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Here crossed the undated Comanche Trail from Llano Estacado to Mexico. In 1850 John R. Bartlett while surveying the Mexican boundary found the crossing marked by skulls of horses; hence the name "Horse Head". The Southern Overland Mail (Butterfield) route, St. Louis to San Francisco, 1858-1861, and the road west from Fort Concho crossed here. The Goodnight-Loving trail, established in 1866 and trod by tens of thousands of Texas longhorns, came here and turned up east bank of the Pecos for Fort Sumner and into Colorado.
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| HM Number | HMZZ0 |
|---|---|
| Series | This marker is part of the The Comanche Trail into Mexico series |
| Tags | |
| Marker Number | 2564 |
| Year Placed | 1936 |
| Placed By | The State of Texas |
| Marker Condition |   6 out of 10 (1 reports) |
| Date Added | Saturday, October 25th, 2014 at 2:19am PDT -07:00 |
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| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 13R E 739843 N 3458241 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 31.23375000, -102.48186667 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 31° 14.025', W 102° 28.912' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 31° 14' 1.50" N, 102° 28' 54.72" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 432 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 105 Horse Head Rd, Imperial TX 79743, US |
| Alternative Maps | Google Maps, MapQuest, Bing Maps, Yahoo Maps, MSR Maps, OpenCycleMap, MyTopo Maps, OpenStreetMap |
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