Field researcher Joe Allen at marker near Pope’s Crossing on west side of Pecos River. Overland Mail Company used the crossing from September 1858 to May 1859.
Field researcher Joe Allen at marker near Pope’s Crossing on west side of Pecos River. Overland Mail Company used the crossing from September 1858 to May 1859.
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