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Submitted: 2/12/22 • Approved: 2/17/22 • Last Updated: 2/20/22 • R490121-G0-S3
"Earliest Pecos landmark. Started with burial of men in hazardous work of building Texas & Pacific Railroad, 1881. Used over 30 years by settlers in the Pecos Valley. First markers, of native red stone or wood, have now been lost or effaced in sandstorms and floods."
N 31° 25.849 W 103° 29.345
13R E 643596 N 3478335
*Photo courtesy of Diane & John
Contributed on 2/12/22
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Record #: 490121