Historical Marker

Site of Wagon Yard

Historical marker location:

1705 5th Ave., Canyon, Texas

( 1705 5th Avenue, Canyon)

Ranchman's headquarters in town; slept in bedroll in his wagon or in room above the office. Cooked over campfire in yard. Overnight charges: .10 cents a horse; .50 cents a man. Feed and coal were sold, water was free. Hands were hired, horses doctored here. Yard existed about 1890 to 1921. (1966).