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History of Fort Stockton

The Lost Waters of Comanche Springs RoadyGoat

The park around Comanche Springs looks peaceful today, but it’s the scene of one of Texas’s great environmental tragedies. For millennia, these springs gushed over 20 million gallons of water a day, the lifeblood of the desert. They were the reason the fort and the town were built here. But in the 1950s, large-scale agricultural wells were drilled for irrigation on farms many miles away, tapping into the same underground aquifer that fed the springs. The massive pumping lowered the water pressure in the aquifer, and one by one, the majestic springs sputtered and died. The last natural flow was in 1961. The town sued, but the Texas Supreme Court upheld the 'rule of capture,' which meant landowners could pump as much water as they wanted from beneath their land. The swimming pool here now is filled with well water—a manufactured reminder of the powerful, natural oasis that was lost.

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The Buffalo Soldiers of Fort Stockton RoadyGoat

The very ground of the old fort here tells a powerful story of courage and resilience. From 1867 to 1886, Fort Stockton was a major post for the U.S. Army's African American regiments—the 9th and 10th Cavalry and 24th and 25th Infantry. Known as the Buffalo Soldiers, these men, many of them former slaves, served on the front lines of the American West. Here in Fort Stockton, their mission was to guard the mail, protect travelers on the San Antonio-El Paso road, and map the harsh, unforgiving territory. They faced difficult conditions, isolation, and prejudice, yet they served with distinction. The restored barracks and officers' quarters you can still see at the historic site were their home. When you pass by, imagine these soldiers patrolling the desert, their presence making settlement and communication in West Texas possible. They are a vital, often overlooked, part of the American story.

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The Engineering of a Lost Oasis RoadyGoat

The story of Comanche Springs is a dramatic lesson in hydrology. The springs were artesian, meaning their water was under pressure. Rain and snowmelt in the Davis and Glass Mountains, over 50 miles away, would seep into the ground, filling a vast limestone aquifer called the Edwards-Trinity. This water traveled slowly underground for decades, confined between impermeable layers of rock. When it reached a fault line here in Fort Stockton, the pressure forced it to the surface, creating the legendary springs. But in the 1950s, a massive engineering project began miles away: the drilling of hundreds of high-capacity irrigation wells into that same aquifer. These wells became artificial outlets, releasing the aquifer's pressure. The water table, or potentiometric surface, dropped below the opening of the springs. It wasn't that the water disappeared; human engineering simply gave it an easier place to go, silencing a geological wonder that had flowed for thousands of years.

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Comanche Springs

1849

Comanche Springs was in the southeastern part of the town of Fort Stockton in central Pecos County. The springs, the source of Comanche Creek, flowed from a fault in Comanchean limestone. In 1849 a reconnaissance party organized by United States Army captain William Henry Chase Whiting reached Comanche Springs. Whiting called the springs Awache, Comanche for "white [or wide] water," and described the water as being clear and abundant in fish and soft-shell turtles. José Policarpo Rodríguez , interpreter for the Whiting party, later said he gave the name Comanche to the springs. John C. Reid described Comanche Springs in 1856, saying the water came from the earth "like a sea monster." Reid said Comanche Springs received its name when a Comanche, covered in a wolf's hide, was killed while attempting to attack a party of travelers at the springs. United States Army lieutenant S. G. French noted in 1849 that Comanche Springs was an Indian campground on the Comanche Trail to Mexico. French said large wagontrains of immigrants traveling from Fredericksburg to Presidio passed by Comanche Springs. Camp Stockton, later Fort Stockton, a United States Army post, was established at Comanche Springs on March 23, 1859, to provide protection to travelers and mail service from raiding Indians. The springs supplied water for the camp. Comanche Springs was an important of irrigation water in Pecos County after 1875. In 1899 the spring flow was 1,900 liters a second. Heavy pumping from the Edwards-Trinity Aquifer caused the flow of Comanche Springs to decline after 1947. A county bathhouse, swimming pool, and pavilion were constructed at Comanche Springs in 1938. By March 1961 the springs had ceased flowing. The rare and endangered Comanche Springs pupfish lived there until the springs dried up.

