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Black plaque № 16822

Pecos, TX, United States

Pioneer Graveyard. Earliest Pecos landmark. Started with burial of men in hazardous work of building Texas & Pacific Railroad, 1881. Used over 30 years by settlers in the Pecos Valley. First markers, of native red stone or wood, have now been lost or effaced in sandstorms and floods. (1966) #4029

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