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northern areas are open field that was cleared of cedar and mesquite by the landowner and pushed into brush piles. In the 1800s this area would have been open prairie. Elevation is 2,050 feet. The Middle Concho River lies approximately 700 feet south of the main building area and 300 feet south of a former second building area.
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Butterfield Overland Mail route
Satellite Imagery Interpretation The advent of publicly accessible satellite imagery via Google Earth played a crucial role in finding and interpreting this particular site. First, it helped find it by being able to follow the Butterfield Trail, something previously unavailable through other means. A thorough study of the trail was incorporated into the research in order to properly correlate the data to first-hand accounts. The trail was followed back to the North Concho River crossing and then from Fort Chadbourne down through the Grape Creek Station location and to the north side of the North Concho Crossing. Measurements of the distances were noted and compared to published accounts to ensure accuracy of the trail interpretation. All published accounts of distance were within a mile of the measured distances. 2
Index to the proceedings of the regional archeological symposium including separate lists by subject, title, author, and volume along with subject categories, a map of regions, and Texas county abbreviations.
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Robertson, Pinky.Transactions of the Regional Archeological Symposium for Southeastern New Mexico and Western Texas: 2011,
book,
2012;
Midland, Texas.
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1661492/m1/8/?rotate=90:
accessed July 16, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;
crediting Southwestern Federation of Archaeological Societies.