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Royal, Andrew Jackson

1889

A. J. Royal, Pecos County sheriff, son of Ethel Joseph and Mary Frances (Ousley) Royal, was born in Lee County, Alabama, on November 25, 1855, the only son in a family of five daughters. He left the family farm and moved as a young man to Fort Worth, Texas, where he worked for the railroad. He married Naomi Obedience Christmus on January 19, 1879, in Coryell County, and the couple moved to Junction, where Royal operated a saloon and a ranch. Reportedly, he was indicted for murder there. In 1889 he took his family to Pecos County, where he farmed. The Royals had six daughters and one son. In Pecos County Royal quarreled with one of his employees and killed the man on the street in Fort Stockton. In 1892 he was elected sheriff of Pecos County. While sheriff, he won the Koehler Saloon in a card game, but the owner died before signing it over. On August 6, 1894, Royal had a shoot-out with James Rooney in the saloon. As sheriff, Royal was a controversial figure. Some citizens thought he used his power to terrorize those who disagreed with him, especially several prominent people. Others considered him a tough lawman who fought hard to establish law and order. During the campaign for reelection he reportedly allowed a Mexican-American prisoner to escape in exchange for being allowed to make a campaign speech to Hispanic voters. He was subsequently arrested by the United States marshal for letting a federal prisoner escape. Royal was defeated in the election. On November 21, 1894, he was murdered in his office at the courthouse by an unknown assailant. Tradition in Pecos County states that nine leading citizens met together and agreed that Royal should be killed. No one was ever charged with the crime.

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Oil and Gas Industry in Pecos County

1900

Located in the petroleum-rich Permian Basin, Pecos is one of the most prolific oil- and gas-producing counties in Texas. The petroleum business here began about 1900 with the drilling of the Turney well near an ancient "seep", a traditional local source of oil for lubricating and medicinal purposes. A short-lived boom in 1921 caused by the discovery of the "Miracle Well" heralded the arrival of the fabulous Yates oil field (1926), indicating the area's great potential oil wealth. Since that year over 710 million barrels of oil have been produced from the Yates, Fort Stockton and other county fields. The presence of natural gas, known for years, was slow to be exploited because gas was considered an undesirable by-product of the oil business. The first commercial use of gas here was inspired after it was found by workers drilling a water well, in 1925. The discovery, about 1948, of Santa Rosa field spurred exploration that brought in the Puckett field in 1952. Subsequent deep drilling tapped many extensive pools, including in 1963 the prolific Gomez Field, which had produced over 478 billion cubic feet of gas as of 1970. Today petroleum is the single most important economic asset of Pecos County.

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Comanches Springs

1536

Used as a watering place and camping ground by Indians since Pre-Columbian times, the Springs were possibly visited about 1536 by Spaniard Cabeza de Vaca on his wanderings through Texas. The expedition of Juan de Mendoza, with his party of Spaniards and Jumano Indians, camped near the waters in 1684. The six major, gushing springs and the beautiful river they formed resulted from water seeping up through geological faults to the earth's surface. The reservoir which supplied them was located in the formation known as "Trinity Sand." The Springs, among the largest in all Texas, were one of the few good watering places in this arid region. They supplied Indians raiding into Mexico on the nearby Comanche war trail and also gold seekers traveling to California on the southern route, 1849 and later. Butterfield Overland Mail stage stopped here as well, and after 1859 the Springs provided water for Fort Stockton, which was founded both to protect the mail and stop the Comanche raids. The Springs began to be tapped for irrigation as early as 1875, but today irrigation projects to the north and west have reduced the underground water supply so much that the Springs no longer flow.

