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Near 1857 Ranch of Samuel and Martha (Hastings) McCracken. Post office, opened 1869, was named by veterans of Sibley's Civil War campaign in New Mexico. Town had businesses, school, blacksmith shop where DeWitt County Sheriff Jack Helm died (1873) of blast from gun of John Wesley Hardin. Post office closed 1883. (1972)
Albuquerque is a historical marker in Nixon, Wilson County, dedicated in 1975. It is one of 46 historical markers documented in Wilson County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 100 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 29.3209, -97.8431 near Nixon. The nearest cataloged historic site is Union Valley (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Union Valley Cemetery, McCracken Cemetery, and Nockenut Cemetery.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5493000104. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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