Milton Faver
N 29° 48.931 W 104° 18.402
13R E 566991 N 3298544
The grey granite 1936 Centennial marker for Milton Faver at Shafter Texas
Waymark Code: WMTYK2
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/24/2017
Views: 2
This 1936 centennial marker stands off the US 67 inside what is now the ghost town of Shafter.
Marker Number: 3390
Marker Text:
Here Milton Faver established in the fifties the first Anglo-American owned ranch in the Big Bend.
Three quadrangular adobe fortresses situated at the Big Springs Cibolo, Cienaga and El Morita served as a defense against "Hostile Apaches"
Erected by the State of Texas
1936
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