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Horsehead Crossing of The Pecos

Crane, Crane County

Marker Text

Well known to frontiersmen and used by emigrants for several years preceding, this crossing was an important point on the southern overland mail (Butterfield route) which Linked St. Louis and San Francisco with a semi-weekly mail and stage service 1858-1861.

Marker Details

Address
Location Description Located in the Crane TxDot scrapyard, US 385 1 mile N of Crane
Marker # 2566
Dedicated 1936
Size, Type 1936 Texas Centennial highway marker (pink granite)
Code roads; water topics
Latitude, Longitude Exact Lat/Lon Unknown

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