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[Central and West Texas (1)]

Description: Map of the U.S. Postal Service mail stations and routes in parts of west Texas, showing a mail route that passes through Fort Concho, Fort Stockton, and Fort Davis as well as a mail line from Fort McKavett to Ben Ficklin, ending in Fort Concho. The map also includes railroads, bodies of water, major towns and forts, and county lines.
Date: 1880?
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

Site of Fort Stockton Monument, Pecos County

Description: "Site of Fort Stockton Monument. Established on the Comanche Trail, March 2, 1859. As a protection to the San Antonio - San Diego mail route - named in honor of Commodore Robert Field Stockton, 1795-1866, who captured California for the United States. A state stand on the San Diego line, 1858-1861. Evacuated by federal troops during the Civil War. Reoccupied July 1867, permanently abandoned June 30, 1886."
Date: August 4, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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