Pinery Station
The station location had been a camp for military expeditions since 1849. The station was built as a fortification with stone walls protecting a corral and a second enclosure for the three-room station house. The corral measured 67 feet (20 m) by 33 feet (10 m), while the station house enclosure measured 57 feet (17 m) by 41 feet (12 m). The station house rooms measured between 10 feet (3.0 m) square and 10 feet (3.0 m) by 14 feet (4.3 m). The walls were 30 inches (76 cm) thick and 11 feet (3.4 m) high, giving protection from raids by the local Mescalero Apaches. The station was located near Pine Spring and featured good grazing land nearby. The station offered fresh teams of horses and hot meals for stage crews and passengers. In 1859 the trail route was changed to pass close to Fort Davis and Fort Stockton. Even after its abandonment it was used by passers-by on the old trail.
The Pinery was placed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on October 9, 1974 and became a contributing property within the Butterfield Overland Mail Corridor NRHP historic district on August 27, 2014.
See also
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Staff. "Butterfield Overland Mail Route Corridor, National Register of Historic Places Program". National Park Service. Retrieved October 14, 2016.
- ^ Battle, David G. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Pinery Station". National Park Service. Retrieved June 16, 2011.
- ^ "The Pinery". National Park Service. Retrieved June 16, 2011.
External links
- The Pinery at Guadalupe Mountains National Park
- National Register of Historic Places Inventory — Nomination Form: Butterfield Overland Mail Corridor from Texas Historical Commission