| Texas (Hudspeth County), Pine Springs — Groundbreaking for the Pine Springs Visitor Center — Guadalupe Mountains National Park |
| | We are not recognizing development. We are recognizing another important link in bringing others to know and love this land, its plants and animals, and its human history. When completed, this new visitor center will greet many who will, for the first time, learn about a place where humankind is only a visitor, and where wilderness is a vivid reminder of the chain of life the planet must depend on for survival.
Karen Wade, Superindendent of Guadalupe Mountains National Park, 1988. — Map (db m5977) |
| Texas (Hudspeth County), Pine Springs — The "Committee of Five" |
| | The U.S. Highway 180 Association salutes the inspiring leadership and dedication of the "Committee of Five" for their untiring efforts in the development and promotion of the Guadalupe Mountains National Park. Dedicated to
Glenn Biggs of Abilene, TX
Claude Brown of McCamey, TX
Wm. Adair Gossett of Carlsbad, NM
John Ben Shepperd of Odessa, TX
Louis M. Whitlock of Carlsbad, NM. — Map (db m5978) |
| Texas (Hudspeth County), Pine Springs — The Airmen |
| | Dedicated to the Airmen who, like the stage drivers before them, challenged the elements through this pass with the pioneer spirit and courage which resulted in a vast system of airline transport known as "American Airlines".
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The above inscription appears on the memorial marker placed at the summit of Guadalupe Peak by American Airlines on the centennial of the transcontinental overland mail pioneered by the Butterfield Stage Line passing near this site . . . — Map (db m5837) |
| Texas (Hudspeth County), Pine Springs — The Pinery |
| | Ruins of
"The Pinery" or
"Pine Spring" stage stand
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. — Map (db m5838) |
| Texas (Hudspeth County), Sierra Blanca — Claude Hudspeth — (1877 - 1941) |
| | State Senator and member of U.S. House of Representatives for whom Hudspeth County was named. Became a ranch worker at age 9 and editor-publisher of an Ozona newspaper at 16. Was largely self-educated.
Won seat in legislature in 1902-starting 29-year public career. He authored many bills to benefit working man. Served in Texas Senate 1907-1919. During this time, he studied law and was admitted to the bar, 1909.
Served in U.S. Congress 1919-1931. Upheld sending U.S. force to defend El . . . — Map (db m7007) |
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