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Related Historical Markers
Markers relating to the San Antonio - El Paso Road & Ft. Davis
By Richard Denney, September 10, 2012
San Solomon Spring Marker
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
| On Texas Park Road 30 near Texas Highway 17, on the right when traveling south. |
| | 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 |
| Near Lt. Henry Flipper Drive. |
| | 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 |
Apr. 29, 2024
