| Marker Number |
3312 |
| Atlas Number |
5197003312 |
| Marker Title |
Medicine Mound Depot, 1910 |
| Index Entry |
Medicine Mound Depot, 1910 |
| Address |
1802 US 287 |
| City |
Quanah |
| County |
Hardeman |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
433528 |
| UTM Northing |
3794066 |
| Subject Codes |
railroad depots; railroads |
| Marker Year |
1964 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
Yes |
| Marker Location |
US 287 (11th St), south side, W of FM 2568. Marker reported missing Jan. 2017. |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
Missing |
| Marker Size |
Medallion and Plate |
| Marker Text |
Built by Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railway as passenger and freight station, in area where Chief Quanah Parker's Comanches prayed and rolled in gypsum, believing it was healing dust. Later Santa Fe Station. Site of holdups and shootings. Has bullet holes, but escaped a 1935 fire that burned entire town. Retired from use, 1959; was moved via Highway 287 to its present site. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1964 |
