(2.6 Miles WSW)
The Butterfield Overland Mail, the first public transportation facility spanning the area from the Mississippi to the Pacific with passenger and mail service, 1858-61, used the 2400-foot peak to the northeast as a beacon. The drivers and passengers viewed it for 30 to 40 miles. In that era it was called Abercrombie Peak, for Col. J.J. Abercrombie of the U.S. Army, active in defense of this frontier. Waterman Ormsby, a newspaper reporter riding the first Butterfield stage to pass this way, noted that the peak resembled a fortress. Later the height was renamed Castle Peak.| HM Number | HM1H2C |
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| Tags | |
| Marker Number | 756 |
| Year Placed | 1968 |
| Placed By | Texas Historical Commission |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Monday, September 1st, 2014 at 3:49pm PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 14S E 408623 N 3584889 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 32.39730000, -99.97160000 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 32° 23.838', W 99° 58.296' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 32° 23' 50.28" N, 99° 58' 17.76" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 325 |
| Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling South |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 108 Co Rd 301, Abilene TX 79603, US |
| Alternative Maps | Google Maps, MapQuest, Bing Maps, Yahoo Maps, MSR Maps, OpenCycleMap, MyTopo Maps, OpenStreetMap |
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