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Ruins of "The Pinery" or "Pine Spring" Stage Stand

Pine Springs, Culberson County

Marker Text

Built in 1858 as a station on the Butterfield overland mail route St. Louis to San Francisco. Abandoned in 1859, when the line was shifted to the Davis Mountain route. Erected by the State of Texas 1936

Marker Details

Address The Pinery Trail
Location Description Guadalupe Mountains National Park, The Pinery Trail off US 62
Marker # 7929
Dedicated 1936
Size, Type 1936 Centennial - Highway Marker (pink granite)
Code stagecoach routes, stands, etc.
Latitude, Longitude 31.893395, -104.817373

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