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Fort Stockton

1859

Fort Stockton, constructed of adobe and named for Lt. Edward Dorsey Stockton, an officer in the First Infantry who had died in San Antonio in 1857, was established by the United States Army on January 17, 1859, at Comanche Springs, which was within the site of the present city of Fort Stockton, for the protection of the mail service, travelers, and freighters. Comanche Springs was on the Comanche war trail into Mexico, the upper and lower San Antonio-El Paso-San Diego roads, the Butterfield Overland Mail route, and the San Antonio-Chihuahua Trail, and near the Pecos River-New Mexico road. Capt. Arthur T. Lee , commanding Company C, Eighth Infantry, on order of Col. Carlos A. Waite , who commanded all federal troops in Texas, abandoned the post in April 1861. On June 26 the post was reoccupied by Capt. Charles L. Pyron , in command of Company B, Second Regiment, Texas Mounted Rifles. It was abandoned by the Confederates in August 1862, after Gen. Henry H. Sibley 's defeat in New Mexico. On July 21, 1867, Fort Stockton, in ruins after the Civil War , was reoccupied by Gen. Edward Hatch, who made it the headquarters for the Ninth United States Cavalry , a regiment of black troops. Hatch built a new post nearby at a cost of $82,000 on land the federal government neither owned nor had leased. Except for the stone guardhouse, the buildings had stone foundations, adobe walls, and dirt roofs. The troops quartered at the post were used for patrols, escorts, and scouts, largely against the Apaches. In 1882, after the Apaches had been defeated, the army began withdrawing the troops. The last contingent, a company of the Third Cavalry and two companies of the Sixteenth Infantry, commanded by Maj. George A. Purington, left on June 26–27, 1886. By providing protection to travelers and settlers, a market for stockmen, irrigation farmers, and merchants, and employment for freighters, mechanics, and laborers, Fort Stockton promoted the establishment and development of a thriving community. Since their abandonment by the military, some of the officers' quarters have been used continuously for residences. In 1936 the state erected a marker at the site of the fort on the grounds of the Pecos County Courthouse .

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Fort Cemetery, Old

1859

Burial ground for soldiers stationed at Fort Stockton and for civilians in the little town that grew up around the post. The fort was established 1859; temporarily closed 1861-1867. Troops here protected the San Antonio-San Diego mail line and quelled Indian raids into Mexico on the infamous Comanche Trail. This cemetery testifies to the hardships of frontier life: no headstone was erected for a person over 40. In 1888 (after the fort was permanently closed in 1886), remains of the 56 soldiers buried here were moved to Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio.

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Things to Do in Fort Stockton

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World's Largest Roadrunner

A 20-foot roadrunner sculpture made of recycled junk in Fort Stockton.
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Paisano Pete

Fort Stockton raised eleven thousand dollars in 1979 to build the worlds largest roadrunner -- twenty-two feet long and eleven feet tall -- and stuck it at the…
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Paisano Pete

An 11-foot tall roadrunner statue. Fort Stockton's pride and joy.
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The Cantaloupe Kingdom

The same desert soil that once grew nothing but trouble started growing the sweetest cantaloupes in America. Pecos melons became so famous that gourmets across…

Everything Near Fort Stockton

55 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.

  • Comanche Springs · Tsha Handbook

    Comanche Springs was in the southeastern part of the town of Fort Stockton in central Pecos County. The springs, the source of Comanche Creek, flowed from a fault in Comanchean limestone. In 1849 a reconnaissance party…

  • Royal, Andrew Jackson · Tsha Handbook

    A. J. Royal, Pecos County sheriff, son of Ethel Joseph and Mary Frances (Ousley) Royal, was born in Lee County, Alabama, on November 25, 1855, the only son in a family of five daughters. He left the family farm and…

  • The springs that vanished by 1961 · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Fort Stockton, and right here, you're passing the site of Comanche Springs. In 1849, an Army reconnaissance party found these springs, so clear and abundant with life, they named them Awache, or…

  • Fort Stockton · Tsha Handbook

    Fort Stockton, constructed of adobe and named for Lt. Edward Dorsey Stockton, an officer in the First Infantry who had died in San Antonio in 1857, was established by the United States Army on January 17, 1859, at…

