Union Mercantile
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N 30° 35.300 W 103° 53.576
13R E 606141 N 3384502
The state historic marker for the Union Mercantile, next door to the Limpia Hotel
Waymark Code: WMTXWQ
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/20/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member QuarrellaDeVil
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The Union Mercantile was founded in 1873 when Fort Davis was still a military town. In 2016, it's the home of the Jeff Davis County Library.
Marker Number: 10489

Marker Text:
Founded 1873 by O. M. Keesey and Geo. Gaither in adobe building on this site. Later owned by W. Keesey, an Army baker, who sold clothing, groceries, cradles, guns, whiskey, coffins, tobacco, spittoons, wagonwheels, and harness, and did private banking. First telephone in county operated out of store via barbed wire line to ranches. In 1906 he replaced the adobe with this stone structure that was bought by T. T. Kelly, 1964. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1965
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