Field researcher Joe Allen on Butterfield Overland Road in Mountain Pass near Merkel in Taylor County. Comanches attacked station here numerous times from 1858-1861.
Field researcher Joe Allen on Butterfield Overland Road in Mountain Pass near Merkel in Taylor County. Comanches attacked station here numerous times from 1858-1861.
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