(Site located 200 yards east)
Maintained from 1858 to outbreak of the Civil War in 1861 as a stage stop on the Butterfield Overland Mail route, which was the first mail and passenger line to link the east and west coasts of the United States. In 1870's this was a stop for branch of El Paso & San Antonio mail line.| HM Number | HM1H35 |
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| Tags | |
| Marker Number | 3503 |
| Year Placed | 1968 |
| Placed By | Texas State Historical Survey Committee |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Saturday, October 25th, 2014 at 9:41pm PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 14S E 400782 N 3576516 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 32.32110000, -100.05408333 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 32° 19.266', W 100° 3.245' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 32° 19' 15.96" N, 100° 3' 14.7" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 325 |
| Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling North |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 1272-1526 Co Rd 351, Merkel TX 79536, US |
| Alternative Maps | Google Maps, MapQuest, Bing Maps, Yahoo Maps, MSR Maps, OpenCycleMap, MyTopo Maps, OpenStreetMap |
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