  • Gomez Ellenburger Field · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Pecos County, not far from Fort Stockton. Right here, you're passing over one of the biggest gas fields in the nation: the Gomez Ellenburger Field. It took years and millions of dollars to tap…

  • Fort Stockton, TX · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Fort Stockton, a town that owes its existence to two things: a vital water source and a military fort. Right here, Comanche Springs was once the third largest source of spring water in Texas, a…

  • Gibbs Field · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving near Fort Stockton, and right here is the site of Gibbs Field. <break time="400ms"/> Established in the early 1940s, this airfield was a vital hub for primary flight training during World War II, churning…

  • Lake Leon (Pecos County) · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Pecos County, not far from Fort Stockton, on what used to be a vital stop on the old Spanish road from San Antonio to El Paso. Long before Spanish explorers arrived, Native Americans knew about…

  • Pecos County · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Pecos County, a vast expanse in West Texas. Right here, back in 1859, the U.S. Army established an outpost called Fort Stockton. It was built at Comanche Springs to protect the San Antonio-El Paso…

  • Fort Cemetery, Old · 0.2 mi · Historical Marker

    Burial ground for soldiers stationed at Fort Stockton and for civilians in the little town that grew up around the post. The fort was established 1859; temporarily closed 1861-1867. Troops here protected the San…

  • The Lost Waters of Comanche Springs · 0.3 mi

    The park around Comanche Springs looks peaceful today, but it’s the scene of one of Texas’s great environmental tragedies. For millennia, these springs gushed over 20 million gallons of water a day, the lifeblood of the…

  • The Buffalo Soldiers of Fort Stockton · 0.3 mi

    The very ground of the old fort here tells a powerful story of courage and resilience. From 1867 to 1886, Fort Stockton was a major post for the U.S. Army's African American regiments—the 9th and 10th Cavalry and 24th…

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  • The Engineering of a Lost Oasis · 0.3 mi

    The story of Comanche Springs is a dramatic lesson in hydrology. The springs were artesian, meaning their water was under pressure. Rain and snowmelt in the Davis and Glass Mountains, over 50 miles away, would seep into…

  • Fort Stockton, TX · 0.3 mi

    Fort Stockton's history is deeply intertwined with the military and the struggle for control over the region. Established in 1859 as Camp Stockton, it was named after Robert F. Stockton and grew around Comanche Springs,…

  • Oil and Gas Industry in Pecos County · 0.3 mi · Historical Marker

    Located in the petroleum-rich Permian Basin, Pecos is one of the most prolific oil- and gas-producing counties in Texas. The petroleum business here began about 1900 with the drilling of the Turney well near an ancient…

  • Comanche Springs · 0.3 mi · Historical Marker

    For thousands of years, Comanche Springs was the most important water source between the Pecos River and the Davis Mountains. It poured out of the limestone at sixty million gallons a day, creating a green oasis in the…

  • The Tale of Paisano Pete · 0.3 mi

    As you come through Fort Stockton, you can't miss him: Paisano Pete, the giant roadrunner statue. He stands 11 feet tall and 22 feet long, a proud, quirky symbol of the town. Pete went up in 1979, and for years he was…

  • Fort Stockton, TX · 0.3 mi

    The city of Fort Stockton was named in honor of Robert F. Stockton, and it originally went by the name Camp Stockton until 1860. The fort and later the city grew around Comanche Springs, one of the largest sources of…

  • World's Largest Roadrunner · 0.4 mi · Things to Do

    A 20-foot roadrunner sculpture made of recycled junk in Fort Stockton.

