Texas Historical Marker #04071
Pope's Crossing. Crossing site was 4.9 miles northeast, in Loving County. Now under Red Bluff Lake. (1964) #4071
US 285, about 6 mi NW of Orla, Orla, TX, United States
Texas Historical Marker #03876
Orla. Gateway to Red Bluff Lake, Guadalupe Mountains, Carlsbad Caverns recreational areas. Established 1890 on Pecos Valley Railroad. Developed during land promotions. Had school, general stores, hotel, livery stable. In 1931 remaining merchant and postmaster Hal Old moved 1/4 miles west to new highway. (1965) #3876
US 285, Orla, TX, United States
Texas Historical Marker #03339
Mentone. Smallest County Seat in Texas (6 mi. east) Only town in Loving County, last organized, most sparsely populated (both in total and per square mile) county in Texas. Established 1931 and named for an earlier town (10 miles N.) which legend says was named by a French surveyor-prospector after his home on the Riviera. With population of 42, Mentone has no water system, (water is hauled in. ) Nor does it have a bank, doctor, hospital, newspaper lawyer, civic club or cemetery. There are only two recorded graves in county. Some Indian skeletons, artifacts are found. Oil, farming, cattle county. (1967) #3339
US 285, Orla, TX, United States
Texas Historical Marker #04216
Red Bluff Dam. Constructed for irrigation and electrical power purposes during 1934-36, dam is located on Pecos River 8 miles south of Texas-New Mexico state line. It impounds an 11,700-acre lake occupying parts of Reeves and Loving counties, Tex., and Eddy County, N. M. Floods first filled the reservoir in June 1937. Capacity is 310,000 acre feet of water. Main embankment -- 9,230 feet long -- rises 105 feet above stream bed at highest point. Dam has top width of 25 feet. These waters irrigate about 140,000 acres, which extend for 100 miles along the Pecos River. (1972) #4216
US 285, about 3 mi. N of Orla, Orla, TX, United States