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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I55_dead-mans-pass_Comstock-TX.html
This narrow canyon marks a remote and perilous section of a road traveled from San Antonio to El Paso and on to California following the Gold Rush of the 1840s. Adding to the hardships of a journey that took several weeks, this particular area was…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I54_comstock_Comstock-TX.html
In the early 1880s, Comstock developed as a station on the Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio railway because of the natural lake and water supply. The former townsite of Soto or Sotol City was replaced with Comstock, named after John B. Comsto…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I53_site-of-camp-hudson_Comstock-TX.html
Established by the United States Army, June 7, 1857, as a means of protecting the road from San Antonio to El Paso against hostile Indians. Named in honor of 2nd Lieutenant Walter W. Hudson who died April 19, 1850, of wounds received in action wit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11WW_the-pecos-river-in-literature-and-folklore_Comstock-TX.html
Noted for mineral-thick waters and sudden floods, the Pecos River snakes through Texas on its way to the Rio Grande. Historian J. Evetts Haley and folklorist J. Frank Dobie, who called it "a strange river," and a "barricade," are among many who ha…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOOY_pecos-river-high-bridge_Comstock-TX.html
High canyon walls dominate the last 60 miles of the Pecos River before it enters the Rio Grande. The Southern Pacific Railroad built the first high bridge across the Pecos in 1891. The first highway bridge to span the river was built one mile down…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOCI_near-site-southern-pacific-ceremony-of-silver-spike_Comstock-TX.html
Marked completion of Southern Pacific Railway. Eastern part originated in Texas in 1850s; then was rechartered 1870 by Texas Legislature as Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Rwy., designed to join Houston and San Antonio to the Rio Grande.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOCH_railroad-bridges-over-the-pecos_Comstock-TX.html
A major tributary of the Rio Grande, the Pecos River was long a barrier to transportation, particularly across the deep gorge that once marked its joining with the Rio Grande. Construction of the first railroad bridge over the Pecos took place in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOCE_site-of-vinegarroon_Comstock-TX.html
Crossing the Pecos River Canyon was the last major obstacle the Southern Pacific Railroad faced in completing its southern transcontinental route linking New Orleans and San Francisco. As "Tunnel No. 2" was excavated on the west side of the canyon…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNP1_medal-of-honor-fight-1875_Comstock-TX.html
In the 1870s, the U.S. Army relied on Black Seminole (Seminole-Negro) Indian scouts in campaigns against raiding Native Americans along the Texas-Mexico border. In April 1875, Lt. John L. Bullis and three scouts — Sergeant John Ward, Private…