Located five miles south of town on the Post Road lies what remains of old Fort Pena Colorado, built in 1879 to protect area residents from Indian raids.
Marathon, TX Historic FortsThe Great Marathon Basin is a widely known geologic area noted for extensive surface outcroppings of varied rocks and minerals, popular with professional geologists and amateur rockhounds. A 191.2
Marathon, TX Natural AttractionsFew other historic hotels offer a more unique experience of days gone by than The Gage Hotel in Marathon, Texas. The restored West Texas hotel of the 1920
Marathon, TX Historic HotelsWhen pioneers and gold seekers surged west in the mid-1800s, national concern focused on secure travel routes. In Texas, near...
This bronze statue is based on the painting, "The Errand of Corporal Ross" by El Paso artist Bob Snead. It is located at the ...
Exhibits include relics of this recent frontier: Indian artifacts, fossils, mementos of the oil boom, and antique furniture. ...
Guided tours of homestead built in 1875 as replica of earlier home destroyed in 1868 flood. Was political and social center o...
Oldest community in present boundaries of Texas, now part of the city of El Paso, was established in 1681 by refugees from a ...