Medicine Mound Depot, 1910
Built by Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railway as passenger and freight station, in area where Chief Quanah Parker's Comanches prayed and rolled in gypsum, believing it was healing dust. Later Santa Fe Station. Site of holdups and shootings. Has bullet holes, but escaped a 1935 fire that burned entire town. Retired from use, 1959; was moved via Highway 287 to its present site. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1964
34.2856° N, 99.7222° W
The Texas Historical Commission lists this marker as missing. The inscription above is from its records.
Where to Find It
US 287 (11th St), south side, W of FM 2568. Marker reported missing Jan. 2017.
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