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View of the abandoned road
side park and Signal Peak
Photo
Courtesy Barclay
Gibson, March 2010 |
Culberson County
Road Side Park Photographer's
Note:
"The construction date of this road side park is unknown. The 'new'
El Paso road was finished in about 1962 bypassing this quaint road side park.
This
is the park as it is today. I looked for one of the small identifying plaques
that are often encased somewhere in the rockwork but could not find any voids
where one might have been. There is a pedestal, visible in photo above, between
the two shelters that has a place on top where there once was a round marker about
the size of the bronze star on the 1936 County Markers. It may have been removed
when the park was vacated or stolen later.
It was a step climb up to the
park but it was fun." - Barclay
Gibson |
View of Signal Peak
the road side park
Photo
Courtesy Barclay
Gibson, March 2010 |
Postcard
Caption:
El Capitan
Peak
This
view is seen from U. S. Highways 62 and 180 between Carlsbad, New Mexico and El
Paso, Texas. It is a part of the Guadalupe
Mountains in which the Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico is
located about 40 miles east. The old Butterfield trail in California passed along
this route. Locally it is called "Signal
Peak". The Apache Indians sent up smoke signals from this peak
which is the highest point in Texas, the elevation
being 8,757 ft. |
"In the bottom left hand
corner of the picture is a small light colored object that looks like a fence
post. It is the Polancio Grave
Marker, edge on."
Photo Courtesy Barclay
Gibson, November 2009 | |
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