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16075 Apache Last Stand 11 mi. SW of Valentine In this vicinity, June 12, 1880, the Apaches made their last stand in Presidio County when four Pueblo Indian scouts of General Benj. H. Grierson, ...

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16572 Blackwell School Southwest corner W. Waco and S. Abbott streets Education for local children of Mexican descent dates from 1889, when the former Methodist Church became a schoolhouse. The school, named for longtime ... 521 Brooks Cemetery Brooks Cemetery, Cemetery Rd., 0.1 mi. SE of Hueso St. George H. Brooks (1833-1911) served in a California volunteer unit during the Civil War before settling in Presidio County in the 1860s. In 1878 ... 13284 Building 98, Fort D.A. Russell 705 W Bonnie St Constructed in 1920, Building 98 housed the Officers Club and Bachelor Officers Quarters for Fort D.A. Russell. During the latter years of World ...

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716 Captain Henry Skillman, C.S.A. O'Reilly Street, east of Tremont Street, St. Francis Plaza Born in Kentucky. Came to Texas before 1846. Was a U. S. Army scout in Mexican War. Established first mail service from San Antonio to El Paso in ... 20158 Cementerio del Barrio de los Lipanes marker pending marker pending

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1415 El Fortin de la Cienega Cibolo Creek Ranch, on private property near US 67 Built along Cienega Creek in the mid-19th century and modeled after his headquarters ranch complex at nearby El Fortin del Cibolo, El Fortin de la ... 1416 El Fortin de San Jose Fort Leaton State Historic Site, FM 170, 4.5 mi E of Presidio About 1773, the Spanish garrison at Presidio del Norte, present Ojinaga, Mexico, established El Fortin de San Jose in this vicinity to protect local ... 1417 El Fortin del Cibolo Cibolo Creek Ranch, on private property off US 67 Constructed in 1857, El Fortin del Cibolo was the headquarters of the vast ranching empire of Milton (Don Meliton) Faver (ca. 1829-1889). The heavily ... 1422 El Paisano Hotel Texas and North Highland Streets., Marfa Named for the nearby Paisano Mountain pass, this structure was completed in 1930. Gateway Hotel Company, owners of several area hotels, built it ...

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1978 Fort D.A. Russell S. Hill at Madrid streets Originally named Camp Marfa, this installation began as a supply post for U. S. Army border patrol stations in 1911. It was a cavalry camp during ...

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3390 Here Milton Faver Cibolo Creek Rd., 0.2 mi. S of US 67, Shafter Ghost Town. Marker reported damaged (vandalized) Jan. 2024. Here Milton Faver established in the fifties the first Anglo-American owned ranch in the Big Bend. Three quadrangular adobe fortresses situated at ... 2525 Home of Ben Leaton 4 mile E of Presidio on FM 170 First Anglo-American farmer in Presidio County. In August 1848, Mr. Leaton acquired the building and it has since been known as Fort Leaton. (19 ... 2597 Humphris-Humphreys House 110 W. San Antonio St. This was the home of rancher, merchant and community leader John Humphris and his wife Mary. Built in 1883 by local builder Saturnino Naborette, ... 16579 Hunter Gymnasium Northeast corner of Lincoln St. and Gonzales (formly known as N. Hill St.) In 1940, Marfa received a Works Progress Administration (WPA) grant of more than $15,000 to help build a new gymnasium named to honor athletic director ...

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2715 James Buchanan Gillett Marfa Cemetery (Nov. 4, 1856 - June 11, 1937) A very famous Texas Ranger. Born in Austin, son of Adjutant General of Texas. At 16 became cowboy on Western frontier. ...

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3001 La Morita Ranch Cibolo Creek Ranch, on private property off US 67 Established in the 19th century, La Morita Ranch was the third ranch established in Presidio County by Milton Faver. A native of the midwestern United ...

