Inscription
Elevation 3,500 ft.
Projection of Staked Plains. Winkler County's highest point. Lookout and landmark for red men and whites. Indians found here fuel, sheltering caves and water.Left artifacts and 138 mortar holes for grinding food.On cave walls bragged of their prowess as horse wranglers, hunters, fishermen by using crushed stone paints to make pictographs 4 inches high.Also gave story of a fight between two lizards. A directional sign told of a water-hole 9 days by trail to the northeast. Pass is called Avary Gap, for John Avary, First Settler, 1880.Details
| HM Number | HMEBS |
|---|---|
| Tags | |
| Year Placed | 1964 |
| Placed By | Texas State Historical Survey Committee |
| Marker Condition |   9 out of 10 (1 reports) |
| Date Added | Thursday, October 16th, 2014 at 6:20am PDT -07:00 |
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Photo Credits: [1] LARRY BROWN
Locationbig map
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 13R E 702616 N 3530590 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 31.89311667, -102.85760000 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 31° 53.587', W 102° 51.456' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 31° 53' 35.22" N, 102° 51' 27.36" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 434 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 4043 Jim Sharp Blvd, Kermit TX 22936, US |
| Alternative Maps | Google Maps, MapQuest, Bing Maps, Yahoo Maps, MSR Maps, OpenCycleMap, MyTopo Maps, OpenStreetMap |
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I Saw The Marker
The Marker area was not paved but plenty of room to pull from the highway.
Aug 14, 2016 at 6:41pm PDT by lbrown0514
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