Details for Crow Springs
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5229001123
Data
| Marker Number | 1123 |
| Atlas Number | 5229001123 |
| Marker Title | Crow Springs |
| Index Entry | Crow Springs |
| Address | US 62 |
| City | Salt Flat |
| County | Hudspeth |
| UTM Zone | 13 |
| UTM Easting | 498303 |
| UTM Northing | 3512850 |
| Subject Codes | water topics; animals; stagecoach routes, stands, etc.; Native Americans; military topics |
| Marker Year | 1974 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | US 62/US 180, S side, 3.4 mi. E of RR 1576. Marker reported missing Jul. 1997. Map dot approximate. |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | Missing |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | (15 miles north) Named for birds habitually there in abundance, Crow Springs was an oasis for Indians for centuries. The Butterfield Overland Mail in 1858 built a stage relay station at the springs, but used it less than a year before shifting the route south, to go by Fort Davis. During the Apache wars of the early 1880s, Texas Rangers and the U.S. 10th Cavalry camped at Crow Springs occasionally, to prevent Indians in New Mexico from joining the war leaders, Victorio and Nana, in Mexico. Today the springs are dry, the station has fallen to dust, and the Crows have disappeared. (1974) |