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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 ...