Historic Courthouses
Courthouse Square
Historic features include courthouse (1883), first Catholic Church (1875), first schoolhouse (1883), and Zero Stone placed by survey party in 1859, used as origin point for all land surveys in this part of West Texas. Nearby St. Stephens Episcopal Church (1872), was first Protestant Church west of the Pecos River.
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Comanche Springs
Once among largest springs in Texas, now site of Olympic-sized swimming pool.
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