  • Paisano Pete · 0.4 mi · Things to Do

    Fort Stockton raised eleven thousand dollars in 1979 to build the worlds largest roadrunner -- twenty-two feet long and eleven feet tall -- and stuck it at the…

  • First National Bank Building · 0.4 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the site of the First National Bank of Fort Stockton. Built in 1912, this Neoclassical building with its massive Doric columns originally housed the bank, which was established just two years prior.…

  • First Telephone Exchange · 0.5 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Fort Stockton, and right here is where the town first got connected. In May of 1909, E. W. Bennett got the green light to set up the first telephone exchange. Imagine this: a switchboard in a room…

  • Fort Stockton Guard House · 0.5 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the old Fort Stockton Guard House, built in 1867 after the fort was reestablished following the Civil War. Imagine the scene: stone quarried right here, lumber hauled by oxcart from Indianola. This…

  • Saint Stephen's Episcopal Church · 0.5 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past Saint Stephen's Episcopal Church in Fort Stockton. This frame building was originally constructed in Pecos in 1896 for St. Mark's Episcopal Church. In 1958, it was moved here to Fort Stockton to…

  • Comanches Springs · 0.6 mi · Historical Marker

    Used as a watering place and camping ground by Indians since Pre-Columbian times, the Springs were possibly visited about 1536 by Spaniard Cabeza de Vaca on his wanderings through Texas. The expedition of Juan de…

  • Texas HS Baseball Leaders 2026: Fort Stockton (Fort Stockton) · 0.6 mi

    Fort Stockton (Fort Stockton, TX) placed on the 4A Texas high school baseball stat leaderboards for the 2026 season: Gerry Diaz (0.475 avg, 4 HR).

  • Fort Stockton Historic District · 0.6 mi · Scraped Hmdb

    Pull over for a minute and imagine life on the edge of the wild West! This is the Fort Stockton Historic District, and it's where the past comes alive. Fort Stockton was established in 1859 to protect the water source…

  • Oldest House · 0.6 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the oldest house in Fort Stockton, a lone survivor from the town's very first days. Founded in 1859, this structure was once part of the old St. Gall townsite. Imagine adobe walls topped with a…

  • Fort Stockton · 0.6 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the site of Fort Stockton, established way back on March 23rd, 1859. Its original mission was to protect the San Antonio-San Diego mail route, and it was named for Commodore Robert Field Stockton,…

  • Annie Riggs Hotel · 0.6 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the site of Fort Stockton's first significant hotel, built right here in 1900. Imagine this adobe structure, adorned with charming 'gingerbread' trim, boasting large verandas, a dining room, parlors,…

  • Telegraph Office and School · 0.6 mi · Historical Marker

    You're passing through Fort Stockton, where the first school in the area opened its doors in 1883. But before that, a smaller building right here served a vital purpose. In 1876, this spot became the first office for…

  • Paisano Pete · 0.6 mi · Things to Do

    An 11-foot tall roadrunner statue. Fort Stockton's pride and joy.

  • Fort Stockton Officers' Quarters · 0.6 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the site of the Fort Stockton Officers' Quarters. When this frontier fort was rebuilt in 1867 to guard the vital route to El Paso, seven homes were constructed for the officers' families. These…

  • Koehler's Saloon and Store · 0.6 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the site of Koehler's Saloon and Store, built in the 1870s from local field stone. In 1884, Herman Koehler opened a saloon at one end and a general store and bank at the other. Later, a second story…

  • St. Joseph's Catholic Church · 0.6 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Fort Stockton, and right here is the site of St. Joseph's Catholic Church. Catholic services began in this area back in 1872, led by Fathers Claude Jaillet and Adolfo Guichon. The original adobe…

  • O. W. Williams · 0.6 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the site where Oscar Waldo Williams built his law office around 1915 in Fort Stockton. This Harvard-educated lawyer moved to Texas for the climate, becoming an expert in land and water rights, and…

  • Fort Stockton, C.S.A. · 0.7 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the site of Fort Stockton, C.S.A. When federal troops pulled out at the start of the Civil War, the 2nd Texas Mounted Rifles moved in to defend this far western frontier. This fort served as a vital…

  • Young's Store · 0.7 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the site of Young's Store, built back in 1876. F. W. Young, a former post sutler, built this combined store and home right at a ford over Comanche Creek. It even had wagon yards and corrals out back,…

