Leoncita Springs

Historical marker location:

Alpine, Texas

( 15 mi. N, east of SH 118)

Marker installed: 1936

First known to history when Juan Dominguez de Mendoza camped here in 1684. Stage stand on the San Antonio to El Paso route through Musquiz Cañon 1857-1883. A camel train commanded by Lieut. W.H. Echols camped here in 1859.

Erected by the State of Texas 1936.

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