Details for San Solomon Spring
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5389004557
Data
| Marker Number | 4557 |
| Atlas Number | 5389004557 |
| Marker Title | San Solomon Spring |
| Index Entry | San Solomon Spring |
| Address | 9207 TX-17 |
| City | Toyhavale |
| County | Reeves |
| UTM Zone | 13 |
| UTM Easting | 615877 |
| UTM Northing | 3424041 |
| Subject Codes | geology; water topics; Native Americans; food |
| Marker Year | 1964 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | Balmorhea State Park, at bath house. Marker reported missing Dec. 2021. |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | Missing |
| Marker Size | 14" x 24" |
| Marker Text | 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 large-scale commercial irrigation. Murphy built first canals. (1964) |