Details for Moss Springs

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5507014279

Data

Marker Number 14279
Atlas Number 5507014279
Marker Title Moss Springs
Index Entry
Address
City Big Spring
County Howard
UTM Zone
UTM Easting
UTM Northing
Subject Codes water topics
Marker Year 1936
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location Private Property
Private Property Yes
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 1936 Texas Centennial
Marker Text Indian campsite and watering place. The first road from Fort Smith, Arkansas, to El Paso blazed by Captain Randolph B. March of the U.S. Army in 1849, which became known as the North Texas Emigrant Trail or the Marcy Trail traveled by many in the early Fifties, passed this spring of everlasting water guarded by its sentry post, Signal Mountain.