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Medicine Mound Depot, 1910

Quanah, Hardeman County

Marker Text

Built by Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railway as passenger and freight station, in area where Chief Quanah Parker's Comanches prayed and rolled in gypsum, believing it was healing dust. Later Santa Fe Station. Site of holdups and shootings. Has bullet holes, but escaped a 1935 fire that burned entire town. Retired from use, 1959; was moved via Highway 287 to its present site. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1964

Marker Details

Address 1802 US 287
Location Description US 287 (11th St), south side, W of FM 2568. Marker reported missing Jan. 2017.
Marker # 3312
Dedicated 1964
Size, Type Medallion and Plate
Code railroad depots; railroads
Latitude, Longitude 34.285659, -99.72222

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