Fort Stockton, Texas

Comanche Springs

Tunis Creek Stagecoach Stop

Former way station on Butterfield Overland Mail Route; later a Texas Ranger station. Historic structure was moved to a highway rest area on U.S. 290, 20

Historic Fort Stockton

Typical frontier military post established 1858 as Camp Stockton; abandoned in 1886. Fort consisted of 35 buildings made of adobe and hand-hewn limestone. Four original buildings remain: Three of the eight officers' quarters, and guardhouse with jailer'

Old Fort Cemetery

Records on existing tombstones indicate few people lived beyond age 40;

Paisano Pete

At 20 feet long and 11 feet tall, Pete is probably the world'