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By Richard Denney, September 10, 2012
San Solomon Spring Marker
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
1 ► Texas, Reeves County, Toyahvale — 4557 — San Solomon Spring —  |
| Called "Mescalero Spring" in 1849, when watering corn and peaches of the Mescalero Apaches. To Ft. Davis soldiers, 1856, was "Head Spring". Present name given by first permanent settlers, Mexican farmers. Miller, Lyles and Murphy in 1871 began . . . — — Map (db m59706) HM | |||
| 2 ► Texas, Jeff Davis County, Fort Davis — 10478 — Fort Davis — |
| Established by Lieut. Col. Washington Seawell with six companies of the Eighth U.S. Infantry in October 1854 for protecting travelers on the San Antonio-El Paso Road. Named in honor of the then Secretary of War, Jefferson Davis, it was . . . — — Map (db m26357) HM | |||