The Rock Spring
N 30° 01.361 W 100° 12.232
14R E 383911 N 3321908
The historic marker for the Rock Spring, namesake and for the town of Rocksprings.
Waymark Code: WMPPKG
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/02/2015
Views: 7
This historic marker stands along US 377 at the entrance to the city park that houses the rocks from which the spring seeps. The park is less than half a mile north of downtown Rock Springs.
Marker Number: 5417
Marker Text:
Known to early Texans as one inch flow of water out of rocks.
Site of a camp for travelers and freighters. Occupants of land around the spring included W. J. Greer, with a sheep camp, 1882; Francis Winans, with a cattle and sheep ranch, 1884; A. O. Burr, farming, about 1885. Cattlemen, including Frank Gray, camped here during roundups. Outlaws in 1880s frequented a hut nearby.
Rocksprings Post Office opened 1891 in townsite platted for a new county seat at center of Edwards County. The rock spring still seeps in city and county historic park and playground. (1972)
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