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Founded 1873 by O. M. Keesey and Geo. Gaither in adobe building on this site. Later owned by W. Keesey, an army baker, who sold clothing, groceries, cradles, guns, whiskey, coffins, tobacco, spittoons, wagonwheels, and harness, and did private banking. First telephone in county operated out of store via barbed wire line to ranches. In 1906 he replaced the adobe with this stone structure that was bought by T. T. Kelly, 1964. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1965
Union Mercantile is a historical marker in Fort Davis, Jeff Davis County, dedicated in 1965. It is one of 22 historical markers documented in Jeff Davis County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 31 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 30.5888, -103.8937 near Fort Davis. The nearest cataloged historic site is Hotel Limpia (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Old Fort Davis, C.S.A., Confederate President Jefferson Davis, and Jeff Davis County Courthouse.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5243010489. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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