| Marker Number |
2566 |
| Atlas Number |
5103002566 |
| Marker Title |
Horsehead Crossing of The Pecos |
| Index Entry |
Horsehead Crossing of the Pecos |
| Address |
|
| City |
Crane |
| County |
Crane |
| UTM Zone |
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| UTM Easting |
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| UTM Northing |
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| Subject Codes |
roads; water topics |
| Marker Year |
1936 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
Located in the Crane TxDot scrapyard, US 385 1 mile N of Crane |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
1936 Texas Centennial highway marker (pink granite) |
| Marker Text |
Well known to frontiersmen and used by emigrants for several years preceding, this crossing was an important point on the southern overland mail (Butterfield route) which Linked St. Louis and San Francisco with a semi-weekly mail and stage service 1858-1861. |
