Details for Old Watering Trough

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5279003832

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Marker Number 3832
Atlas Number 5279003832
Marker Title Old Watering Trough
Index Entry Watering Trough, Old
Address US 84
City Sudan
County Lamb
UTM Zone 13
UTM Easting 728484
UTM Northing 3772379
Subject Codes agriculture, general; cattle, cattle industry topics; water topics
Marker Year 1966
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark Yes
Marker Location US 84, south side between Main and Hornet streets
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 14" x 20"
Marker Text One of Sudan's oldest structures. Built 1916, when Santa Fe Railway terminus here shipped out cattle of early ranches. Here ranchers watered herds and horses, traded, told yarns, hired hands. Trough also served mule teams, after the farming era began in the 1920's. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1966

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