Historical Markers in Texas

Mountain Pass Station

Transport·Taylor County·Texas

Maintained from 1858 to outbreak of the Civil War in 1861 as a stage stop on the Butterfield Overland Main Route, which was the first mail and passenger line to link the east and west coasts of the United States. In 1870s this was a stop for branch of El Paso and San Antonio mail line. (1968)

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32.3205, -100.0537

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