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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
Medicine Mound Depot, 1910 is a historical marker in Quanah, Hardeman County, dedicated in 1964. It is one of 13 historical markers documented in Hardeman County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 20 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 34.2876, -99.7222 near Quanah. The nearest cataloged historic site is Hardeman County Courthouse (historical marker), about 1.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include Hardeman County Courthouse, First Presbyterian Church of Quanah, and Hardeman County Historical Museum.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5197003312. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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