Historical Marker: Eagle Springs Stage Stand
Mountain Trail Region
from Allamoore, about 8 miles southwest along Guest Ranch Road through Hot Wells, toward Eagle Springs
Allamoore, Texas 79855
Marker #1330 Text:
A station (1854-1882) for the stage coaches and wagon trains of the Overland-Chihuahua trails, which linked the East to the pioneer West, brought heartening mail and passengers, and supplies, and quickened the life of this remote region, then far out on the lonely fringes of frontier civilization. Erected by the State of Texas 1936.
** The Buffalo Soldiers 9th Calvary were most likely involved during the 1879 and 1880 time period. In 1862, during the Civil War, the Eagle Spring site was occupied by Union army troops, and in 1879 and 1880 a cavalry outpost was established there as part of the final campaign against the Mescalero chief Victorio.
Historical Marker: Eagle Springs Stage Stand
from Allamoore, about 8 miles southwest along Guest Ranch Road through Hot Wells, toward Eagle Springs
Allamoore, Texas 79855
Directions
from Allamoore, about 8 miles southwest along Guest Ranch Road through Hot Wells, toward Eagle Springs