Apache Last Stand

Marker installed: 1936

In this vicinity, June 12, 1880, the Apaches made their last stand in Presidio County when four Pueblo Indian scouts of General Benj. H. Grierson, U.S.A. fought and defeated 20 Apache warriors.

The discovery of oil in 1901 near Beaumont, Texas, sparked an oil boom that transformed the state's economy and led to the rise of the modern petroleum industry.