas Confederate Colonel David B. Culberson City of Van Horn Park, SE corner Austin and E. Third streets [front side] 1830-1900. Native Georgian. Came to Texas 1856. Although opposed to secession he aided in raising 18th Texas Infantry as Lt. Colonel, ... 7931 Culberson County 2 miles west of Van Horn on IH 10 at scenic overlook rest area Formed from El Paso County; Created March 10, 1911; Organized April 18, 1911; Named for David B. Culberson 1830-1903 famous constitutional lawyer, ...

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7933 Feely Cemetery 18 miles east of Van Horn on IH 10 to exit 159, then west on frontage road 1.5 miles The nearby cemetery (250 yards S) was first used in 1910 for the burial of an infant son of J.H. Feely. The owner of a grocery in the railroad settlement ... 7936 Figure 2 Ranch 32 miles north of Van Horn on SH 54 The lands which now lie within the boundaries of the Figure 2 Ranch were occupied in the 19th century by nomadic Native American tribes. One of the ...

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7930 Guadalupe Peak El Capitan lookout/rest area, about 5 miles southwest of Guadalupe Mountains National Park Headquarters visitor center Guadalupe Peak, Texas' highest mountain at 8,751 feet, dominates one of the most scenic and least-known hinterlands of the old frontier. It lies ...

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7932 Original Culberson County Jail 3rd and Culberson In order to provide local law enforcement in the wake of Mexican bandit attacks, Culberson County was organized in 1911. The following year the county ...

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7928 Presbyterian Church, U.S. 1092 Van Horn First church building erected in Van Horn. This was used by all faiths until other churches were built.

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7929 Ruins of "The Pinery" or "Pine Spring" Stage Stand Guadalupe Mountains National Park, The Pinery Trail off US 62 Built in 1858 as a station on the Butterfield overland mail route St. Louis to San Francisco. Abandoned in 1859, when the line was shifted to the ...

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12657 San Antonio-California Trail Roadside Park, 3 mi W of Van Horn on U.S. 80 (Three miles south) One of Texas' first cross-country wagon trails. The San Antonio-El Paso section of this route was surveyed in 1848 by a party ...

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7926 Van Horn Wells 5.6 mi. NW of Lobo on US 90, W side of road Only dependable water supply in miles of arid terrain. Used by Indians for centuries. Named for either Maj. Jefferson Van Horne (who passed here ... 7927 Van Horn Wells off US 90 on private property Only watering place in wide region. Stage stand on the San Antonio to San Diego route, 1857-1882. Occupied by Captain J.J. Van Horn and Co. F, Eighth ...