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Willow Springs. Located 6.6 miles east of this site in the Sand Hills. Willow Springs was known to Comanche Indians and to West Texas Pioneers as an important source of water. It was frequently used by gold seekers on their way to California after the 1849 gold discovery there. In 1901, "Judge" A. Hayes found the remains of a charred 40-wagon train at Willow Springs. Evidence indicates there had been a killing at the site, and artefacts from the unidentified Massacre have been placed at Sul Ross State University in Alpine. (1964) #5853