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171 Annie Riggs Hotel 301 S. Main (corner of Main and Callaghan Sts) Ft. Stockton Fort Stockton's first hotel of significance. Built 1900. Adobe, with "gingerbread" trim. Large verandas, dining room, parlors, guest rooms. Recorded ...

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1096 Courthouse, Jail and Zero Stone In between Main and Nelson St. on James St. Ft. Stockton Courthouse and jail. Built 1883 of native sandstone. Nearby Zero Stone place in 1859 as first reference point of local surveys. Recorded Texas Historical ...

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6476 First National Bank Building Second and Main Sts. Ft. Stockton Built in 1912, this structure originally housed the First National Bank of Fort Stockton. Established two years earlier, the bank failed during the ... 1875 First Telephone Exchange 610 Callaghan (corner of Callaghan & Butz St.) Ft. Stockton The Pecos County commissioners authorized E. W. Bennett (1858-1933) to establish Ft. Stockton's First Telephone service in May 1909. The switchboard, ... 2021 Fort Stockton Guard House Historic Fort Stockton, southeast of intersection of N. Rooney and E. 3rd streets Founded in 1859, Fort Stockton was abandoned during the Civil War and reestablished in 1867, when this guard house was built. Stone for the structure ... 2022 Fort Stockton Officers' Quarters Near intersection of E. 5th and N. Williams Sts., Ft. Stockton When Fort Stockton was rebuilt in 1867 to protect the route to El Paso, seven homes were erected for officers' families. Built with rock foundations ... 2023 Fort Stockton, C.S.A. In Front Courthouse Grounds, Corner of Nelson and James Sts. Ft. Stockton After federal evacuation at start of Civil War, occupied by 2nd Regiment Texas Mounted Rifles. On far western frontier defense line. Supply post ...

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24200 Garza-Torres Irrigation District marker pending marker pending 14031 Giddings' Pecos Station From Iraan, W 4 mi. on US 190 to pulloff and picnic area, about 0.8 mi. W of SH 349 intersection In the mid-19th century, stagecoach lines were a primary means of moving people, mail and supplies through the region. The U.S. government contracted ... 2283 Grey Mule Saloon 219 S. Main ( corner of Main and Callaghan Sts.) Part of Old Fort Stockton; built in 1880's. Hangout for cowboys and hotel guests. Later a store and post office. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, ...

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2564 Horse Head Crossing on the Pecos River From Girvin, about 11.5 miles NW on FM 11 to county road, about 2 miles north to marker Here crossed the undated Comanche Trail from Llano Estacado to Mexico. In 1850 John R. Bartlett while surveying the Mexican boundary found the crossing ... 2565 Horsehead Crossing About 11.5 miles NW of Girvin on FM 11 (2 miles NE) Famed ford of the Pecos River, named for abundance of horse and mule skulls lining the banks in the 19th century. Many water-starved ... 2583 Hovey School Historic Fort Stockton grounds. Facing Spring St., NW side between E. 2nd and E. 5th streets. About 1910 a railroad stop named Hovey was established about 40 miles west of here on the Kansas City, Mexico, and Orient Railroad. By 1913 Hovey ...

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2650 Iraan At 6th and Farr St. in front of Community Building, Iraan In 1922 three local businessmen, O. W. Parker, George Thompson, and I. G. Yates, leased the drilling rights on twenty sections of ranch land to Transcontinental ...

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2971 Koehler's Saloon and Store Spring Dr. across from Comanche Springs in Rooney Park Ft. Stockton Built 1870's of field stone. Herman Koehler in 1884 opened saloon at one end, general store and bank at other. Later second story was added. Recorded ...

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3202 Marathon Oil Company Discovery Well On US 190/SH 349, Western edge of Iraan Opening one of greatest oil fields in the world, Mid-Kansas Oil and Gas Company (a subsidiary wholly owned by the Ohio Oil Company, whose name has ...

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12473 O. W. Williams 100 N. Rooney St. Kentucky native Oscar Waldo Williams (1853-1946) graduated from Harvard with a law degree in 1876 and moved to Texas in search of a drier climate. ... 3684 Oil and Gas Industry in Pecos County Fort Stockton Chamber of Commerce Visitor Center Located in the petroleum-rich Permian Basin, Pecos is one of the most prolific oil- and gas-producing counties in Texas. The petroleum business here ... 3731 Old Fort Cemetery At the Old Fort Cemetery, corner of Walter and 8th Sts., Ft. Stockton Burial ground for soldiers stationed at Fort Stockton and for civilians in the little town that grew up around the post. The fort was established ... 3842 Oldest House Corner of Sherer and Nelson Sts. Ft. Stockton Oldest house. Only reminder of first Fort Stockton, founded 1859. Was part of old St. Gall townsite. Had thatched roof, adobe walls. Recorded Texas ...

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3973 Pecos County US 385, east side of Fort Stockton, 0.4 mi. E of Gatlin St. Formed from Presidio County, created May 3, 1871. Organized March 9, 1875. On March 9, 1875, the following county officers were elected: George M. ... 3974 Pecos County Camptosaur Tracks In Ft. Stockton City Warehouse, taken down due to vandalism In the arroyo southwest of this site are dinosaur tracks made 120 million years ago when area was part of sea that extended north from the Gulf of ... 4033 Pioneer Stagecoach Stand Operators Mr. and Mrs. Isaac J. Rude On Service Road side of I-10, about 8 miles West of Ft. Stockton On way to California from Tennessee in the 1850's Isaac J. and Sarah Isabella Rude settled in West Texas. In Davis Mountains, Rude built and operated ...

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4665 Sheffield On SH 290 in front of community swimming pool, Sheffield Spanish explorers traveled Indian trails here in the Pecos River Valley as early as 1590. Later, U.S. Cavalry, a camel train, and stage and mail ... 4757 Site of Comanche Springs On Spring Dr. at entrance to Rooney Park, Ft. Stockton Used as a watering place and camping ground by Indians since Pre-Columbian times, the Springs were possibly visited about 1536 by Spaniard Cabeza ... 4798 Site of Fort Stockton Courthouse Grounds, corner of Main and James St., Ft. Stockton Established on the Comanche Trail March 23, 1859, as a protection to the San Antonio-San Diego mail route. Named in honor of Commodore Robert Field ... 5048 St. Joseph's Catholic Church Corner of James and Main St., Ft. Stockton Efforts of establish a Catholic church in the area began shortly after the Civil War when Fort Stockton was reoccupied by United States troops. The ... 4488 St. Stephen's Episcopal Church Corner of E 2nd and Spring Rd Originally constructed at Pecos (54 mi. NW) in 1896, this building served the congregation of St. Mark's Episcopal Church. In 1958 it was sold to ...

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5218 Telegraph Office & School Corner of Gallagher and Nelson St., FT. Stockton 201 W. Gallagher St. First school in area, 1883. Smaller structure served as first office for army telegraph line which arrived in 1876. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, ...

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5930 Young's Store E Callaghan St., north side between S. Water St. and S. Spring Dr. Marker reported missing 2012. F. W. Young Store and home. Built 1876 by this former post sutler at ford over Comanche Creek. Had wagon yard, corrals in rear. Recorded Texas Historic ...