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585 Butterfield Overland Stage Line On SH 18 about 2 miles S of Grandfalls One of the longest stage routes ever established, the Southern Overland Mail Line (Butterfield Route) which provided semi-weekly service St. Louis ...

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844 Christ The King Catholic Church_Sands Art Center southeast corner of N. Main (SH 18) and East J St. Area Catholics held religious services in their homes beginning in the mid-1920s until a donation of money and two lots here in 1938 enabled the ...

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2252 Grandfalls Union Church At the intersection of SH 18 and SH 329 in Grandfalls Built by three Protestant groups, 1910. First church building in town founded 1897. (Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1966.)

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2510 Holman House Million Barrel Museum, 400 Museum Blvd off E. Sealy Avenue (US 80) Built about 1910 by Mr. and Mrs. Jas. R. Holman, 1898 settlers in Monahans. "Dad" Holman had a lumber and coal business, dray, and livery stable; ...

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3386 Million Barrel Tank At the Million Barrel Museum, on US 80 at Eastern Edge of Monahans A project of the Shell Oil Company, the construction of this oil storage tank in 1928 was the result of an oil boom in the area. Built to accommodate ... 3434 Monahans Sandhills State Park and Museum About 6 miles E. of Monahans on US 80/I-20 at visitors center in Sandhills State Park In these shifting seas of sand, rich in stone evidences of primitive men, today's visitors find flint points, sandstone metates and manos of peoples ... 19985 Monahan's Well 101 E. Sealy

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3830 Old Ward County Bank Mackey Ave., Barstow C. E. Pierce, an early advocate of irrigated agricultural lands for the Pecos River valley, had this building constructed in 1901 to house Ward County's ...

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4204 Rattlesnake Bomber Base On IH-20 West bound service Rd, Exit 66 (Pyote Kermit Exit) across IH-20 from West Texas children Jail., Pyote Nicknamed for the numerous rattlesnake dens that were uncovered during its construction, Pyote Army Air Base was established in 1942 to train replacement ...

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3788 Sand Hills Section House Monahans Sandhills State Park, Sandhills Picnic Pavilion, aka Old Railroad Section House. Built 1903 by Texas & Pacific Rwy., for one of its track foremen who were stationed every 20 miles along road. Section houses in Permian Basin had ... 4789 Site of First Ward County Courthouse Jct. of Mackey (FM 518) and FM 873 Barstow A Three-story red sandstone courthouse with a domed cupola was constructed here in 1893, one year after Barstow was elected first Ward County seat. ...

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5645 Vicinity of Early Public Library Jct. of Mackey (FM 516) and FM 873., Barstow. The Republic of Texas set a cultural example by legislation for a state library in 1839. In 1874 cities were authorized to establish public libraries, ...

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5715 Ward County In roadside rest area on eastbound IH-20 about 4.5 miles east of Pyote. Formed from Tom Green County; created February 26, 1887, organized March 29, 1892. Named in honor of Thomas William Ward, 1807-1872, at the storming ... 5724 Water Improvement District No. 2 Office On SH 18, near intersection of SH 18 and 2nd St. at the Chamber of commerce Grandfalls Water Improvement District No. 2 office. Built 1896 by promoters of irrigated farming. Community Center. (Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1966 ...