Historical Markers in Texas

Leoncita Springs

History·Brewster County·Texas

First known to history when Juan Dominguez de Mendoza camped here in 1684. Stage stand on the San Antonio to El Paso route through Musquiz Cañon 1857-1883. A camel train commanded by Lieut. W.H. Echols camped here in 1859. Erected by the State of Texas 1936

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30.4917, -103.6917

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