Fort Stockton Historic District -- Fort Stockton TX
N 30° 53.192 W 102° 52.601
13R E 702966 N 3418957
The Fort Stockton Historic District was added to the US National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
Waymark Code: WMTXAN
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/18/2017
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The waymark coordinates are located at the entrance to historic Fort Stockton at the corner of Rooney Street and Spring Street in downtown Fort Stockton, Texas.
The Fort Stockton US National Register historic district is composed of the old Fort buildings at Fort Stockton, the Annie Riggs Museum, the Grey Mule Saloon, and the historic Koehler store building on the eastern edge of downtown Fort Stockton.
The Fort Stockton historic district was created in 1973, and his serve to preserve protect and interpret the fascinating history of this remote West Texas town.
From the National Park Service website: (
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"Fort Stockton was one of several U.S. Army outposts established on the western frontier of Texas in 1858. The site was the location of "Comanche Springs," a major source of water for local tribes and settlers. The fort provided protection for settlers, as well as the San Antonio-El Paso road. The buildings in the historic district represent a frontier settlement that developed around a military outpost. The fort and buildings thrived until the Civil War, when the fort was abandoned to Confederate forces. Buildings associated with the fort and early development of the community include: three adobe structures, constructed between 1867 and 1868, used as the Officers' Quarters; the Guardhouse, built in 1868; the 1894 Koehler store; the Grey Mule Saloon, constructed in the 1880s to serve the troops stationed at Fort Stockton; and the c.1900 Annie Riggs Hotel, an early frontier establishment.
The Fort Stockton Historic District is located at the east edge of the town of Fort Stockton off I-10. The Annie Riggs Hotel is operated as the Annie Riggs Memorial Museum at 301 S. Main St. and is open from 10:00am to 5:00pm Monday-Saturday, and from June-August also open Sunday 10:00am to 5:00pm."