Black plaque № 16157

Black plaque № 16157

Medicine Mound Depot, 1910. Built by Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railway as passenger and freight station, in area where Chief Quanah Parker's Comanches prayed and rolled in gypsum, believing it was healing dust. Later, Santa Fe Station. Site of holdups and shooting. Has bullet holes, but escaped a 1935 fire that burned entire town. Retired from use, 1959; was moved via Highway 287 to its present site. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1964 #3312

by Texas Historical Commission #03312 of the Texas Historical Marker series

Colour: black

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