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Black plaque № 17050

Alpine, TX, United States

Ritchey Hotel, 1886. 1886 frame and adobe. Built facing old cattle loading pens on the Southern Pacific Railway. Lodgings and saloon for cowhands and ranchers in town to ship cattle from widely scattered ranches of the Big Bend country. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1965. #4276

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