Texas Historical Marker #01123
Crow Springs. Named for birds habitually there in abundance, Crow Springs was an oasis for Indians for centuries. The Butterfield Overland Mail in 1858 built a stage relay station at the Springs, but used it less than a year before shifting the route south, to go by Fort Davis. During the Apache wars of the early 1880s, Texas rangers and the U. S. 10th Cavalry camped at Crow Springs occasionally, to prevent Indians in New Mexico from joining the war leaders, Victorio and Nana, in Mexico. Today the Springs are dry, the station has fallen to dust, and the Crows have disappeared. #1123
?, Salt Flats, TX, United States
Texas Historical Marker #01435
El Paso Salt War. Resentment over private control of the salt lakes in this region, often called Guadalupe Lakes, led to the El Paso Salt War. #1435
?, Salt Flats, TX, United States