Ritchey Hotel, 1886

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1886 frame and adobe. Built facing old cattle loading pens on the Southern Pacific Railway. Lodgings and saloon for cowhands and ranchers in town to ship cattle from widely scattered ranches of the Big Bend country. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1965.

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Address 102 E. Murphy Ave.

Location Description Corner of Murphy & S. 4th Sts., Alpine; (fronts tracks)

Marker # 4276

Dedicated 1965

Size, Type 14" x 9" Plate & Medallion

Code ranches/ranching; inns, hotels, motels

Latitude, Longitude 30.354958, -103.660658

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