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3208 Marfa Lights 5 mile E of Marfa along US 67/90 The Marfa Lights, mysterious and unexplained lights that have been reported in the area for over one hundred years, have been the subject of many ... 3209 Marfa Stockyards 2 miles east of Marfa on FM 1112 (Oak St.) Built in 1920 by the Galveston, Harrisburg, and San Antonio Railway company, the Marfa stockyards provided a central shipping point for livestock ... 3391 Milton Faver 8 mi. N of Shafter, W side US 67, Cibolo Creek Ranch entrance (ca. 1829 - December 1889) The earliest large-scale cattleman to settle in the Big Bend, Milton (Don Meliton) Faver prospered against seemingly impossible ... 3392 Milton Faver Ranches 7.5 mi. N of Shafter, E side US 67, Cibolo Creek Ranch entrance Milton Faver (ca. 1822-1889), a native of the midwest United States, moved to this area in the 1850s from Presidio del Norte, where he owned a general ... 3403 Mission del Apostol Santiago 4 mile E. of Presidio on FM 170 at Fort Leaton One of nine missions established in the Big Bend country by Father Fray Nicolas Lopez, O.F.M., and Don Juan Dominguez de Mendoza in 1683-1684. Maintained ... 3413 Mission San Francisco de los Julimes From Presidio, take FM 170 West about 10.75 mi to Ochoa Cemetery. Marker is on east side of highway. One of nine Missions established in the Big Bend country by Father Fray Nicolas Lopez, O.F.M., and Don Juan Dominguez de Mendoza in 1683-1684. Maintained ...

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20159 Native Peoples of La Junta de los Rios FM 170, NW of US 67. AT THE JUNCTION OF THE RIO CONCHO AND RIO BRAVO IS A FERTILE FARMLAND THE SPANISH NAMED LA JUNTA DE LOS RIOS (“THE JUNCTION OF THE RIVERS”) OFTEN ...

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3951 Paisano Pass From Marfa, take US 67/90 East about 13 mi. Legend recounts that two Spaniards meeting here greeted each other "Mi Paisano" (My Countryman). First known to history when Juan Dominguez de Mendoza ... 18324 Porvenir Massacre 27 miles west of Marfa, about 0.5 miles east of Jeff Davis-Presidio county line and 0.9 miles east of FM 505 Porvenir was a community in remote northwest Presidio County on the Rio Grande. In the midst of military conflicts and raids across and along the ... 4116 Presidio County 1/2 miles E. of Marfa on US 67/90 Formed from Bexar County created January 3, 1850, organized March 13, 1875. So named for the early "Fortress garrisoned by soldiers." Erected for ... 4117 Presidio County Courthouse SH 17 North at Highland Rd., Marfa A landmark of the Big Bend. Large dome is visible for miles. Constructed of native stone and brick made at Marfa. Stucco added later. Built 1886 ... 4118 Presidio del Norte Ft. Leaton, from Presidio, take FM 170 SE about 1 mile. Proximate site of Presidio del Norte de la Junta established by Captain Alonzo Rubin de Celis in 1759-1760. Name of post retained in part by the ...

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24304 Ruidosa Church / La Corazon Sagrado de la Iglesia de Jesus marker pending marker pending

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7095 Site of Alamito 7 mi. S of Marfa on US 67, then 24 mi. S on FM 169 to Alamito Creek Alamito Creek has been a passageway and the scene of human activity since prehistoric times. Spanish explorers began traveling through the region ... 13844 Site of Marfa Army Air Field 8 mi. E on US 90. Adjacent to Marfa Mystery Lights Viewing Center. During World War II, the U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) established a significant number of training airfields across the state of Texas. The USAAF ... 18213 St. Paul's Episcopal Church 101 E. Washington Street English natives John and Mary (Walker) Humphris came to Texas in the early 1870s and arrived in Marfa in 1883. John, his brother-in-law, James Walker, ...

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12622 William Edward Russell Marfa Cemetery Kentucky native William Edward Russell (1839-1890) came to Texas in the 1850s and worked his way to the Big Bend region, where he traded along the ...