Toyah
N 31° 18.718 W 103° 47.414
13R E 615118 N 3464808
Texas Historical Marker at the northwest corner of the I-20 frontage road and S Central Street, providing a sound-byte of information about Toyah. Little remains here today, thanks to a 2004 tornado.
Waymark Code: WMVV09
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/26/2017
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Be careful of that cactus, it bites!
Marker Number: 5548
Marker Text:
Began as division point, 1881, on T. & P. Railway, with shops, roundhouse, hotel, cafe. Water was hauled from Monahans and sold by the barrel. Stage took passengers and mail to Brogado. 1882 cattle shipping brought cowboy-detective Charles Siringo here to look for rustlers. (1964)
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