Marathon in Brewster County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
Fort Peña Colorado (Red Rock)
Photographed by Richard Denney, December 20, 2009
1. Fort Peña Colorado (Red Rock) Marker
Erected 1936 by the State of Texas. (Marker Number 2003.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Forts and Castles • Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Notable Places. In addition, it is included in the Comanche Trail into Mexico, and the Texas 1936 Centennial Markers and Monuments series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1880.
Location. 30° 9.202′ N, 103° 17.258′ W. Marker is in Marathon, Texas, in Brewster County. It is on Post Road. Located in the parking lot of Fort Peña Colorado Park, south of Marathon. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Marathon TX 79842, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Texas’ Trans-Pecos & Big Bend Region. It is also in the American Southwest. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the Comanchería, the Republic of Texas, and one of the Confederate States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 6 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Chambers Hotel (approx. 4.4 miles away); The Gage Hotel (approx. 4.4 miles away); Albion E. Shepard House (approx. 4½ miles away); Marathon (approx. 5.1 miles away); Los Caballos (approx. 6 miles away); Colonel Lewis Given Harman (approx. 6½ miles away).
Another marker is no longer nearby.
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Photographed by Brian Anderson, August 31, 2019
2. Fort Peña Colorado (Red Rock) Marker
Photographed by Richard Denney, December 20, 2009
3. Historical marker (right), and county park marker (left)
Photographed by Richard Denney
4. Panorama of the cliffs after which the fort was named
Works Progress Administration dam is visible in picture, lower right.
Photographed by Richard Denney, December 20, 2009
5. Fort Peña Park Marker
Marker reads:
At site of the Pena Creek Sub-Post of Fort Davis Established in 1879 to combat depredations in the Big Bend and Mexico by Indians using historic Comanche Trail. This 5-acre tract was given (1935) for enjoyment of Brewster Countians by Guy S. Combs, Nora Combs McGehee, and Lila Combs Matthew, in honor of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. D.S. Combs who acquired this land in 1904.
Photographed by Richard Denney, December 20, 2009
6. Works Progress Administration marker
A small dam erected by the WPA is constructed at the springs of Fort Peña Colorado.
Photographed by Richard Denney, December 20, 2009
7. Display on the history of the fort
Photographed by Gregory Walker, December 2009
8. Fort Peña Colorado (Red Rock) Geology
9. Fort Peña Colorado Interpretive Signage
Credits. This page was last revised on October 23, 2020. It was originally submitted on January 5, 2010, by Richard Denney of Austin, Texas. This page has been viewed 2,939 times since then and 38 times this year. Last updated on May 14, 2014, by Richard Denney of Austin, Texas. Photos: 1. submitted on January 5, 2010, by Richard Denney of Austin, Texas. 2. submitted on October 19, 2019, by Brian Anderson of New Albany, Ohio. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on January 5, 2010, by Richard Denney of Austin, Texas. 8. submitted on February 20, 2010, by Gregory Walker of La Grange, Texas. 9. submitted on June 5, 2012, by William F Haenn of Fort Clark (Brackettville), Texas. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
