Marathon -- Marathon TX
N 30° 12.389 W 103° 14.693
13R E 668938 N 3342967
Marathon may look a lot like it did in the 1930s when the WPA wriyters stopped by, but this town has transformed in the modern era to an arts and tourism town.
Waymark Code: WMV1E3
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/07/2017
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In 1930s, Marathon, located in the railroad, was a supply hub for local ranches. In 2016, the Marathon depot is in ruins and trains no longer stop here for any reason. Most ranchers in Brewster County now go to Alpine for supplies. Marathon's economy has shifted from industry and ranching activities to more tourism-focused endeavors.
The waymark coordinates are for the Marathon Post Office along the US 90 in Marathon.
From Texas: A guide to the Lone Star State:
"MARATHON, 175 m. (4,039 alt., 750 pop.), treeless, arid, mountain-bound, has many unpainted adobe houses, and is the supply center [page 616] for the vast ranching country extending almost across the 5,935 square miles of Brewster County, covering the Texas Big Bend.
The guayule (Mexican rubber plant) once supplied an industry here, but tariff conditions lowered the price. The candelilla weed, from which wax is made, furnished an industry profitable during the high market prices of the World War.
In Marathon is the junction with State 227 (see Tour 23 A)."
Book: Texas
Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 615-616
Year Originally Published: 1940
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