Details for Site of Ben Ficklin
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5507014447
Data
| Marker Number | 14447 |
| Atlas Number | 5507014447 |
| Marker Title | Site of Ben Ficklin |
| Index Entry | Ben Ficklin, Site of |
| Address | Ben Ficklin Road |
| City | San Angelo |
| County | Tom Green |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 363100 |
| UTM Northing | 3475142 |
| Subject Codes | military topics |
| Marker Year | 1936 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | Ben Ficklin Road, west wide between S. Bryant Blvd. (SH 306) frontage road and Becker Lane |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 1936 Texas Centennial historical marker (gray granite) |
| Marker Text | An early stage stand named in honor of Major Ben Ficklin, 1820-1870 - A noted frontiersman, mail and stage contractor, who assisted in establishing the Pony Express - - He carried the first message from the first governor of California to the governor of Missouri - First county seat of Tom Green County, 1875-1882 - Destroyed by flood, August 24, 1882. Erected by the State of Texas 1936 |