Historical Marker

Site of Trading Post

Historical marker location:
US 83 S to Fryer Lake Road, then 2 mi more, Perryton, Texas
( from Perryton, take US 83, about 10 miles south; turn east onto Fryer Lake Road and continue 1.6 miles to marker)
Marker installed: 1936

Established by C. E. Jones in 1874 on the Jones & Plummer Trail which extended from Dodge City, Kansas, to Mobeetie. Here food and cloth were traded to Indians for hides and later ranchmen purchased general supplies hauled from Dodge City. (1936).