  • Courthouse, Jail and Zero Stone · 0.7 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past the site of Ft. Stockton's original courthouse and jail, built in 1883 from local sandstone. Just as important, this area holds the Zero Stone, established in 1859 as the very first reference point…

  • Hovey School · 0.7 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past Hovey School. About 1910 a railroad stop named Hovey was established about 40 miles west of here on the Kansas City, Mexico, and Orient Railroad. By 1913 Hovey contained a depot, post office/general…

  • Grey Mule Saloon · 0.9 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through old Fort Stockton, and right here stood the Grey Mule Saloon, built in the 1880s. This wasn't just any watering hole; it was the go-to spot for cowboys fresh off the range and guests from the…

  • Paisano Pete · 0.9 mi · Historical Marker

    Fort Stockton sits at the intersection of Interstates 10 and 285 in the vast empty middle of West Texas, and the town decided it needed something to make people stop. In 1979, they built Paisano Pete, an eleven-foot…

  • Pecos County · 1.5 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving through Pecos County, Texas, a place shaped by both the frontier and the boom of industry. This vast area was carved out of Presidio County way back in 1871, officially organized in 1875 with Fort…

  • The Cantaloupe Kingdom · 6.1 mi · Things to Do

    The same desert soil that once grew nothing but trouble started growing the sweetest cantaloupes in America. Pecos melons became so famous that gourmets across…

  • Rude, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac J. · 7.9 mi · Historical Marker

    You're driving past what used to be a vital stop on the Butterfield Overland Stage route! Back in the late 1850s, Isaac and Sarah Rude ran stations that fed and rested passengers traveling from St. Louis all the way to…

  • Bean, Roy · 12.8 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving west of the Pecos River, and right here is the territory of the legendary Judge Roy Bean. He wasn't exactly a lawyer, but he was appointed justice of the peace in 1882, setting up shop first in…

  • Yates Oilfield · 12.8 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Pecos County, and right here is the legendary Yates Oilfield. Discovered in October of <say-as interpret-as="date" format="y">1926</say-as>, this field became one of the most prolific oil…

  • Allison, Robert Clay · 12.8 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through West Texas, the land of legends and gunfighters. Right here, you might be near the final resting place of Clay Allison, known as the 'Wolf of the Washita.' Allison was a rancher, a Civil War…

  • Horsehead Crossing · 12.8 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through northeastern Pecos County right now, deep in West Texas. You're passing near Horsehead Crossing, a notorious ford on the Pecos River. Before the twentieth century, this was one of the only ways to…

  • Galvez Crossings On the Pecos River · 12.8 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through West Texas, maybe not too far from the Pecos River, and you're passing over ground that saw a Spanish military campaign way back in 1770. Young Bernardo de Gálvez, just twenty-four years old and…

  • Pecos River · 12.8 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving alongside the Pecos River, a waterway with a history as wild and varied as the Texas landscape it carves. First explored by Francisco Vázquez de Coronado in 1541, this river was known by many names: Río…

  • Downie Draw · 12.8 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through some rugged country here in West Texas, and you're passing through the valley known as Downie Draw. This place has seen travelers before the railroad even arrived. Back in 1860, Lieutenant William…

  • Seven-D Ranch · 12.8 mi · Tsha Handbook

    You're driving through Pecos County, not far from Fort Stockton, where the Seven-D Ranch once operated. Founded in 1869 by Cesario Torres, the ranch got its name from a unique cattle brand: a seven joined with a small…

  • Longfellow, TX · 12.8 mi · Tsha Handbook

    Longfellow is an abandoned railroad station on the tracks of the Southern Pacific Railroad in extreme southern Pecos County. The community site is on U.S. Highway 90 sixteen miles west of Sanderson. The area was first…

  • Girvin, TX · 12.8 mi · Tsha Handbook

    Girvin, originally named Granada, is at the intersection of U.S. Highway 385 and Farm Road 11, near the Pecos River thirty-two miles northeast of Fort Stockton in northeastern Pecos County. A community began there in…

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