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1886 frame and adobe. Built facing old cattle loading pens on the Southern Pacific Railway. Lodgings and saloon for cowhands and ranchers in town to ship cattle from widely scattered ranches of the Big Bend country. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1965.
Ritchey Hotel is a historical marker in Alpine, Brewster County, dedicated in 1965. It is one of 30 historical markers documented in Brewster County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 45 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 30.3566, -103.6607 near Alpine. The nearest cataloged historic site is Garcia-Valadez House (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Our Lady of Peace Parish Hall, Holland Hotel Building, and Gage-Van Sickle House.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5043004276. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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